We have been looking for a good service provider here in Belgium for our telephone, internet and television needs. Belgium is a special country, where different providers exist in different parts of the country. You will not find Voo in Flanders, and I doubt you will find Telenet in Wallonia.
Luckily we had some kind of shopping list, because otherwise it would have been impossible to make a selection. Every provider has different offers and it's next to impossible to compare them.
We first check the internet for information, saw some providers like Belgacom and TV Vlaanderen at the Food Fair in November 2008, and started making a list of all our needs.
For telephone we needed a subscription that would allow us to call all fixed telephone numbers for free, if possible also the European ones. Since my wife is German, she would like to stay in touch with her parents in Germany. Skype was an option, but since not everybody has skype or is available on the internet, we decided to look for a "real" telephone.
For internet we needed a quick wifi-connection, but no real heavey upload or download limits. We don't dowload movies, so that saves on the budget.
For television we first thought of getting just plain old cable television. I haven't had a television for 7 years now, so I didn't miss a lot and I'm quite happy with just 4 channels. But after seeing the quality and the offer, we decided to put Digital Television on our "nice to have" list.
After careful consideration and by talking to other users, we immediately removed TV Vlaanderen from our list, since they could not provide us with a full package. Belgacom was an option, but their difficult price structure and the bad feedback we received, made us choose Telenet. They have a Golden Shake offer that will not only give us digital TV, internet and free telephone calls to 35 European countries for just 58 €, but it also comes with a digital HD recorder of 320 GB. That should be sufficient.
We are now waiting for the people of Infrax to come and install the cable, and then we can go for it. We'll keep you posted
Luckily we had some kind of shopping list, because otherwise it would have been impossible to make a selection. Every provider has different offers and it's next to impossible to compare them.
We first check the internet for information, saw some providers like Belgacom and TV Vlaanderen at the Food Fair in November 2008, and started making a list of all our needs.
For telephone we needed a subscription that would allow us to call all fixed telephone numbers for free, if possible also the European ones. Since my wife is German, she would like to stay in touch with her parents in Germany. Skype was an option, but since not everybody has skype or is available on the internet, we decided to look for a "real" telephone.
For internet we needed a quick wifi-connection, but no real heavey upload or download limits. We don't dowload movies, so that saves on the budget.
For television we first thought of getting just plain old cable television. I haven't had a television for 7 years now, so I didn't miss a lot and I'm quite happy with just 4 channels. But after seeing the quality and the offer, we decided to put Digital Television on our "nice to have" list.
After careful consideration and by talking to other users, we immediately removed TV Vlaanderen from our list, since they could not provide us with a full package. Belgacom was an option, but their difficult price structure and the bad feedback we received, made us choose Telenet. They have a Golden Shake offer that will not only give us digital TV, internet and free telephone calls to 35 European countries for just 58 €, but it also comes with a digital HD recorder of 320 GB. That should be sufficient.
We are now waiting for the people of Infrax to come and install the cable, and then we can go for it. We'll keep you posted
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