On 16-Feb-05 Anthony Anson wrote:
The message XFMail.050216100839.Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk from (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk contains these words: [...]
My problem with changing ISP, though, is that at present my BTOW account, for a fairly modest monthly fee (£16/month), gives me free dialling from my BT line, and as much as I ever want to use of cost-free on-line time. So I'd want the same from a new ISP.
Yes. I can understand that. Zetnet doesn't do that, exactly, but for (IIRC) £10/month (£100 p.a.) + VAT you get - again, IIRC - 10 hours a month uncharged online time, and charged at 1p/min after that time has been used, which *MUST* be cheaper.
Well, no ...
Per month: £10 + (90 hours)*(60p/hour) = £64 !
I get my 90+ hours (I've never hit a limit) from BT for £16.
[...] Don't know, is the short answer. I seldom go much over the 10 hours. Only one month recently did I notch up a significant over-use, and that was because of downloading Firefox, several anti-malware programs and some other stuff.
I can easily go over 10 hours/month! That's only 20min/day, and I can do that just reading an online newspaper! (Of course one could go off-line while reading a web page and then re-connect to continue, but ... ). But a lot of my usage is searching for articles and references, reading/downloading reports, software stuff, ... Even at 1 hour/day it would still set me back £28.
Not that I know of. Zetnet is a *VERY* straight ISP. No open relays. Someone who joined Zetnet and used it for a spam run was charged for clogging up the system, but we never heard whether they were asked to leave, or warned about their behaviour.
There are no open relays, and they run a very tight ship protocol-wise.
That's good to know!
Many thanks for your extensive comments. I'll maybe try mailing Zetnet as you suggest.
Best wishes, Ted.
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