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luvvbuzz
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Post Posted: Nov 25, 2003 08:19 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
i am after an isp for broadband in the uk, alot of them are £27.99-£30, but some seem to be a bit cheaper without some of the thrills like freedom2surf which is £22.50 a month. does anybody use freedom2surf or got any recommendations for uk broadband isp's?

Will Hay
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Post Posted: Nov 25, 2003 09:03 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Can't tell you which is the best because I haven't used them all, but...
...I've been with V21 for exactly a year now, and I'll be continuing with my contract.
And the best part?
It's £19.99 a month.
Will
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luvvbuzz
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Post Posted: Nov 25, 2003 09:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
is it right that v21 dont give any email addresses? only id like to have an isp email address since using stuff like hotmail or yahoo seems to me to be over run by spammers. so did you get a something@v21.co.uk email address?

luvvbuzz
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Post Posted: Nov 25, 2003 18:13 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
is that correct will?

iooi
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Post Posted: Nov 26, 2003 01:23 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
luvvbuzz wrote:
without some of the thrills like freedom2surf which is £22.50 a month. does anybody use freedom2surf ?


I have used F2s for 18 months now and can whole heartdly recomend them...
Would hardly call it a no frills service. Top notch web hosting with all the goodies. Plenty of email addy's, Static Ip, Great customer service...
Also pop over here where i am a mod, we are a users support group for all things F2s related...
You wont regret joining F2s for adsl... biggrin.gif
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Post Posted: Nov 26, 2003 02:39 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
luvvbuzz wrote:
is it right that v21 dont give any email addresses? only


No, it isn't right.
I have six, (wife, mine, ebay, anon, one to my laptop and one to my desktop) but I'm sure there's more you're entitled to if you need them.
I only tend to use them as forwarding though, I tend to use my domain name addresses (will@mydomain.com).
You also get 10mb webspace but I could do with double that sad.gif
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Craig Tucker
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Post Posted: Nov 26, 2003 05:44 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If you are in an area where you can get NTL cable, you can get 600k broadband for £24.99 per month, this is the option I have.

You can have upto 15 email addresses and 55MB of webspace.
Installation is free.

Other packages are
150k for £17.99 per month
1meg for £34.99 per month

Check here for availability in your area
http://www.ntlhome.com/ntl_internet/broadband.asp?cust=ntlworld_squattowerbbhome
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energy80s
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Post Posted: Nov 26, 2003 07:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I have used Pipex broadband for 1.5 years now. £23 some odds a month for 512k access or £28 some odds for a 1 meg connection. Excellent service with no dropped lines and no download limits (getting rarer these days!!)

Hardcoreruss
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Post Posted: Nov 26, 2003 08:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I am the same I pay 28.99 with pipex for their 1mb service it has only gone down once and as you say excellent service.

Loads of my colleagues who live in and around london rave about bulldog they do a number of packages I think it is £39.99 for 2mb or they do a package which I think is £32.99 which is 2mb after 7 and all weekends and 1/2 mb during the day.
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Deisel Weisel
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Post Posted: Nov 26, 2003 18:58 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
luvvbuzz
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Post Posted: Nov 27, 2003 02:16 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
signed up with freedom2surf last night, £22 a month, they had good reviews and the alot of people recommended them in other forums as well, so hopefully it shall be good. thamks for everyones replies.

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Post Posted: Nov 27, 2003 12:37 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
luvvbuzz wrote:
signed up with freedom2surf last night, £22 a month, .


Welcome to the happy band... biggrin.gif biggrin.gif
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Post Posted: Nov 28, 2003 02:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Craig Tucker wrote:
If you are in an area where you can get NTL cable, you can get 600k broadband for £24.99 per month, this is the option I have.

You can have upto 15 email addresses and 55MB of webspace.
Installation is free.

Other packages are
150k for £17.99 per month
1meg for £34.99 per month

Check here for availability in your area
http://www.ntlhome.com/ntl_internet/broadband.asp?cust=ntlworld_squattowerbbhome


NTL, IMO, are completely fucking useless.
We have the cut in front of our drive where it's been installed, we get shit through our door every six weeks about how great it is yet telephone calls and checking via the web prove 'our area is not yet enabled'.
Bollocks.
Complete wankers.
I'll stick with Sky and V21.
Will
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Craig Tucker
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Post Posted: Nov 28, 2003 07:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
So if you can't get it how do you know its useless laugh.gif

They are far from perfect, but for the price and what you get I think its pretty good value.
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luvvbuzz
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Post Posted: Nov 28, 2003 08:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
got my activation date of 11th december. so only another 13 days on dial up to go. perhaps i should start looking at ftp sites as p2p seems to be infiltrated with riaa fascists
anybody know how to set up your own ftp site?

VCDHunter
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Post Posted: Nov 28, 2003 11:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Will Hay wrote:

NTL, IMO, are completely fucking useless.
We have the cut in front of our drive where it's been installed, we get shit through our door every six weeks about how great it is yet telephone calls and checking via the web prove 'our area is not yet enabled'.
Bollocks.
Complete wankers.
I'll stick with Sky and V21.
Will


I had the same thing - I phoned and expressed interest and was told the same "area not yet enabled" ! Also I spent a weekend over my mates trying to get his cable modem working only to have NTL finally admit they had turned off his connection. ieek.gif

I've also had another mate upgrade his connection to the 1mb when he complained after 2 months that it didn't seem any quicker they told him he was still on 600 but payin for the 1mb. I vowed never to have anything to do with them after that.
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Post Posted: Nov 28, 2003 12:37 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
luvvbuzz wrote:
got my activation date of 11th december. so only another 13 days on dial up to go. perhaps i should start looking at ftp sites as p2p seems to be infiltrated with riaa fascists
anybody know how to set up your own ftp site?


Setting up a ftp site on your computer is easy thanks to the static ip. Get something like bulletproof ftp. Easy to configure and run.
If you are running a router you will need to forward a couple of ports for it to work.
If you are lucky you will be activated early. Kepp checking the connection.. biggrin.gif
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RabidDog
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Post Posted: Nov 28, 2003 13:13 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
ohmy.gif I have to put in a word for onetel who are pretty good. Free modem and activation did it for me (since stopped). They are looking a bit pricey compared to bulldog, but no problems from the service.
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Post Posted: Nov 29, 2003 18:51 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I'm with energy80s, with this. I've been a customer of Pipex ever since they dropped ADSL to £24 a couple of years back. No problems whatsoever.

At first the newsgroups were pretty crap, but I have definatly noticed they have improved latley so I'll be cancelling my claranet newgroup account when it comes for renewal.

Will Hay
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Post Posted: Nov 29, 2003 19:24 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Craig Tucker wrote:
So if you can't get it how do you know its useless laugh.gif


I didn't say anything about the service man...

Will Hay wrote:
NTL, IMO, are completely fucking useless.


But such a shower of shite doesn't make me enamoured to use their service.
Will
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