I`m with BT and no problems. I know what you mean by crap my next door neighbours more off line than shes on.It cost her �2o in phone calls to sort at the begining. Are you not tied in to 18 months contract.
we have been with 'demon' for over a year now and no problems. Other people who we know who have that have had no problems in the past we have had AOL, virgin, & freeserve (though now i think this is wanadoo) and we had problems with all of them.
When i say crap they are useless!!! DO NOT get talktalk - they are always disconnecting especially during peak periods and you cannot even access online!! im now changing to NTL as they seem better through word of mouth - and they go through cable rather than your phone line!!!
I use V21 (now assimilated int Biscit). Very good (quote 20061 if you enquire). Other friends use Demon, some are OK with AOL but I wouldn't recommend.