Re: ISDN ISP

["Darren Honeyball \(ML\)" <mlist@xxxxxxx>]

I'm using Pipex Dial - It's unmetered (I leave mine up 24/7),
low-contention, and the package I'm on for unmetered 128K is 48.75 + vat
/
month... My only gripe is the lack of static IP...

Darren

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenni Lowe" <jenni@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ISDN ISP


> > I have been using Demon for quite a while now with no
problems.
> > You get a static IP address, which is great for connection to
your home
> > server from else where.
> > I only use the evening / weekend surftime package on 64K but
I'm
> > sure it can
> > go up to 128K (help me out here Ian?)
>
>
> Sorry Sean, we had a night *deep intake of breath*
> OFFLINE last night! ;-)
>
> We moved ISP from Demon a while back ... at the time they
certainly
> were able to go to 128K without much problem, they also at the
time
> didnt have an abuse = more than 4 hours a day policy. When we
asked
> we were told "We dont care if you connect now and dont disconnect
till
> Easter".
> We have, however had major problems with setting up Demon for a
customer.
> Demon ADSL-enabled the wrong line, some poor wee wumun down the
street
> because it was in the same postcode. Now, our client did give us
the
> wrong number, but we are fairly shocked that they could make
changes
> to someone elses line without their consent! Demons response was to
say
> the only way the correct line could be enabled was to pay a years
> subscription,
> to cover the cost of the first line, and then pay another year for
> the correct line to be enabled. In the course of trying to deal
with
> this we got a lot of bad customer service, enough to persuade us
not
> to be Demon customers again.
> At the moment we are using Quik Internet. Their prices are
reasonable,
> 128K is covered in the package we are on (?35 per month) but they
have
> been having quite a few problems of late, not getting connected, the
2
hour
> cut off suddenly becoming 26minutes and so on. And worst of all,
their
> backbone carrier Colt have APPALLING pings. Unfortunately, we have
more
> or less run out of options. We have been thrown off almost all
ISPs
> who provide 128K services for abuse, and we cant find any more to
abuse!
>
> With us working from home, we need pretty much
> 24/7 connectivity and with playing UT so much, we need low ping. To
fit
> the kind of thing we do we need broadband. Well, we have 42 people
> registered,
> but no trigger level yet.
> Anyway, enough rambling ;-)
> Demon were fine, but I wouldnt trust them as far as I could throw
them,
> and Quik are "ok-ish".
>
>
>
>
>
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