[access-uk] Re: Extra software with broadband packages
- From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:29:02 +0100
but gena I'm afraid you appear to be expecting something for nothing. You
can move to other ISPs of course but I must say that 10 GB every month is a
hell of a lot of data for one user. 20 GB a month really is a lot. Which
ISP would be happy for you to use 20 GB a month for a similar price? If
that ISP becomes popular, will it be able to sustain that level of
downloads?
Cheers
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Georgina Joyce" <gena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Extra software with broadband packages
Hi
Well I don't want to throw a spanner in the works but it depends upon what
you want from your ISP.
I personally feel that Graham has neglected to state that plus net have just
about to chop up their support. You can make some local rate calls about
your account etc but technical support is going to cost you 50p a minute.
We're about to leave plus.net because our email seems to be rather
disrupted, although I have to admit that could be down to other list
services. But this £21.99 plan isn't as good as stated. We received an
email stating that we were nearing to our 10Gig monthly limit. We're sure
we had 20Gig limit not so long ago. I think Graham used the word virtual,
yes it is virtual at the descression of mute policy makers. We signed up
with plus.net stating that we were heavy users and accepted their
suggestion.
If you just want to collect email from lists, listen to ACB radio etc and
download updates and the odd program. Services like plus.net and others
would be sufficient. Beware of technical support costs and these fare usage
policies as they move the boundaries to take more subscribers.
Gena
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 07:53:26PM +0100, Douglas Harrison wrote:
> Thanks Graham for taking the trouble to comment on the services
> offered by these particular ISPs.
>
> My current ISP (UKonline) cannot offer me a broadband service at a
> competitive rate because I am on a rural BT exchange which they do
> not cover, so I am forced to look elsewhere. Plus.net is in fact
> near the top of my list of possibilities and what you say encourages
> me to study their web site further. Having used three ISPs (Demon,
> Onetel and Ukonline) in the last 4 years, I am anxious to make the
> right choice for a move to broadband.
>
> Douglas
>
> n
> On 30 May 2006 at 17:07, Graham Page wrote:
>
> > a few people have said they have problems with plus.net but I and others
> > have also found the company fine.
> >
> > You can sign up online, but not on the phone. Go to www.plus.nett
> >
> > For £21.99 a month you get virtually unlimited broadband and a fax to
> > email service which lets you have a fax number beginning with 0870. If
> > someone sends a fax to this number it is emailed to you as a graphic
> > which
> > you can scan using OCR software such as that provided with Microsoft
> > Office 2003 or you could use something like Kurzweil 1000 if you already
> > have it.
> >
> > Again, Tiscali
> > offers fast connections at low prices which on first glance seem better
> > value than the Plus.net offerings but some have reported difficulty
> > with
> > severe slow downs at peak times. go to www.tiscali.co.uk to sign up. I
> > think you can sign up over the phone as well as online.
> >
> > Demon internet,
> > www.demon.co.uk
> > offers a service similar to that offered by plus.net. It is slightly
> > more
> > expensive but it is not as well known these days I would say though it
> > used to be one of the most popular brands. I tend to think of Demon as
> > being quite reliable and the company has technical support for visually
> > impaired people given by a company called Apart consultancy.
> >
> > I used to use freeuk at www.freeuk.com
> > this company is fast for dial up connections and good to have as a
> > backup.
> > I did tend to get a lot of junk mail though.
> >
> > A broadband connection is also available costing 322.99 a month, (£22.49
> > a
> > month if you pay a full year in advance).
> >
> > you get basic web access at only 512KBits/sec so it is now looking
> > rather
> > slow for the price. This is not a big company though so it does not
> > suffer as much from network congestion and mail problems as it is
> > generally not targeted by hackers etc as larger companies. The webmail
> > is
> > particularly accessible.
> >
> > Hope these jottings help.
> >
> > Regards
> >
>
> --
>
> Douglas Harrison
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