I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband. So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole? Cheers, Nick ps. I'll also be attending the Norwich meetings from now on! -- Nick Heppleston 07989 581766 | nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
Cheers, Nick
ps. I'll also be attending the Norwich meetings from now on!
I like Zen (http://www.zen.co.uk). No evidence of contention and no failures in 15 months, plus an 0870 help line (and they've even been known to ring me back). Not the cheapest, though; £28pm gives 5 fixed IP addresses but only one email account. -- GT
I think £28 a month is a bit more than I'm looking to spend and I'd don't really need 5 IP's, but thanks for the feedback! Nick On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:33, Graham wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
Cheers, Nick
ps. I'll also be attending the Norwich meetings from now on!
I like Zen (http://www.zen.co.uk). No evidence of contention and no failures in 15 months, plus an 0870 help line (and they've even been known to ring me back). Not the cheapest, though; £28pm gives 5 fixed IP addresses but only one email account.
-- GT
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Graham wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole? I like Zen (http://www.zen.co.uk). No evidence of contention and no failures in 15 months, plus an 0870 help line (and they've even been known to ring me back). Not the cheapest, though; £28pm gives 5 fixed IP addresses but only one email account.
Zen seem good. But for wires-only you could go for InterViVo at 24 UKP/month or Pipex or Eclipse. InterViVo have the advantage of no connection fee if you sign up for 12 months. You get one static IP, and an 0845 support number (so cheaper :-) If you do sign up with IVV, be sure to quote referrer 185 and you get a $BEER token from me :-) D.
I think £28 a month is a bit more than I'm looking to spend and I'd don't really need 5 IP's, but thanks for the feedback! Nick On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:33, Graham wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
Cheers, Nick
ps. I'll also be attending the Norwich meetings from now on!
I like Zen (http://www.zen.co.uk). No evidence of contention and no failures in 15 months, plus an 0870 help line (and they've even been known to ring me back). Not the cheapest, though; £28pm gives 5 fixed IP addresses but only one email account.
-- GT
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On 7/7/2004, "Graham" <gt@pobox.com> wrote:
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
Cheers, Nick
ps. I'll also be attending the Norwich meetings from now on!
I like Zen (http://www.zen.co.uk). No evidence of contention and no failures in 15 months, plus an 0870 help line (and they've even been known to ring me back). Not the cheapest, though; £28pm gives 5 fixed IP addresses but only one email account.
-- GT
I'll second that recommendation. I've got the Zen Office 1000 package for my business - http://www.zen.co.uk/products/body_products.asp?ProdId=24555 - and we've had probably 30 minutes downtime in the last year (actually due to a thunderstorm that knocked out our section of the exchange - not Zen's fault). It's £58 per month (which compares to the equivalent BT price of £100 per month - http://www.btbroadbandoffice.com/broadband/network_1000). Customer support is excellent too. I've never had to wait more than 24 hours for a reply from abuse@ or support@ and the answers are always personal and knowledgable, not boilerplate. I can't recommend them highly enough. Matt
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
I use http://www.eclipse.net.uk/, their ADSL Connect 500 package (which has been superceded by their Flex packages), and have been pretty happy. Eclipse's limited support hours are kind of annoying, but I haven't needed them much. I chose (16 months ago) them because they didn't have port blocking limitations and they were cheap. Second choice was Zen. For other user recommedations see http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ -- Martijn
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
Well, not to touch with a barge pole would have to be the usual... BT and Tiscali, especially with BT's new 15GB a month cap. I use Nildram, and they've been very good for me and my friends, and if you don't mind having a dynamic IP and having SMTP port blocked, you can go for their dslSurf500 which is £22.99 a month (inc VAT I think). They're also very hot on support, 0870 support line, and they phone back whenever they have to do something that takes a while. Duncan Sample Antimatters T: 07050 801455 F: 07050 801895 E: ds@antimatters.co.uk W: www.antimatters.co.uk
On Wednesday 07 Jul 2004 12:24, Duncan Sample wrote:
I use Nildram, and they've been very good for me and my friends, and if you don't mind having a dynamic IP and having SMTP port blocked, you can go for their dslSurf500 which is £22.99 a month (inc VAT I think).
I use Nildram too and have no complaints - never used anyone else so I don't know if this is unusual. I think you can get the SMTP port unblocked if you ask them nicely. Joe
On 7 Jul 2004, at 12:35, Joe Button wrote:
On Wednesday 07 Jul 2004 12:24, Duncan Sample wrote:
I use Nildram, and they've been very good for me and my friends, and if you don't mind having a dynamic IP and having SMTP port blocked, you can go for their dslSurf500 which is £22.99 a month (inc VAT I think).
I use Nildram too and have no complaints - never used anyone else so I don't know if this is unusual. I think you can get the SMTP port unblocked if you ask them nicely.
Same here. Nildram's service has been unbeatable for a while now. Heck, they moved the ADSL over to my new house for free ;) You will find that nildram's pricing may be a bit expensive but then you get what you paid for :) Craig
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 12:24, Duncan Sample wrote:
Well, not to touch with a barge pole would have to be the usual... BT and Tiscali, especially with BT's new 15GB a month cap.
The cap doesn't seem to me that bad. It's nearly 500MB a day, after all, and how many people download a daily CD on their home line? I'd need a new hard drive every year or so just to hold the stuff. But they don't seem to be offering a very generous discount. If it were down at £15/month, that would be a different matter. My barge pole won't touch anyone who wants me to sign up for a year. If they're that good, why the need to lock me in? -- GT
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:23:10AM +0000, Nick Heppleston wrote:
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
I hear Black Cat Networks are planning to offer ADSL soon. You might know them as the people who host this mailing list :-) I currently use Eclipse, and they've been great for the past two months I've had ADSL. I wouldn't go near BT/Yahoo's offering (thought it was only 1GB per month on their cheapest tarif). Have fun! Tim.
On 07-Jul-2004 Nick Heppleston wrote:
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
I'm with Plusnet on their �19.00 per month service. Can't use P2P (I don't want to) which would mean, I think that you couldn't use software like BitTorrent and you have to use their own newsserver. I have no complaints about either the service or the support. Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain
On Wednesday 07 July 2004 11:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'll be moving back to Norwich this weekend and one of the first things on my to-do list is broadband.
So, I'm looking for recommendations on wires only packages - I'm not particularly bothered about static/dynamic IP's although price might be a factor in the decision. Who do you recommend/wouldn't want to touch with a barge pole?
Cheers, Nick
ps. I'll also be attending the Norwich meetings from now on!
I have been with Plusnet for a while now, http://www.plus.net/ Far better service than my previous provider (BT Openworld) no port blocking (although some automated system kicks in when you start portscanning other hosts) Fixed IP,Webmail, Full Newsgroup access, Nice secondary options on Webhosting, fax to email etc, catchall domain and smtp forwarding if you want it. They seem completely unbothered about what you actually do with your connection, I've had all sorts of services running from mine, had it maxed out for days. Never been an issue. No complaints so far, have never needed support so can't comment much on that. Also if you plan to be an infrequent user, then I have heard good things about Metronet http://www.metronet.co.uk, they charge £10 a month for up to 200MB transfer, then £0.0025 a meg afterwards, the charge is capped at £23.99 but not the service, seems like a really good deal to me. Who wouldn't I touch ?...Freeserve/Wannado at the moment, service is rubbish, support even more so.
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