Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Dave Cross
My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for them to get connected to the Internet. I assume it'll be via one of the unmetered deals - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. Does anyone have any information that would help me choose the best service (as opposed to just the c

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Mark Blackman
Have you already ruled out wires-only ADSL? > My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for them to get > connected to the Internet. I assume it'll be via one of the unmetered deals > - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > > Does anyone have any information that would h

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread the hatter
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Dave Cross wrote: > My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for them to get > connected to the Internet. I assume it'll be via one of the unmetered deals > - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > > Does anyone have any information that would help me

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread alex
> > My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for them to get > > connected to the Internet. I assume it'll be via one of the unmetered deals > > - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > > > > Does anyone have any information that would help me choose the best service > > (a

RE: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Harper, Gareth
> -Original Message- > From: Dave Cross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15 April 2002 08:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs > > > My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for > them to get > connected t

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Dave Cross
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:58:34AM +0100, Mark Blackman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for them to get > > connected to the Internet. I assume it'll be via one of the unmetered deals > > - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > >

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Mark Fowler
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > the hatter hatter wrote, with reguards to demon: > > > From 12ukp/month and normal bt minutes prices, with static IP and no > > kick-offs, then you can F+F/FF it or surftime it through BT for > > cheap/free calls, or pay extra to demon for cheaper/fr

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 15/4/02 10:19 am, Dave Cross wrote: > Not completely. But cost is pretty important here. How cheap can a wires-only > ADSL deal go? 20 quid a month Ex VAT (23 quid inc), no installation (just need to buy a router and microfilter) - Pipex. http://www.dsl.pipex.net/adsl/sales/solutions/solo.sht

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Mark Blackman
http://www.xtreme.pipex.net/adsl/sales/solutions/solo.shtml claims 19.95/month ex VAT and no setup fee. I don't know how long it takes to set up or whether or not the the exchange in question is ready. I suspect with those prices there may be a bit of queue. - Mark > Not completely. But cost

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:40:23AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > My mother was asking me the other day about the best way for them to get > connected to the Internet. I assume it'll be via one of the unmetered deals > - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > > Does anyone have any informatio

Re: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Rob Partington
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mark Blackman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know how long it takes to set up or whether or not the > the exchange in question is ready. I suspect with those > prices there may be a bit of queue. On the three occasions I've got Pipex wires-only set up, th

RE: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Oliver Smith
> - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > > Does anyone have any information that would help me choose > the best service (as opposed to just the cheapest) for them? Well, best service is very hard to determine. I still find Demon to be the best IP service around because I always find

RE: Ask london.pm: Unmetered ISPs

2002-04-15 Thread Shevek
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Oliver Smith wrote: > > - Freeserve, BT, maybe even AOL or Compuserve. > > > > Does anyone have any information that would help me choose > > the best service (as opposed to just the cheapest) for them? > > Well, best service is very hard to determine. I still find Demon t