+1 AA
On 7 May 2013 12:50, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 May 2013 10:07, James Tait <james.t...@wyrddreams.org> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 07/05/13 08:36, TT Mooney wrote: >> > I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now that >> > Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider. >> > >> > Does anyone have a recommendation? I used to have BT, and they >> > were mostly useless. There is a bit of bittorent going on, so I'm >> > looking for an uncapped adsl2 service. Virgin Media is not >> > available in my area. >> >> I've been a happy customer of Andrews and Arnold [0] for almost two >> years. I started off with a BT line, then switched to Be, but I'm >> also planning to move away from them with the Murdoch take over. >> >> AA deal with BT for you, and they do a good job of it. To be fair, >> the only reason I switched to a Be backhaul was cost. I won't go into >> all the details here, they're on the web site, but briefly the Home::1 >> package offers a real (no NAT) IPv4 address, a /48 native IPv6 block >> and 50GB any time downloads for £25 a month. After that, it's up to >> you to choose what add-ons you need. >> >> HTH, >> >> JT >> >> [0] http://aa.net.uk/ >> - -- >> - ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- >> James Tait, BSc | xmpp:jayte...@wyrddreams.org >> Programmer and Free Software advocate | Tel: +44 (0)870 490 2407 >> - ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAlGIxEsACgkQyDo4xMNTLib5XgCaAzoio0it0HzeZxAX5owopxC6 >> BRkAoLGclyNewZuzO/S98dGbUwbpKfvX >> =vP0B >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > +1 for AA. I've been with them for several years. While they're not the > cheapest the service level is exceptional, i.e. you get what you pay for. > Speeds are always best-effort, there is no filtering or SPI, and the > support team are highly knowledgeable and responsive. Just as an example, I > moved properties and wanted to merge the new account with my old one. I > went on IRC, asked, and was done in less than five minutes. You can also > normally chat with the company owner (RevK). > > It looks like the Home::1 tariff is a good bet if you need 'net access > during weekdays. Otherwise I'd stick to the unit-based system. In addition > to the ~£20 base cost (including two units), one unit is ~£3.90 which buys > you a mix of 1GB (or 2.5GB on 21CN ADSL2+) 9am-6pm and 50GB 6pm-9am, with > "night time special" running 2am-6am with 1TB/unit. Weekends and Bank > Holidays are 50GB/unit. If you over- or under-use the difference is carried > over to the next month and you can change units on a month-by-month basis. > > J > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Toby Satchell BSc (hons)
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