Guinness
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| posted on 24/11/06 at 06:16 PM |
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New ISP wanted
Since I bought my last computer (in 1998) I have used "freenetname" as my ISP, firstly on dial up and recently on broadband, all the way
up to 8 meg.
Been a loyal customer, never missed a bill. In August, "freenetname" closed down and transfered my account to "madasafish".
I kept paying the bills.
"freenetname" broadband was unlimited downloads, but "madasafish" is 5 gig max per month. I reckon this is a change of terms
of the contract. So I want to give them the boot.
Where is good for internety?
Oh yeah, just to complicate matters I have my own domain "www.mikecookson.co.uk" and all my email addresses are
"mail@mikecookson.oc.uk" etc so I'd like to be able to keep them going if possible.
Cheers
Mike
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Peteff
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| posted on 24/11/06 at 06:51 PM |
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Have a look on adslguide at different suppliers. You need to arrange a new one and migrate your connection so
you don't have any down time waiting for the new service.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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nitram38
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| posted on 24/11/06 at 09:12 PM |
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Don't go with Talk Talk, they are in a total mess if anything goes wrong with your line or broadband. I have spent the last 60 days and around
70 hours on the phone trying to get someone to sort it.
They "upgraded" me from 2 mb to 8mb (but didn't in form me).
Doesn't sound bad does it?
Until you realise that I now have problems connecting and my upload speed is 48K and my download speed is 20k.
Some upgrade, from 2mb to less than dialup speed
Today I emailed them that I have just signed to BT's home hub and would be back to BT on 8th December.
Guess what?
They were straight on the phone.
Too f**ing late I said.
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RichardK
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| posted on 24/11/06 at 09:32 PM |
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I use Swift Internet, it's really business class but excellent service all the same. http://www.swiftinter.net
Maybe worth a look
Regards
Rich
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/11/06 at 09:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Since I bought my last computer (in 1998) I have used "freenetname" as my ISP, firstly on dial up and recently on broadband, all the way
up to 8 meg.
Been a loyal customer, never missed a bill. In August, "freenetname" closed down and transfered my account to "madasafish".
I kept paying the bills.
"freenetname" broadband was unlimited downloads, but "madasafish" is 5 gig max per month. I reckon this is a change of terms
of the contract. So I want to give them the boot.
Where is good for internety?
Oh yeah, just to complicate matters I have my own domain "www.mikecookson.co.uk" and all my email addresses are
"mail@mikecookson.oc.uk" etc so I'd like to be able to keep them going if possible.
Cheers
Mike
Transfer your domain to an independant hosting agency / registrar ( I can recommend GoDaddy) and have a hunt
around for a DSL service provider.
Most ISPs are still piggybacking off BT's wholesale datastream service, but some (e.g. TalkTalk, Bulldog/Pipex, Sky/Easynet) are building their
own network out to the exchange and can potentially offer better deals. Unfortunately, these LLU suppliers have been victims of their own success and
can't cope with the volume of orders effectively. Typically everything will go swimmingly so long as it conforms to their standard provide
process. If your order breaks this, then just sit back and start praying.
If you want to know the LLU players in your area, the best place to look is probably SamKnows
Stephen
[Edited on 24/11/06 by stevebubs]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/11/06 at 09:22 AM |
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Because of major unreliability issues with both BT and my ISP I put a second line line in last month to give a back up for phone and ADSL connection
with a second ISP.
So I had to do a bit of research -Download limits are a fact of life they started to come in as soon faster 512 ADSL conections became possible.
These day the info on the adslguide.org.uk is not 100% up o date.
I found Plusnet offer some fairly good deals, even on the cheap limited contracts downloads are free between midnight and 8 am. However they do tie
you in.
Plus net are also fairly on the ball with regard to giving you control over your mail boxes, and redirection and have good spam filters.
My other ADSL connection is with Zetnet who are very nice people but are a good bit dearer don't give you anything like the same control over
your services. In the spring that line will be going to Be for ADSL2 and phone.
One other thing --- some friends have just installed BT Home hub --- so far they have been less than impressed as a wireless router it is a good (toy)
boat anchor.
[Edited on 26/11/06 by britishtrident]
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Jasper
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| posted on 27/11/06 at 08:49 AM |
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I'm moving my home ADL too because of limits set byF2S. I'm going with Eclipse, they do bandwidth unrestricted services, just a monthly
limit, as well as cheap bandwidth limit deals too, and they're very 'upfront' about it, unlike F2S who took nearly a week to admit
they started restricting downloads last Feb.
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