I've decided to do the same, any opinions on who to go with? Clara seems to be one of the best of a very bad lot.

I have been with the Phone Co-op for everyday fixed-monthly-fee internet connectivity and have no complaints (although their newsnet feed is not too good). It is not the cheapest but that's not always the best value for money. One thing that I like is that the account is not tied to a specific phone number so I can use the net as much as I wish when visiting family and they are not charged for the call. AFAIR it is a monthly contract with no minimum period. Also it is part of the co-operative movement which is not such a bad thing either in my book. The emphasis is on providing a service. BTW - are you on the Halesworth exchange? Did you see that Halesworth just reached the broadband trigger level? Fast connections in a few months. Regards Syd

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 johnseago wrote: | On Friday 02 Apr 2004 11:22 pm, main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote: | |>They have been doing that for a while now, I stopped all the problems I |>had using freeserve as an isp by not using them :) | | | I've decided to do the same, any opinions on who to go with? Clara seems to be one of the best of a very bad lot. | Im on Clara.net's 360-hour a month deal at ~£30 a month. I used to hit the 150 hours for a 'unlimited' 'unmetered' dialup usually between the 15th and 20th. Ive not checked how many hours ive used, but I think I have hit the limit a coupla times. Theres been two days, date unchecked, which it has not dialed up, and comes on with a voice. possibly saying "the number you have dialed is busy" in about 1 year of use. Multiple hours every day. They don't have a cut off (other than 10 mins of inactivity) *pokes about on www.clara.net* - ---------- Freetime anytime business accounts Freetime anytime business offers you 360 hours of internet access every month for a flat monthly rate of £27.49. Especially suited to the home worker or SoHo user, this account has a user to-modem ratio of 5:1 (i.e 1 modem for every 5 users). This minimises the chance of a busy tone and maximises your time spent online whether you use the service during the day or night. - ----------- It works out as about 12 hours connected every day. Sod the other users. I can vouch for their email service, as im not using it. I seem to get the same IP every time. ~ Ive also never rung their tech support. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAeRNBZZ4UfnGVIG0RApYIAJ9JwhF/bDZYsNWSri8GIoORD+OUaACePndE g5qEqP9tavnVzolnEP8T+V0= =Hnbd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----