Dave it's time to move to Gmail and make that problem irrelevant. Nobody uses their ISP email anymore for this exact reason (and Gmail is really, really good).
For internet speed, anything over 30 is overkill. The only time you'll benefit from higher speeds is when downloading a lot. We have 35mb and we stream in 4k on Kyla's Fire Stick.
For ISP, as much as I hate BT, they were the most consistent and reliable for us, as well as Virgin. Talktalk - no. Don't even go there. Their "customer service" reps are all in India and aren't knowledgeable on anything beyond what's on their script, and anything that needs escalating will take days. We tried Vodafone and they fucked it up six love so I can't comment on them, it might have been a fluke and I'm still tempted to give them a second chance. We're with Sky now and they're dogshit. They go through phases of being reliable / unreliable and we just came out of an unreliable phase where we couldn't hold a stable connection for ages. It seems to have sorted itself out however.
Plusnet are the only company who have managed to beat Talktalk in terms of how complete and utter shit they were. Granted we were on the bottom package but this is not acceptable in any way, shape or form:
Honestly I'd rather have no internet than the pile of steaming, frustrating shit that was Plusnet. As you can tell, even just watching that video is winding me up.
Anyway, more info, and this is a big one, MAKE SURE YOU USE CASHBACK SITES. BT for example will give anything from £70 to £170 cashback on their packages provided you're a new customer.
BT Broadband - New Customers Boxing Day Sale, Discounts & Cashback Offers
WWW.TOPCASHBACK.CO.UK
Browse top deals on BT Broadband and BT Infinity and get great download speeds. Earn cashback rewards when you buy.
If you aren't already a member of Topcashback, let me know and I'll send you a referral link. I think we both get a fiver or something like that.
Any more questions fire away and happy new year ❤️