Hi Everybody!
> > 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. > > Sod that, share your views with us all. If you have some > opinions, let us all know. This is what it's all about. Yes, perfectly right! > I use Waldonet, that you can see from my IP. I used to be > with Onvol and they, IMO, were very good. I'd be very happy > to use them again. In terms of download limits, Onvol have > them and others do not. But Onvol have resonable d/l limits, > I understand. I have to agree with Iain. I am with Onvol too and find the service very reasonable. As far as I know my d/l is 7 GB within 30 days. I never exceeded the limit since now. Does anybody know what happens to Onvol clients if somebody exceeds the d/l limit? What I do not like about Onvol is that they use to block several ports without telling it to their clients. I was setting up a mail server on my machine and was experiencing problems. Therefore I called the hotline to ask them if port 25 is blocked in anyway. They told me it is not blocked. After struggling and trying for another day I gave up. Later I have heard form a friend that works with Onvol that they DO block port 25. I wasted at least 10h of my work time. Before I was with Onvol I was with Maltanet. The service they offer in regards to their hotline support is kind of arrogant. E.g. all lines are busy or you can not reach them at all. If you reach somebody the people you speak to are not very qualified. I use to pay my subscription in cash and had to queue for more than 1h at times. I use to have connection problems quit often. This might be related to a shitty phone line too, therefore I do not want to put the blame entirely on my ISP. As far as I know DataStream is responsible for this kine of problems. Therefore I changed to Onvol, since they have a cable network. In general I feel quit restricted to the port blocking and traffic shaping and sizing policies in Malta. I can not use P2P at all, which is an essential service of the Internet. Online gaminging is not possible and if I want to download the newest Mandrake distribution I have to be careful about my d/l limits. My opinion is that for the money paid the service should be better and open! Cheers, Thomas++
