I mentioned this ISP before but NTL (
http://www.ntl.com) run an 0800 service on their NTLWorld (
http://www.ntlworld.com)ISP. You don't need to be on an NTL line to use the ISP just ring them or buy a kit from PC World and you get an adapter to plug into your BT phone line that routes calls through NTL's exchanges and you need to spend £10 on calls per month to have free 0800 internet access (my missus could do that in a day if I did'nt keep her chained to the kitchen sink
).
If you do live in an NTL cabled area you might be interested in NTL's 'Triple Digital' deal where you get a phone line, basic digital TV package and a 64k cable modem connection for £14.99 per month. Now before you turn your noses up at a measly 64k I did a trial for NTL on 64k and although its not technically much faster than a 56k dialup the pings are in a different league and actually no worse than the pings I get now on their £20 512k cable connection. For Warbirds I ping just below 100ms to Ien's servers and for Aces High I get a ping of 125ms to
www.hitechcreations.com on the 64k connection I was getting pings of between 15-35ms on UK FPS game server's.
The NTL 0800 dial-up option is still well worth connecting to as it gave me very good connections to HTC and IEN with low pack loss and a respectable ping for a dial-up connection.
[This message has been edited by Revvin (edited 02-25-2001).]