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BoomAM

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Hi.
First things first, the first person who suggests ADSL Guide or similar will get a slap with a moldy fish. :p

Im looking for personal experiances and opinions on some ISPs from you lot please. :p
Im on Tiscali 512 at the moment, and im waiting for my MAC code to come through email (they said it'll take 24hours!).

I was gonna change to a Nildram package thats £25/month for 8Mb unlimited, 100Mb webspace & the usual stuff.
But ive been hearing some bad things about Nildram lately. Any opinions?

Thanks in advance all. :)

note:
An ISP that supports php on their webspace would be a nice bonus. :)
 
Looking at IDNet, they're not going to be a choice on my list. They have a 30Gb cap and a installation fee.

What exactely are the problems with Nildram exactely?
Because upto now, they appear to be the best, and only have 'rumored problems' rarther than hard facts backing it up (according to ADSL guide).

Pipex look good as well, but after my mate had a month or so of downtime, im not so sure about them.
 
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jbloggs said:
BoomAM:

From personal experience, try Zen

I have been with both Nildram and Zen....and in my opinion, Zen are better. :)
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I was looking at Zen earlyier, as i remember some good things being said about them a while back.
But they are v.expensive for what they offer.

NicktheNorse said:
ill be signing up to UKFSN in the next couple weeks.

£19.99 gives you 30gb "peak time" and 300gb "off peak" (10pm-8am) and that is without any traffic shaping whatsoever. Also very good pings i've heard.

£29.99 gives you 60gb "peak time" allowance.
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UKFSN dont exactely look like the most professional company with the website that they are using. They give the impression that they are about to close down from the amateur appearance of their website.


Whats the general concencus on Pipex?

Thanks for the input bty guys/gals. :)
 
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UKFSN just dont strike me as a company thats gonna be around for a while though?
Im not keen on signing up for a company that goes under a few months later.
+ according to their website, i'd have a static IP. I'd prefer a dynamic one tbh.

Ive been reading around and it seems that the problem with Pipex is they try to limit file sharing.
And that the problem with Nildram is just pings. Is that true?
 
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What are the views on Eclipse, Plusnet & Xfios?

Im find it hard to find a good ISP really.
As big as ADSL guide is, its forum is a pain in the rear to find things on, and the stats on their arnt really a lot of use.
 
Eclipse seems good. But again, they have usage limits
Its near impossible to find a good ISP, they all have usage limits and/or static IPs.
Why is it so hard to find a £25/month ISP with webspace, 8Mb, Unlimited (or high usage cap) & reliable.

Tbh, if the only flaw with Nildram is the pings, then im gonna go with them, the only online game i play, and i do that rarely, is Mario Kart.

This is the offer i was originally gonna get with Nildram:
Up to 8Mb Download, up to 448Kb Upload
Free setup if switching from another ISP**
0845 backup dial-up access within the UK
50GB fair use quota unlimited off peak
100MB of non-commercial web space
Web mail (24/7 access to your mail)
5 POP3/IMAP mailboxes
http://broadband.nildram.net/products/broadband2/
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But i cant find any other ISP that comes well rated that can match that. :(
 
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tolien said:
Why do you have to get a dynamic IP? :confused:
The security arguments are crap, and the privacy ones even more so.
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Because several times, ive gone to access that says my IP has been banned, asked the mods of the website about it, and they said that they just ban entire ranges rarther than individual IPs. Meaning that i had to disconnect/reconnect to re-access the the website again.
If im on a static, i wouldnt be able to access a website at all.
Its happened on here before now.

Because it's not feasible.
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Nildram says otherwise.
Their offer that i was gonna go for seemed perfect. High peak limit, no off peak limit (or a v.high off peak one).

I would go for UKFSN if they offered webspace.
 
Well regardless of wether you agree with me or not, it has happened in the past. On here as well.
I was told by the admin at the time that they were banning a certain IP range to prevent someone from accessing the forums, as a result, i could not access OCUK as my IP at the time was in that range. I disconnected my router, reconnected, it got a new IP, and OCUK was working again.
Wether you want to belive me or not is becides the point now. :o

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So basically, as long as i dont game, Nildram are fine?
Are the disconnects only in WoW or games? Or do you mean the actual line disconnects completely?

Im still waiting for Tiscali to email me my MAC code, even though ive asked for it twice, im still yet to recieve it.
So after complaining at Tiscali again tomorrow to get my MAC code again, i'll start yet another hunt around the web for a good ISP. :(

Im basically after:
Decent amount of monthly peak usage. Same with off peak.
8Mb ASDL Max.
Webspace
& POP3 email access.
No more than £25 a month.

The thing thats annoying is that i cant predict how much bandwidth im gonna be using. I average just under 20Gb a month at the moment, but thats because im on 512, and half the time i cant be bothered with large downloads. If im on ADSL Max (3Mb apparentely for my line), then theres obviously the temptation to download more bigger files than what i usually do.
 
Right.
Ive done some research and come up with these:
Bulldog seem good, but im not sure on contract length, and I'd have to move my BT phone line.
'Be' seem good, but aparentely i cant get them till December.
Eclipse also seem good, but aparently their recent LLU usage is a problem for migrations.

As you lot have pointed out, IDNet seems to be the best atm, but their lack of webspace and low usage limit is a big downer for me.

UKFSN look good tbh, im hearing good things about them tbh.
The 20Mb of webspace is a little low, but the SQL on it is v.handy.
The bandwidth usage on them is alright, but not ideal, but i would be willing to pay the extra few £ for the 60/330Gb option, which im confident would more than cover me, and im sure that after a few months of usage, i'll be able to gauge what my usage will be and adjust accordingly.
I cant find much on ADSL guide about them though. Thoughts?
 
Im swaying towards the Eclipse 4 to be honest.
50Gb limit on peak.
And traffic shaping is only on NNTP, which i dont use anyway.

Whats the concencus on them?
Its hard to find any concrete opinions on them on ADSL Guide tbh, most of its idle chatter with no confirmed information.
 
Well they appear to be the best for what i want, and are getting some good reviews around the web.
Its only a 30 day contract anyway, so if after a month i dont like them, i'll migrate. :p
 
OllyM said:
Good luck migrating if you get placed on Tiscali LLU...
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Im already with Tiscali! + Theres only BT & Bulldog LLUs at my local exchange...;)
Becides, i get the impression that the only difference between being on a LLU and not being on an LLU, migration wise, is that it takes longer to get a MAC code. Or is there some other reason?
 
Tiscali dont have an LLU at my exchange so i should be alright shouldnt i?
And its a planned future upgrade for Eclipse, so if i got them within the next few weeks, then they're not gonna chuck me over to a LLU then they start using Tiscali's are they?

Are Eclipse generally ok though?
After a lot of looking around, they seem to be the best for what i need/have the least amount of problems.
 
I'd go for a 2Mb true uncapped service, but:
The problem is that there doesnt appear to be a truely uncappped ADSL MAX service at 2Mb, and i cant get above 512 unless its on MAX.

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On another note, Eclipse is getting some good feedback from a thread on another website.
 
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