[ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

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I've been using Freedom2Surf ADSL for a couple of years. I signed up 
before they were bought by Pipex and started imposing bandwidth limits. 
I could 'upgrade' to an 8 meg connection but it would be 
bandwidth-limited during peak-time in the small print so I stick to my 2 
meg connection. 120 gig/month up+down is a bit beyond reasonable for 
most ISPs :(

Recently Tiscali took over (bad, bad!) but I haven't noticed any 
throttling/port blocking/other evilness. Uptime is great (incidentally, 
the reason I switched to Linux was because I got fed up of XP needing a 
reboot every week or so to keep my USB modem alive).

F2S still exist as a separate entity and I'd recommend them. I've never 
had to call their tech support so I don't know how good it is. They have 
a nice web interface where you can check your bandwidth usage, update 
account details, add/remove @f2s.com email accounts with or without 
SpamAssassin, mess with (unlimited?) subdomain at f2s.com emails. If you 
need it they even have a (small) website thingy with php and MySql.

Best of all, you get a static IP and (when I signed up) they were geek 
friendly (they email you with the DNS and email server addys with your 
account details for example).

I haven't visited for a while, but they have their own independent 
support forums at freedom2support.net which are (were?) frequented by 
techies that work for the company. So if you're thinking of switching 
then I'd look there first.




Ian Pascoe wrote:
> Matt
> 
> Honestly, I don't think your utopia will happen anywhere outside of large
> metropolises - with the advent of local loop unbundling and WLR 3.
> 
> It's now more cost effective as a Telco to get BT to install your line and
> then badge it as your own as the infrastructure cost in getting service out
> to your subsrivers is, well, phenomonal.  This is why BT as was has been
> broken up into seperate trading units and n'er the twain shall meet without
> undue punishment.
> 
> Of course, if you're lucky enough to live in a cabled area, you can jump
> onto that bandwagon and enjoy those delights.
> 
> E
> 
> PS  This may be slightly biased as I'm employed by a BT subsidary.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Tony Travis
> Sent: 26 October 2007 18:33
> To: British Ubuntu Talk
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?
> 
> 
> Matthew Larsen wrote:
>>> [...]
>> Well your a very lucky dog because BT is absolutely appauling with me,
>> and has been since 2001. They are slow, expensive, force you to have a
>> phone line, unreliable, traffic filter when they feel like and enforce
>> their stupid rules on you (ie they always have to send mail to your BT
>> account: Even if you NEVER use it because they spam you on it). They
>> are not interested in getting off their backsides to help you as a
>> user. Ever. They lie. They cheat. I hate them and unfortunatly the
>> government will not do anything to sort them out. I believe they are
>> crippling this country with their incompetence.
>>
>> Unfortunatly they own 99% of the phone lines so *nobody* has a choice.
>>
>> I am looking forward to WIMAX to get away from them.
> 
> Hello, Matthew.
> 
> Seems I'm very lucky too: No complaints about BT, and we have two lines
> into our house just for good measure ;-)
> 
> 	Tony.
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