Hi Shawn, IMHO, "good ISP" and "Malta" are quite a paradox. Anyway, I've tried several ISPs:
Maltanet: Great speeds, but with a 12GB download limit (depends on which plan you choose) Waldonet: I was with Waldonet for two months. Phoned for support four times. Nevery got a reply. Switched to another ISP. (This is just my experience though, not saying Waldonet have bad support). Bellnet: They say the speeds are quite good. A friend of mine complains that he has no idea what limits his bandwidth has, since Bellnet use the Datastream (ehem, I should say maltanet) lavender service, the last time I checked. Also, if you want to setup a home server, forget about bellnet. Keyworld: No download limits, but you only get decent speeds at night. I'm supposed to have a 2Mbit connection but download with half-megabit speeds. Melitanet, your current ISP: Don't even think about them. Again, this is only my experience and opinion, your experience may vary. Keith On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 06:37 +0100, Shawn Cassar wrote: > Sorry people to jutt in like this. I am new to the list but have been > following linux and it's developments since I was a kid, have 3 comps at > home (including my lappy) running Mandrake only (no dual boot). > > I am seeing you talk about isp ping rate, I too am with Melitanet and I want > to change ASAP cause the service and performance is terrible, plus they are > charging me Lm21 per month for nothing. > > So, in your opinions which are the best 2 isps right now? (One with download > limits and the Other without). > > I have been told to either switch to Bellnet or to Waldonet. Anybody has > experience about any of these 2 during peak hours? > > Thanks alot > > >Waldonet offers unlimited downloads too. A bit on the expensive side > >though.. > > > >>Keyworld offers unlimited downloads, actually (I dont work at Keyworld > >>hehe). > >> > >>On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 04:08 -0800, Graham Petley wrote: > >> > >> > >>> The response time is quite variable. Recent pings give: > >>>$ ping -c 10 kh.google.com (about 1245) > >>>--- kh.l.google.com ping statistics --- > >>>10 packets transmitted, 10 received, > >>>0% packet loss, time 9034ms > >>>rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 143.385/188.061/399.220/87.340 ms > >>> > >>>$ ping -c 10 kh.google.com (about 12.55) > >>>--- kh.l.google.com ping statistics --- > >>>10 packets transmitted, 10 received, > >>>0% packet loss, time 9039ms > >>>rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 80.242/85.977/89.495/2.958 ms > >>> > >>>In fact, this morning Google Earth, whch was simply not responding > >>>yesterday > >>>evening, was working fine. I suppose 20:45 in the evening is a peak time > >>>to > >>>California. I use Melita Cable as my ISP. I would shift if anyone offered > >>>unlimited downloads, but I don't think anyone does. > >>>My web site is still slow :-( > >>>$ ping -c 10 vlsitechnology.org (about 12.56) > >>>--- vlsitechnology.org ping statistics --- > >>>10 packets transmitted, 10 received, > >>>0% packet loss, time 9019ms > >>>rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 211.454/215.173/222.490/3.495 ms > >>> > >>>- Graham Petley > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>MLUG-list mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >>> > >>> > > > > > >-- > >Captain Alan Muscat > >403. 'Zephyr', > >Mikiel Ang. Grima Street, > >Pembroke STJ 07 > >MALTA. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Tel: +356 21 372773 > >Mob: +356 99 423001 > >Fax: +356 21 374764 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >MLUG-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -- Keith Vassallo Registered Linux User #290991 http://www.keithvassallo.net
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