The message BAY22-F2LAztxc1o8yf00027d6d@hotmail.com from "Ricky Bruce" ricky_bruce@hotmail.com contains these words:
I know this topic comes up every few months but what dsl providers would you lot recommend. Id like to find a nice balance between cost (£25 or so a month) freebies, (a router would be a lovely although somewhat unrealistic target) and reasonable speeds. Also i might be moving from Yarmouth to N'arch in a couple of months so the ability to switch to a new property without incurring any penalties or charges would be great.
Hum. <scratches head> I don't know what dsl is (unless it is usually asymetrical), though if it's different, and provided by those already mentioned I'm sure Zetnet does too. They certainly provide different flavours of ADSL.
Have a look at www.zetnet.com - I've been with Zetnet eight years now, and have never thought of changing ISP, nor ever found the need for another account elsewhere.
They are not the cheapest, but there's nothing shoddy about the service, and they don't object to your going elsewhere for (for instance) routers etc.
And of course tech support who understood that Linux isnt some kind of Windows program but an OS in its own right. Or even tech support that understood what an OS was :)
I think all our servers run under Debian, and the Internet Director may be phoned, e-mailed or spoken to in the (closed to outsiders) Zetnet newsgroups. He is, BTW, a Debian developer.
Standard tech support is better than average, though not 24 hours. There are support and help newsgroups on which lurk knowledgeable and helpful Zetnuts, and often full-time support bods, and at least one director, aforementioned /\ up there. (You can be rude to him, and he will be rude back...)
There is a Zetgroup - zetnet.help.linux where questions are usually dealt with by other ZetLinards.