Anyone connected to Tesco yet?

Was going to go with Dialstart but they sound like they should be avoided.
Tesco is the next cheapest for unlimited 512K but does it work?

Has anyone found any Ts&Cs for Tesco yet?

Do they have a POP3 email server?

Cheers.

Dave.

Dave wrote:
> Was going to go with Dialstart but they sound like they should be
> avoided. Tesco is the next cheapest for unlimited 512K but does it
> work?

Don't know but the price looks good. Got to be something wrong with it. ;-)

>
> Has anyone found any Ts&Cs for Tesco yet?

http://www.tesco.net/terms_conditions.asp

If it's any consolation, I couldn't find them either until I phoned up and
got told that they're on the tesco.net home page, *not* the broadband page.

It looks to be the standard(ish) 12 months minimum contract with £70
cancellation charge if you want out within the first year. Uncapped at
present although they reserve the right to cap if necessary in the future.

I happy with Zen at the moment but I've a friend who want to get connected
and on-line at the least cost possible so it looks attractive with the free
connection and low monthly charge. The free modem is of no interest to me or
my friend but I suppose it might interest some.

Tim



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> Do they have a POP3 email server?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Dave.



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"Tim Downie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
> > Was going to go with Dialstart but they sound like they should be
> > avoided. Tesco is the next cheapest for unlimited 512K but does it
> > work?
>
> Don't know but the price looks good. Got to be something wrong with it. ;-)

I imagine that you end up with an email address that includes the name Tesco.
Is that something that you would want?


Michael Chare

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> It looks to be the standard(ish) 12 months minimum contract with £70
> cancellation charge if you want out within the first year. Uncapped at
> present although they reserve the right to cap if necessary in the future.
>

What's that mean?

You can sign up now with unlimited bandwidth but at any point they may
decide to cap your bandwidth?
And (then) leave you with the remainder of your 12 month contract to fulfil?

Martin.


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Dave wrote:
>> Has anyone found any Ts&Cs for Tesco yet?
>

Tim Downie responded:
> http://www.tesco.net/terms_conditions.asp


Para. 1 of the Conditions says (my emphasis):
"We will provide you with the online services available *from time to
time* via Tesco broadband, which *may* include the use of email,
webspace, usenet newsgroups and access to the www.tesco.net website (the
"Service")".

Sounds very dodgy, and might be *very* intermittent! <g>

Yes, I know that it's lawyer-speak. I write as someone who's been on
Tesco 'Anytime' for a couple of years - I've been very happy with that
service and have just signed up for their broadband

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On 7 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, "DB." wrote:

>Sounds very dodgy

sounded more like "we expect it to work, but don't guarantee 100%
uptime" which is pretty much what every ISP suggests :-) Peter M

poster wrote:
> On 7 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, "DB." wrote:
>
>> Sounds very dodgy
>
> sounded more like "we expect it to work, but don't guarantee 100%
> uptime" which is pretty much what every ISP suggests :-) Peter M


I imagine that to the lawyer "from time to time" means something along
the lines of "between the dates agreed", whereas to the ordinary punter
it means "occasionally". Having signed-up for Tesco's broadband service
I'm trusting that it will be available more often than "occasionally"!

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> Yes, I know that it's lawyer-speak. I write as someone who's been on
> Tesco 'Anytime' for a couple of years - I've been very happy with that
> service and have just signed up for their broadband
>

Be sure to let the group know what you think of it once its up and running
)

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:13:29 +0000 (UTC), "Michael Chare"
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>I imagine that you end up with an email address that includes the name Tesco.
>Is that something that you would want?

Buy a domain name from http://123-reg.co.uk/ for £3 per year and
redirect to your Tesco POP box.

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"Dave Mason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:13:29 +0000 (UTC), "Michael Chare"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I imagine that you end up with an email address that includes the name
Tesco.
> >Is that something that you would want?
>
> Buy a domain name from http://123-reg.co.uk/ for £3 per year and
> redirect to your Tesco POP box.
>

Or even more to the point, what residential user cares whether a email
address contains 'tesco' or 'bt' as long as it works and is reliable.