UK ISPs - which one?

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I'm currently with Supanet but thank God my 12 month contract is nearly up. For the last 4-5 months my connection has been OK during the day, but woeful after around 4pm - often as slow as dialup. Supanet can offer no solution (whipping the donkey harder didn't work*), yet everything was fine when I was with Zen on the exact same hardware.

I'm paying £10.99 for "up to 8mb broadband" plus free calls anytime to UK landlines. The free calls part is good, I save a fortune.

But I simply can't put up with crappy broadband any more. I don't want to go back to Zen because that means I have to pay £24.99 per month just for broadband, plus my calls would have to be routed through BT again, meaning I have to pay for 'em.

I need a good, reliable ISP (*NOT* cable!), and one which provides free anytime calls to landlines. Oh, and I don't want to pay much/any more than I am now. If I can't get a good deal similar to what I have now, then I probably just won't bother.

Suggestions? I'm at the end of my rope with cruddy broadband in the UK.


* = made up.