So - I'm looking to get internet in the house I'll be moving in to. There is a Virgin cable already installed in the house although I'm debating over what ISP to use.

I could go with BE who offer a Pro Contract with 24meg down and 2.4meg up, This costs £27 a month and requires a basic landline to use the connection on - so the total for the BE contract would be £37 a month + £80 installation fee.

Then there is Virgin Media who offer a 50Mb connection for £30 a month for the first 3 months and then it moves to £35 a month. Although since every student in the area will most likely be using a Virgin Media connection - there may be a small delay on when our connection actually works.

I heard VM has some stability issues although the general speed of the connection is good. Although BE has supposedly got much better customer service and does not have the same packet loss or latency issues that VM is said to sometimes have. I want the most reliable connection with lowest latency.

What would you guys pick? If i could get response from users of both connections that would be great!