Hey there - there hasn't been that much activity on this forum recently, but if you don't ask, you don't get!

I've been on Freeserve/Wanadoo/Orange AnyTime Dial up now for years, partly because my (apparently antique! - the nerve!) computer just wasn't powerful enough to do anything much. Finally, I've gotten a new pc and was planning to stick with the dial-up for a month or two until I'd had managed to get a really good idea of broadband, how it works, package deals etc., but as the new pc doesn't have a modem, that is out the window! Looking around on comparison sites, I've kinda decided I would like to go to PlusNet as my first bb provider, but as I have no idea of what my usage would be, I'm in two minds as to what to order, at least for the first month.

Personally, I use my comp a lot - I get a fair amount of emails, occasionally send or receive hefty attachments keeping in touch with family and I play Runescape a lot (oh the joys of an addiction!) as well as a lot of general surfing. The children also play RS, get a lot of email between them and have to send work to school occasionally, use school affiliated sites for learning and homework as well as IM. I'm pretty certain we'd like to be able to look at video and music sites at times as well.

Question 1:
If we tried the Option 3 for a month and it turned out it was too much for what we use, is it easy to downsize to Option 2?

Question 2:
Would it cost us anything to downsize or would we have to exchange the router?

Question 3:
How long does it take to set up/get the router/get online in the first instance in general? I've noticed differing views on this.

Question 4:
For anyone with the phone bundle, would you recommend it? We don't actually make many phone calls - in fact my rental charge often exceed the calls by over 50% in the least instance. How would this compare to using PlusNet as my phone provider? (BTW, yes, I have read that it's now owned by BT in an independant fashion, but it's usually better to ask for reviews!)

I've already put in my 30 day notice to Orange about the dial-up and I have been told it will be cut off on November 11th, so I would appreciate the views of both PlusNet staff and customers to my queries.

Many (hopeful) thanks in advance!