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| I would like unrestricted 512 Broadband. Free setup and modem/filters unless there is a financial reason to pay for them. I use Newsgroups, pop mail, msn, webspace and kazaa. My research leads me to Pipex solo 500. Is this the best choice? Thanks for any info or views |
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| "noman" wrote in message ... I would like unrestricted 512 Broadband. Free setup and modem/filters unless there is a financial reason to pay for them. I use Newsgroups, pop mail, msn, webspace and kazaa. My research leads me to Pipex solo 500. Is this the best choice? Thanks for any info or views Pipex is not bad at all for all of the services your require except Newsgroups. The Binary News Servers are the worst I have ever seen. The problems are long standing, a fix has been promised by Pipex for over a year and no improvement has been seen to date. The Text News Servers are not bad at all. Q |
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| On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:10:57 +0100, "Q" wrote: "noman" wrote in message ... I would like unrestricted 512 Broadband. Free setup and modem/filters unless there is a financial reason to pay for them. I use Newsgroups, pop mail, msn, webspace and kazaa. My research leads me to Pipex solo 500. Is this the best choice? Thanks for any info or views Pipex is not bad at all for all of the services your require except Newsgroups. The Binary News Servers are the worst I have ever seen. The problems are long standing, a fix has been promised by Pipex for over a year and no improvement has been seen to date. The Text News Servers are not bad at all. Q An odd quirk of this newsgroup is that if an ISP is not mention then that in itself is a recommendation of its quality, overall service and sensible pricing. Think about it and trawl through the ADSL guide to make your final selection. David Bradley |
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| "David Bradley" wrote in message ... snip An odd quirk of this newsgroup is that if an ISP is not mention then that in itself is a recommendation of its quality, overall service and sensible pricing. I haven't seen AOL mentioned much (if at all), does that make them a good ISP ?... |
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| On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:30:09 UTC, ":::Jerry::::" wrote: "David Bradley" wrote in message ... snip An odd quirk of this newsgroup is that if an ISP is not mention then that in itself is a recommendation of its quality, overall service and sensible pricing. I haven't seen AOL mentioned much (if at all), does that make them a good ISP ?... No, it is just a given that AOL should be avoided. And, mostly, that AOL users don't have the nous to find this newsgroup. Or are too ashamed to say anything... (ducks) -- Bob Eager begin a new life...dump Windows! |
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| Bob Eager wrote : No, it is just a given that AOL should be avoided. And, mostly, that AOL users don't have the nous to find this newsgroup. Or are too ashamed to say anything... (ducks) I have an AOL connection which is useful because there are no limits. It has worked perfectly on the no name router I bought locally in January and has never needed a reset. I only had to use the AOL client to get set up and since then, normal tools. [I am not posting this using my AOL link though, I use it mainly for music.] I do get my email, news and other services elsewhere, but I could not fault the connectivity which has been rock solid for well over six months. It seems to me the market is going to segment some more anyway in the future and the days of the totally integrated ISP are numbered -- John Mail sent to the reply address will be binned automatically. Use my name with the domain (@+the rest) |
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| I use news.individual.net not the ISPs own groups. |
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| "noman" wrote in message ... I would like unrestricted 512 Broadband. Free setup and modem/filters unless there is a financial reason to pay for them. I use Newsgroups, pop mail, msn, webspace and kazaa. My research leads me to Pipex solo 500. Is this the best choice? From my own research - Pipex as come up very good, Another which seems very good but slightly more expensive are Zen. The only question that I asked myself about Zen was if I am happy to pay for the 512k service I could pay a litle bit more & get 1mb ?? I however have not yet jumped to broadband but should do in the next few month's & will probably go with either Zen or Pipex. Currently I am on btopenworld dial-up. I'm pondering over my current pc setup & how to get them all online with a wired house solution before I make the jump to broadband. -- Niaz Khan '..getting old & still playing video games..' |
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| On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:19:26 UTC, Tx2 wrote: begin a new life...dump Windows! Ahh, the true colours behind the comments. I fail to see the connection. But I see that an AOL mind might. -- Bob Eager begin a new life...dump Windows! |
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| O I haven't seen AOL mentioned much (if at all), does that make them a good ISP ?... Exception that proves the rule..... Dave -- Some people use windows, others have a life. |
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