no, they don't. James. http://root-box.info
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:53:49 +0100, Brian Restal (Onvol) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only provider who can give u that is CSC at university. Not sure whether > they give out bandwidth though for non-staff. > > Would like to learn about your suggestions though james. Maltanet is > definitely capping too but do give u your allocated bandwidth. onvol is > completely restricted but also give u your fair share of bandwidth however > the limit is at 4 gig per month with a 256 connection. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of James Attard > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 5:29 PM > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Any good ISPs to go around? > > Keith/sims email me (james.attardATgmailDOTcom) so I can share some > opinions with you. Unfortunately I cannot post here since I've been > working with some ISPs and it's not fair as I may sound biased. > > Regards, > James. > http://root-box.info > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:31:40 +0100, sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >I've been searching for a good ISP... > > > > I have also been doing that lately...my dice rolled onto Euroweb and > > I shall try them as soon as Datastream gets around to letting me do so. > > > > >and apparently it's a tad rare > > >locally. > > > > Iva. > > > > > > > >I need an ISP that matches the following criteria > > > > > >1) Does not have any download limits (for all those Gentoo updates!) > > > > Some of them (all? most?) have recently added this wonderful "feature' > <gag> > > > > >2) Actually gives you the bandwidth you pay for (ex: With Keyworld I > > >can only download at 40Kb/s... With Maltanet I could download at > > >120Kb/s - using a 1024K account on both). > > >3) Does not block ports (especially port 25). > > > > Maltanet (and perhaps some others) apparently do not block lots > > of ports now...I suspect that is because of item number one above. > > > > I'm now able to work on building a chat system which has p2p file > > transfer built-in > > from my place in Valletta. That occurred when they added the DL limit > > "feature". > > > > Encouraging more use, in any fashion, results in more earnings > > for them as when you exceed the limit you must pay extra. > > > > I would *love* to find an inexpensive satellite ISP service or a > Mediterranean > > wide WiMax service which would circumvent these "inventive" Maltese > > business people. > > > > I'm also interested in hearing of a "good" ISP in Malta. :-/ > > > > sims > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
