Who to choose ? info please

I am seeking some advice, my Sister has a Shop in Birmingham and has asked
me to set up Broadband on her PC. I am on Virginmedia Cable here so I and
have no experience of ADSL providers. I read all the horror stories so am
after guidance. I know Virgin do internet for bt line but seems you have to
have their phone package and I am not sure this would be any good for a
Business customer. Speed is not critical but a reliable provider is required
and also with some pop email and reasonable webspace. Replies read with
interest.

Thanks

I know Virgin do internet for bt line but seems you have to
>have their phone package and I am not sure this would be any good for a
>Business customer. Speed is not critical but a reliable provider is required
>and also with some pop email and reasonable webspace. Replies read with
>interest.


Hi, I think that broadband provision is one thing, pop3 email and web
is another. I know that's provided as package by ISPs but personally
(I think others will agree) that you may be better (if you really need
POP3 and WWW) to go elsewhere for that, and look at getting your ADSL
connection sorted by a reputable provider.

I think this thread could go several miles over a decent ADSL
provider.. AFAIC it seems decent customer service is a major plus
these days.. it's ok having the lowest price out there for internet,
but if it goes down regularly and emails, and phone calls go
unanswered it's "no use to man or beast"
Plenty of people with that issue!

So my 2p worth - is to look at your ADSL provision..
Then consider your POP3 and WWW separately,

If you have ADSL and fancy your own SMTP server (if ISP allow it) you
could have your own incoming email and you can pick up your email
locally without POP3 externally. Your reliance on paid for external
POP3 is then diminished.

Regarding WWW hosting, I'd certainly not rely on your ISP for that..
I'm not going to recommend anyone.. as it's so objective.. but I'm
sure others will share their thoughts with various web hosts they use

It depends on what level of dependecy you want to place on companies
to do stuff for you.

Hope that helps

Regards
Steve

"radioham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am seeking some advice, my Sister has a Shop in Birmingham and has asked
>me to set up Broadband on her PC. I am on Virginmedia Cable here so I and
>have no experience of ADSL providers. I read all the horror stories so am
>after guidance. I know Virgin do internet for bt line but seems you have to
>have their phone package and I am not sure this would be any good for a
>Business customer. Speed is not critical but a reliable provider is
>required and also with some pop email and reasonable webspace. Replies read
>with interest.
>
> Thanks
>

Take a look at the Zen 250 if speed is not an issue and reliability is.

At up to 4.5 times faster than Dial-up, Home 250 is the ideal progression to
broadband.
This package provides an always-on value for money service for users who do
not access the Internet for large amounts of time, but still require a
reliable and stable connection.

http://www.zen.co.uk/Broadband/athome.aspx?page=453

On 26 Mar, 20:57, "radioham" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> I am seeking some advice, my Sister has a Shop in Birmingham and has asked
> me to set up Broadband on her PC. I am on Virginmedia Cable here so I and
> have no experience of ADSL providers. I read all the horror stories so am
> after guidance. I know Virgin do internet for bt line but seems you have to
> have their phone package and I am not sure this would be any good for a
> Business customer. Speed is not critical but a reliable provider is required
> and also with some pop email and reasonable webspace. Replies read with
> interest.
>
> Thanks

Hi, Did you check current offerings from http://www.getbroadband-online.co.uk/
yet? Hope this helps...pappa

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> On 26 Mar, 20:57, "radioham" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> I am seeking some advice, my Sister has a Shop in Birmingham and has
>> asked...

snip

......webspace. Replies read with
>> interest.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Hi, Did you check current offerings from
> http://www.getbroadband-online.co.uk/
> yet? Hope this helps...pappa
>


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Newsgroups: uk.telecom.broadband
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Who to choose ? info please


> On 26 Mar, 20:57, "radioham" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> I am seeking some advice, my Sister has a Shop in Birmingham and has
>> asked...

snip

....webspace. Replies read with
>> interest.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Hi, Did you check current offerings from
> http://www.getbroadband-online.co.uk/
> yet? Hope this helps...pappa
>

I for one would consider carefully before using getbroadband-online info,
they are all sponsored links. I suggest you consider the relative position
of the first result (talk talk when I looked) against their rating in

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings.php

before you take any steps based on what getbroadband shows!