Broadband access has seen a rather dramatic change in respect from what was once an "all you can use" service, through the present day where the majority of ISPs today offer a metered service. Metronet, one of the first ISPs to realise that whilst the broadband access concept was the future, users would benefit from 'pay as you go' terms - a concept made famous from mobile phones, have reduced the pricing of their 2Mbit service to less than £20.

All of Metronets ADSL services come bundled with a usage allowance of 200MB per month, which could initially seem a little on the low side. However, charges for extra MB (from 201Mb onwards) are charged at just 0.225 pence (less than a quarter of a penny to the common man on the street). This equates to 10 3MB MP3 files per month costing just 67.5p.

Price capping further ensures that the monthly charge does not rise too high enabling subscribers to budget what, at most, their service is going to cost in any given month. In the case of the 2Mb service, the cap is £36.75. Metronet have equivalent offerings for their 1Mb and 512Kbps packages as well.

Details of PayGo2000 and Metronets other options can be found here.