Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-27 Thread William Anderson
Jai Harrison wrote: Hey Guys, I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it is ADSL or cable. I use two ADSL connections at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-27 Thread James Grabham
Well, it was fine (if a little slow) in the old days when you actually had to pay them!! :o Then it came free, and it would only work for about 2 hours a day! Now it hardly ever fails, and is fairly fast, and has a 40GB limit (not as good as when it was unlimited, but come on, whos gonna use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-27 Thread Mark Harrison
James Grabham wrote: I'm with them at the moment but am considering a move to TalkTalk, which appears to be outstanding value and available in my area: any horror stories with them? My brother was completely without phone service (let alone ADSL) for about a week after moving

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-26 Thread Chris Rowson
Unfortunatly they own 99% of the phone lines so *nobody* has a choice. I am looking forward to WIMAX to get away from them. -- Matthew G Larsen Try living in the Kingston Communications area then mate. There, you really don't have a choice! One ISP who can charge whatever they like

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-26 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On 24/10/2007, Rhys Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [previous post regarded TalkTalk] Millions steer well clear in my opinion takes months longer to activate the connection and especially if you have a netgear router. Also there are multiple problems with dns servers which can be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-26 Thread Tony Travis
Matthew Larsen wrote: [...] Well your a very lucky dog because BT is absolutely appauling with me, and has been since 2001. They are slow, expensive, force you to have a phone line, unreliable, traffic filter when they feel like and enforce their stupid rules on you (ie they always have to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-26 Thread Ian Pascoe
This may be slightly biased as I'm employed by a BT subsidary. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Travis Sent: 26 October 2007 18:33 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Matthew Larsen wrote: [...] Well your a very lucky

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-26 Thread Tom Bamford
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Travis Sent: 26 October 2007 18:33 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Matthew Larsen wrote: [...] Well your a very lucky dog because BT is absolutely appauling with me, and has

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Daniel Lamb
I personally would use zen, maybe a bit more expensive but good customer service. Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Bagnall Sent: 23 October 2007 23:40 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Alan Pope wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Unfortunately I'm stuck with the worse ISP in the country (Karoo) Because I live in the Kingston Communications Network Area (so can't get a BT line) there aren't any other ISPs providing service (mostly because KC aggressively keep them out). Ah well, at least I get to gripe about it at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 09:23 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Unfortunately I'm stuck with the worse ISP in the country (Karoo) Because I live in the Kingston Communications Network Area (so can't get a BT line) there aren't any other ISPs providing service (mostly because KC aggressively keep them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Matthew East
On 24/10/2007, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now unfortunately in an area not supported by Cable, and I am on an ADSL connection through Tiscali. I personally hate the service and would change if I had any better options. Their technical support is absolute crap. Second this -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?[Scanned]

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Brunt
Matthew Daubney wrote: Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Rhys Morgan
] To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 13:14 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? On 24/10/2007, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now unfortunately in an area not supported by Cable, and I am on an ADSL connection through Tiscali. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
** Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-24 13:20]: On 24/10/2007, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now unfortunately in an area not supported by Cable, and I am on an ADSL connection through Tiscali. I personally hate the service and would change if I had any better options.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Kirrus
- Mark Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 23 October 2007 21:55:29 Jai Harrison wrote: Hey Guys, I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Rhys Morgan
Virgin is definitely the one for cable and ive never had any trouble with pipex for adsl. Is anyone using sky as i will be moving to sky in my new house apparently between 8 and 16mb. Rhys -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread STONE COLD
! unlimited calls to landlines 24/7! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:45:38 +0100 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Virgin is definitely the one for cable and ive never had any trouble with pipex for adsl. Is anyone using sky as i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Daubney
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Adam Bagnall
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 23/10/2007, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Peeks wrote: Hi, Jai Harrison wrote: Hey Guys, I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion