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I have at last decided to change from metered dialup access to unmetered. Can anyone recommend a good isp with reliable connection, no engaged tones, etc. I'm using pipex atm, which have given me very few problems, but with the problems of their parent company Worldcom... -- Ashley T. Howes Ph.D. http://www.ashleyhowes.com "When all the animals of this world are gone, man will die of loneliness"
On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 02:03:29PM +0100, Ashley wrote:
I have at last decided to change from metered dialup access to unmetered. Can anyone recommend a good isp with reliable connection, no engaged tones, etc.
Tiscali, (www.tiscali.co.uk) are quite good, and fairly new, and so theoretically quite empty.
I'm using pipex atm, which have given me very few problems, but with the problems of their parent company Worldcom...
I thought that pipex was already separate from UUNET before it was bought by WorldCom... I could be wrong tho.. cheers, John
On Friday 26 Jul 2002 2:41 pm, you wrote:
On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 02:03:29PM +0100, Ashley wrote:
I have at last decided to change from metered dialup access to unmetered. Can anyone recommend a good isp with reliable connection, no engaged tones, etc.
Tiscali, (www.tiscali.co.uk) are quite good, and fairly new, and so theoretically quite empty.
I use Tiscali too. I get the occassional 'Service not available' but a redial usually gets through. ian
John Billings <john@paston.co.uk> wrote:
Tiscali, (www.tiscali.co.uk) are quite good, and fairly new, and so theoretically quite empty.
Tiscali, the new name for World OnLine, IIRC. Not that new, but it's surprising what a takeover-and-polish can do to a tarnished reputation. MJR
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Ashley wrote:
I have at last decided to change from metered dialup access to unmetered. Can anyone recommend a good isp with reliable connection, no engaged tones, etc.
I'm using pipex atm, which have given me very few problems, but with the problems of their parent company Worldcom...
I have ben using Clara Net (www.clara.net) for the past 3 years with no problems. Their unmetered access is 14.99pm (Why can't Pine cope with pound signs??? They work fine in the terminal window) I now have their ADSL service which is very good. HTH Chris -- Chris *************************************************************************** E Mail Chris@glovercc.clara.co.uk WWW http://www.glovercc.clara.co.uk Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject. -Anon
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:03:29 Ashley wrote:
I have at last decided to change from metered dialup access to unmetered. Can anyone recommend a good isp with reliable connection, no engaged tones, etc.
I am current using Demon and I am happy to recommend them. I am current using HH (ISDN) and never have connection trouble. This probably isn't a fair test of their standard dialup service but when I was using that I also had no trouble connecting every time. Network performance is usually very good with the occasional glitch. The helpdesk doesn't officially support Linux but whenever I've spoken to them they have been helpful and clued up and don't refuse to investigate the odd problem with their service just because you're using Linux. Steve.
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