I'll second that, very good uptime and low latency with F2S. They also provide extra IPs if necessary. I used to have XBox Live and it ran much better with its own public address. I run a server as well which I can get a good 32KBytes/sec when downloading remotely, even with heavy P2P sessions I get very good throughput. They don't block any ports either. Their tech support is indeed helpful but since the Pipex deal I have noticed phone queuing times go up (say 2-10 mins in the middle of the day).
I used to have the type of service that Skeg has, but "upgraded" it to the 8Mbps adaptive service a couple of years ago and the only thing that has caused my speed to suffer is the dodgy BT line I'm stuck with. On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 01:29 +0100, Skeg Fast wrote: > I've been using Freedom2Surf ADSL for a couple of years. I signed up > before they were bought by Pipex and started imposing bandwidth limits. > I could 'upgrade' to an 8 meg connection but it would be > bandwidth-limited during peak-time in the small print so I stick to my 2 > meg connection. 120 gig/month up+down is a bit beyond reasonable for > most ISPs :( > > Recently Tiscali took over (bad, bad!) but I haven't noticed any > throttling/port blocking/other evilness. Uptime is great (incidentally, > the reason I switched to Linux was because I got fed up of XP needing a > reboot every week or so to keep my USB modem alive). > > F2S still exist as a separate entity and I'd recommend them. I've never > had to call their tech support so I don't know how good it is. They have > a nice web interface where you can check your bandwidth usage, update > account details, add/remove @f2s.com email accounts with or without > SpamAssassin, mess with (unlimited?) [EMAIL PROTECTED] emails. If you > need it they even have a (small) website thingy with php and MySql. > > Best of all, you get a static IP and (when I signed up) they were geek > friendly (they email you with the DNS and email server addys with your > account details for example). > > I haven't visited for a while, but they have their own independent > support forums at freedom2support.net which are (were?) frequented by > techies that work for the company. So if you're thinking of switching > then I'd look there first. > > > > > Ian Pascoe wrote: > > Matt > > > > Honestly, I don't think your utopia will happen anywhere outside of large > > metropolises - with the advent of local loop unbundling and WLR 3. > > > > It's now more cost effective as a Telco to get BT to install your line and > > then badge it as your own as the infrastructure cost in getting service out > > to your subsrivers is, well, phenomonal. This is why BT as was has been > > broken up into seperate trading units and n'er the twain shall meet without > > undue punishment. > > > > Of course, if you're lucky enough to live in a cabled area, you can jump > > onto that bandwagon and enjoy those delights. > > > > E > > > > PS 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 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 send mail to your BT > >> account: Even if you NEVER use it because they spam you on it). They > >> are not interested in getting off their backsides to help you as a > >> user. Ever. They lie. They cheat. I hate them and unfortunatly the > >> government will not do anything to sort them out. I believe they are > >> crippling this country with their incompetence. > >> > >> Unfortunatly they own 99% of the phone lines so *nobody* has a choice. > >> > >> I am looking forward to WIMAX to get away from them. > > > > Hello, Matthew. > > > > Seems I'm very lucky too: No complaints about BT, and we have two lines > > into our house just for good measure ;-) > > > > Tony. > > -- > > Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Rowett Research Institute, | http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt > > Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 > > Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK. | fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > > > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
