Does an ISP like this exist...

OllyM · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:19

Sumanji said:
Anyway it's the best deal I can find for the price & requirements, and unless any of you can find a better one, I'd appreciate it if the flaming died down a bit (feel free to go and shout at his mum if you like!).

We aren't flaming you, we're trying to stop you giving extremely bad advice to somebody!

Trust me, Tiscali is poor in every way imaginable... it'll come back and bite you if you recommend it.

Sumanji · 29 Jul 2006 at 00:23

tolien said:
You've also ignored my suggestion at £13.99 a month, or is an extra £24 a year too much too?

I didn't ignore it

I took a look on their website and:

"One off setup fee of £47 applies if not switching from another ISP"

If they won't stretch any more, the best you can do is point out that the service is likely to be crap and leave them be.

Yup, already mentioned that to them, and my friend does realise this. He is just sick of 56k, and tbh who can blame him.

JonRohan said:
At the end of the day when their broadband stops working who are they going to call and complain to? I bet its not the ISP.

As above.

OllyM said:
Trust me, Tiscali is poor in every way imaginable...

Ok, I will explicity make him aware of this!

Cheers,

Suman

Sumanji · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:41

Ok, so what about Newnet? £11.95pm for up to 8MB with a 2Gb cap. £35 installation charge but his mum doesn't mind that apparently.

233 · 30 Jul 2006 at 23:44

not in a cable are you?

if you play your cards right you can get 1meg unlimted on ntl or telewest for 9.99 a month

Sumanji · 31 Jul 2006 at 00:12

Nope, he lives in a silly uncabled village

benjo plz. · 31 Jul 2006 at 14:26

Sumanji said:
Nope, he lives in a silly uncabled village

So do I :\.

HangTime · 31 Jul 2006 at 21:10

Sumanji said:
Ok, so what about Newnet? £11.95pm for up to 8MB with a 2Gb cap. £35 installation charge but his mum doesn't mind that apparently.

Newnet are actually a very good ISP in my experience. I'm suprised to see them in the budget sector of the market as traditionally they targetted themselves more at businesses.

I remember in late 2001 Nildram were having massive capacity problems (they only had a single 34mbit central pipe back then) and actually leased a central pipe from newnet and provided logins to their customers to use. Performance was very good.

But, going back to the crux of the issue. Why doesn't your mate just pay himself if his mum won't go over £11.99/month? I know I certainly never expected my dad to pay for my internet connection. If he's too young to have a credit/debit card, maybe he could pay her in cash or something?

Sumanji · 1 Aug 2006 at 02:46

HangTime said:
But, going back to the crux of the issue. Why doesn't your mate just pay himself if his mum won't go over £11.99/month? I know I certainly never expected my dad to pay for my internet connection. If he's too young to have a credit/debit card, maybe he could pay her in cash or something?

He doesn't live at home permanently and just wants something for his mum to send the occasional email, and for him to use when he visits home without tying up phone line.

Suman