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Title: UK Only - Another ISP that might be worth trying
Post by: snafu on February 23, 2001, 04:19:00 PM

Hi all,
 I've found (Yet Another) ISP offering unmetered internet access. Connection to AH seems good. pings are about two thirds of what I was getting with BT. Plenty of packages to choose from plus UNLIMITED WEBSPACE. Check them out if the current 10mb offered by most is cramping your style.
 http://www.sniffout.com (http://www.sniffout.com)

(Also it means I got snafu@sniffout.com   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)(Kewl)

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Title: UK Only - Another ISP that might be worth trying
Post by: Dowding on February 24, 2001, 08:42:00 AM

Hi snafu,

I'm with Telewest's Blueyonder service (cable provider). 10 quid a month, no call charges. Service is usually pretty good.

They do a cable modem service for 33 quid a month.

Thanks for the info though.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Will check out if I ever need

Title: UK Only - Another ISP that might be worth trying
Post by: snafu on February 24, 2001, 06:17:00 PM

How I envy you people with cable etc, We don't even have gas or mains sewage where I live, Honest - Coal fires & a septic tank out in the field. Where do I live? Outer Hebrides? Miles from anyway? NO, 20 miles north of Birmingham. Half a mile from the M42 motorway. You figure it out  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/confused.gif)

TTFN
snafu

Title: UK Only - Another ISP that might be worth trying
Post by: Revvin on February 25, 2001, 07:29:00 AM

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    (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) ).

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 (http://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.



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