RE: OT: ISP questions + on topic PS

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

I have the same problem with V21 and have now signed up with Fast24
(www.fast24.co.uk) so I'll see what they are like soon, so far it's all
good reports...but we'll see. Tiscali have supposedly improved and there
are a few others around offering (supposed) unmetered access but read
the T&C carefully before signing up.

I know some people have actually gone back to BT/Freeserve/AOL due to
recent hassles with FRIACO based providers.

You're probably in the same situation as me, no ADSL, no cable so you're
stuck with (at best) ISDN and BT's network.

HTH

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: graham_howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 February 2002 14:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT: ISP questions + on topic PS
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> As some of you are no doubt aware, V21 are the latest 'unmetered' ISP
> to be changing their terms and conditions to deter us undesirable
> people who might actually want to use the service we pay for. For
> those of you with V21 who are not aware of this, have a look here,
> http://www.v21.co.uk/helpdesk/more/new_accounts.htm.
Note that you
> have to dig deep in the V21 site to find this, on their home page
> they are still promoting 24/7 unmetered access for =A39.99!
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> Anyway, it means yet again I will need to find an alternative ISP for
> my connection (my email and web hosting will always remain with
> a 'real' ISP who do not offer unmetered connections and are likely to
> be around long term). So, does anyone have any suggestions.
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> Another question is slightly related. I have a client whose web site
> I am going to be hosting on my server (which is colocated with
> my 'real' ISP). I run DNS on my server along with Exchange 5.5 and I
> want to offer email routing to the client. I have already done this
> for another client and it works really well. I have set up routing in
> the Exchange IMS so that email sent to anyname[at]domain1[dot]com is
> relayedyname@xxxxxxx where domain1 is the domain that matches the
> client's web site and domain2 is their real email domain which is
> provided by their ISP. The problem is that my new client has their
> email account with V21 and so their email address is uniquename[at]21
> [dot]co[dot]uk. As I understand it, Exchange can not relay all domain
> mail to a single account and so the approach I used with my previous
> client will not work here. So, I am now thinking that I should get
> the client to change their ISP to one that offers unmetered
> connection AND gives an email address that has a unique domain that I
> can relay to. Again any suggestions would be most welcome.
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> Regards
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> Graham
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> P.S. I have finally started rewiring my house for X10. I now have
> bathroom, landing and Aaron's bedroom all controlled through LD11's
> with Clipsal rocker switches. There has been instant approval from
> the entire family. I now intend to work through the house doing a
> room every month.
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> P.P.S. I used T&E with a cable to each switch and each 'set' of
> lights. However I did notice an old message in my inbox about using 4
> core wire with Live and Switched Live and I am now a little confused.
> Am I right in thinking that this is simply a way to reduce the cable
> runs from the LD11 with switching and lighting being in the same
> cable, or should I be using 4 core for some other reason?
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