I have had the opportunity to use a Primetel 2M connection for the past few weeks.

It is never as fast as my UK cable connection. At busy times the speed to London can be as low as 500K, or even less.

Primetel has been recruiting customers aggressively recently - can their infrastructure keep up?

Are links off island slow no matter what ISP or platform is used?

As the last poster has said usage can be limited, even if Primetel hide the fact. They should declare their shaping policy so customers can work within it. They should openly dclare their policy so the customer knows what he is buying, otherwise its like buying a pork chop at a fixed price without being told how big it is!

I guess other providers are no better.

I will arrive in Cyprus with my own microfilters and a Netgear DG834GT Wireless Modem/Router.

Will CYTA insist on me taking and paying for their hardware?

The only reference to the installation fee I can see says "modem included".

Has anyone got BBC iPlayer working in Cyprus. I hear it is possible by establishing a UK proxy.

are those providers like |Skype Out credits?

Yes, but Skype is a closed system tied its own hardware and software. 

i thing all ISPs implement Voip , that should not be a problem.
Althought i don't think that the same thing applies to SIP.

I am not that technical, but don't I need SIP to work for accounts at

http://www.sipgate.co.uk/user/index.php

and

http://www.tpad.com/at-home/

I am forwarding ports 5060 and 5004 on my router.

I use virtual UK numbers provided by Sipgate, but I have just found Tpad, which has very attractive prices, and a Nicosia dial-in when all else fails. Worth a look for Cyprus residents.

Thanks for various comments from a number of members.

My DECT phones in UK have just died, so I have bought a pair of hybrid DECT/VOIP phones

https://secure.sipgate.co.uk/voipshop/siemens/gigaset_c475ip

I have now mastered these impressive little boxes, and have them working with my landline, two virtual UK numbers from Sipgate and a http://www.tpad.com/at-home/ which should be cheap for outgoing international calls.

Now back to the port blocking issue with CYTA's Netrunner, and maybe with other ISPs.

Can anyone comment. Have anyone a working VOIP installation, and iff so with which ISP. I might as well get this right first time round, even if it takes a little longer.

I've just been tying to learn about Broadband Internet Access in Cyprus. I will be retiring to CY in the autumn but visiting for eight weeks in the spring to get the house sorted out.

So I have to pay for the line (already do that), pay for the ADSL platform, and pay for the ISP. Is nothing simple!

I have been reading the reviews and most of them grumble about all of the providers. I suppose that's life. It does seem, however, that you can pay one bill to Cytanet, but you get a setup with many locks on it. Internet radio streaming will be a must - is that stable on Cytanet's own ISP?

In UK at the moment I have TV, Telephone and Internet by Virgin Cable, and that works quite well. I will be living on Chryseliousis in old Strovolos just a few tens of metres from the church, but the postcode search tells me I cannot get a cable connection - does anyone know if that is to change any time soon?

Of course I have a cable modem, and a wireless router which I am presently using; and I have a combined ADSL Modem-Wireless Router from a previous British Telecom installation. Will the hardware I used with British Telecom will work in Cyprus? Do is need micro filters on all Telephone points as in UK?

Is the self installation easy or fraught with difficulties?

I note a complete package from CYTANET has one advantage: I can suspend the ISP part of the fees when I am not in the country. I that correct.

I have not seen a TV package that includes much mainstream UK programming, so I will not be interested in Cable TV. I guess if I want UK TV it's still the 4 meter dish! Is that right?

Enough questions to begin with!

Nice to be on board!