On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 13:26 +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: > > On 3 Aug 2005, at 12:35, michael wrote: > > > >> OFF TOPIC (not sure which is more appropriate list) > >> > >> I've moved house and need to get Broadband installed. I'll be > >> running X > >> from a remote site and it seems a 1Gb or 2Gb cap will be too > >> restrictive. So any suggestions of uncapped (reliable) B'band ISPs in > >> the UK - preferable at 1Mbs or higher. > >> > >> I considered Tiscali & NTL but then I saw too many negative reviews > >> [NB: > >> there's no cable in my street so it'd be NTL's freedom service and > >> it's > >> unclear which of NTL's services were being slated). The next best > >> seems > >> Tesco - uncapped but only 512Kbps... > > > > I was with PlusNet for 12 months until the end of June and I didn't > > have any trouble at all from them. The only trouble I ever had was > > caused by BT cutting the line for a few days... Static IP, uncapped, > > with a range of available speeds. Note that you'll always only get > > 256 Kbps upstream bandwidth unless you go for SDSL which is very > > expensive. > > FWIW I can highly recommend Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.co.uk) - I have > been with them for coming up to 2 years now, and have had zero problems > with them. > Their technical support staff are great - on the 2 occasions I have had to > use it (both times it was BT's problem at the exchange end) I have found > the staff extremely helpful, polite and knowledgable - they didn't get > phased at all when I mentioned that I run Debian with many connections > behind my router. > The package is static IP, no ports blocked, no bandwidth limits with free > webspace/email etc. - all in all I am more than happy with them. > > HTH. >
[[whoops - originally, mistakenly, hit 'reply' without putting d-u back in the 'to' field - sorry Pete]] mmm their website says 1Gb per month max download (the 14.99 option)... or are you talking about this 'FLEX' thing? Ta, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
