On Thursday 24 January 2002 13:14, you wrote: > >Do you have reasonable connectivity ATM? > >Perhaps a shell account at xbolt.net might do for you? �25/year. > > > >check www.xbolt.net > > > >A satisfied customer > > > >Willlie > > [Just to hijack this thread a little] > > Willie, I had a look at xbolt.net - looks nice and v. cheap it > seems. How fast is it would you reckon? As Graeme Mathie said > How fast is it would you reckon?
As far as I can see from the website, it's on the end of an ADSL connection, so 512k down, 256k up, contention ratio depends on which service he's gone for. I am looking for a new host > for the website I manage (http://www.grinills.com - if you want > cheap holidays i can put in a good word ;) ), I'll check that out :-) but I need it to be > hosted somewhere that is reasonably fast, as it has quite a lot of > images (and possibly some movie content later on this year). It was > on Netscape, but then they discontinued ftp access, so I moved it > onto freenetname, but it appears to be really slow there. The > domain name came from uk2, so that's not an issue, but I need a > reasonably cheap but fast host - does xbolt fit the bill? Dunno about sustained speed, I have not put anything under stress as yet, but a quick mail to Alistair J Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> should get the full spec of what he's got and plans on getting. -- Regards Willie Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
