Any Broadband deals out there?
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I suppose the time has come to retire my Modem.
Does anyone know of any good deals on Broadband? I have no access to NTL or any kind of cable in my area so it has to be the BT type line.
They all seem to be £27/28 per month for 10X, free modem & connection. Tiscali do a 5X for £20 per month but don't fancy that.
Anyone doing any better?
Ivan
Does anyone know of any good deals on Broadband? I have no access to NTL or any kind of cable in my area so it has to be the BT type line.
They all seem to be £27/28 per month for 10X, free modem & connection. Tiscali do a 5X for £20 per month but don't fancy that.
Anyone doing any better?
Ivan
....but you don't have it 
Nildram - excellent service, good range of connectivity options, fast delivery and setup. A friend of mine who knows NOTHING (and I do mean nothing) about computers managed to set up their system very quickly on his own, thanks to their clear help and instructions.
They also rate very highly on www.adslguide.org.
They also rate very highly on www.adslguide.org.
manek said:
Nildram - excellent service, good range of connectivity options, fast delivery and setup. A friend of mine who knows NOTHING (and I do mean nothing) about computers managed to set up their system very quickly on his own, thanks to their clear help and instructions.
They also rate very highly on www.adslguide.org.
I'd agree with Manek, Nildram seem to be very good... yet to hear a duff report.
Rower said:
I am currently with freeserve and want to go broadband, if I use any other provider will I have to change my e.mail address ?
It depends if you have your own domain, or a freeserve adddress. You always have the option of ADSL with another provider keep freeserve for a few months until everyone knows your new address then bin it.
D.
Rower said:
I am currently with freeserve and want to go broadband, if I use any other provider will I have to change my e.mail address ?
You should be able to pick up your email from their Pop3 server using your favorite mail client via a different ISP.
However, I believe that Freeserve might disconnect your account if you don't log in to it frequently enough (once per 30 days, or is that 90 days?)
My favourite two : Nildram and Pipex !
A friends been with Pipex dial up for over 6 years and has only had one problem which was resolved in a couple of hours.
ADSL modems cost around £50 now (they used to be £150)
so if you can get a better deal without one go for it and buy the modem.
You could also get a ADSL MODEM /4 port / router+firewall which allows a few computers to share the broadband line (useful for homes).
These cost around £80 - A hardware firewall is very useful. There are software firewalls available such as the free Zonealarm from Zonelabs.
Windows XP comes with one as well which you can enable.
This is important as having a broadband connection allows *hackers* a big fat pipe into your computer to play with.
Good Luck and welcome on board the broadband *band* wagon
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Rolling, rolling...rolling
Ramesh
A friends been with Pipex dial up for over 6 years and has only had one problem which was resolved in a couple of hours.
ADSL modems cost around £50 now (they used to be £150)
so if you can get a better deal without one go for it and buy the modem.
You could also get a ADSL MODEM /4 port / router+firewall which allows a few computers to share the broadband line (useful for homes).
These cost around £80 - A hardware firewall is very useful. There are software firewalls available such as the free Zonealarm from Zonelabs.
Windows XP comes with one as well which you can enable.
This is important as having a broadband connection allows *hackers* a big fat pipe into your computer to play with.
Good Luck and welcome on board the broadband *band* wagon
cue music
Rolling, rolling...rolling
Ramesh
Rower said:
I am currently with freeserve and want to go broadband, if I use any other provider will I have to change my e.mail address ?
to cut a long story short, after many takeovers of my ISP I ended up with Tiscali for an anytime dialup connection which was always on. They decided to limit me to 150 hours per month so I started looking for broadband and ended up with Freedom to Surf.
I've kept my old email addresses from Tiscali by changing to a pay as you go scheme which I never dial and therefore doesn't cost me anything. You will need to change your SMTP address for outgoing mail as you will need to login to your new Service providers outgoing mail server, but keep the POP3 address of the old service provider to download your emails.
ribol said:
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Not again, do a search!
Has it ever occurred to you that things change every day in computing?
Ivan
Yes, but the best ADSL service is unlikely to change in 2 weeks.
I'm on Zen who are quite good (1 month min contract)
Also use nildram, who are equally good.
Used to use Pipex who have a good service but the moment you want to do anyhting complex (like cancel your account) they haven't a clue.
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