Swapping ISP

glitch · 7 Mar 2006 at 13:29

A colleague of mine is swapping from Bulldog to Plus.net and during the registration process he's been asked for his MAC address.

I assume that this is the MAC address of the USB modem he was provided at the ntime of initial signup, but why would an ISP need this? What exactly do they do with it?

Kerplunk · 7 Mar 2006 at 13:32

No, MAC code.

You get this from your current ISP.

tolien · 7 Mar 2006 at 13:33

Yeah, it's a code that Bulldog need to give you.
Then again, moving from Bulldog to Plusnet's a bit like out of the frying pan into the fire.

glitch · 7 Mar 2006 at 14:08

Ahhh, code. He said address - thought that would be slightly pointless!

tolien; why would that be?

tolien · 7 Mar 2006 at 14:11

glitch said:
tolien; why would that be?

Bulldog might not be great, but Plusnet's worse still.
Taking a look here would be a start. Expect undeclared caps, T&Cs that change daily, clueless support, and that's assuming you can get connected in the first place

glitch · 7 Mar 2006 at 14:17

That's great. I don't even like the fella, so I'll recommend them all the way.