Eclipse Internet - Any opinions please?

I am tempted by Eclipse Internet for a BB connection. On the various
ADSL sites they get a good write up and show good throughput figures
and reliability.

However, looking for this group for a few weeks I don't see a great
number of people commenting on them.

Are they good and just get on with it well or do not many people use
them?

Any opinions please?

Thanks,

Fox.

> I am tempted by Eclipse Internet for a BB connection. On the various
> ADSL sites they get a good write up and show good throughput figures
> and reliability.

Stay clear... They reckoned I couldn't get internet at my house yet I have
it now with Virgin ! that in my books is a serious mistake on thier part
thus I could not trust them any further.

not sure on price matches though...

Domestos

O
> Stay clear... They reckoned I couldn't get internet at my house yet I have
> it now with Virgin ! that in my books is a serious mistake on thier part
> thus I could not trust them any further.
>
> not sure on price matches though...
>
> Domestos

Could not get internet !!! or broadband ?. You could get the internet
through dialup.

Dave

On Sat, 15 May 2004 08:23:54 +0100, in article
<(E-Mail Removed) l.de> Urban Fox
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I am tempted by Eclipse Internet for a BB connection. On the various
> ADSL sites they get a good write up and show good throughput figures
> and reliability.

This is true, their performance is generally good.

>
> However, looking for this group for a few weeks I don't see a great
> number of people commenting on them.

Satisfied people rarely comment.

>
> Are they good and just get on with it well or do not many people use
> them?

The former.

>
> Any opinions please?

Recommended for everything except news, the latter only really matters if
you want binaries, but in all honesty if you do then get a news farm
subscription.

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Urban Fox wrote:

> I am tempted by Eclipse Internet for a BB connection. On the various
> ADSL sites they get a good write up and show good throughput figures
> and reliability.
>
> Any opinions please?

I'd use them again. Their billing could be a bit lacklustre, though.

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On 15 May 2004, Brian Morrison wrote:

>Recommended for everything except news, the latter only matters ...

I'd tend to agree - people don't complain about a good service. Their
technical support hours are longer than they were one of my clients
joined them almost 2 years ago. He used them as they are teleworker
friendly (VAT invoices etc). He's retired now and is cutting back on
costs so has switched to a cheaper account (18.99 Home Surf, and will
soon cancel the second phone line he had for business calls). Had a
small problem with BT not removing a DACS originally, so Eclipse moved
the billing date to coincide with actual service he had and no problem
with them overall. Fixed IP and pretty steady service with perhaps 3
hours downtime when he couldn't connect... not bad in 21+ months.

"Brian Morrison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 May 2004 08:23:54 +0100, in article
> <(E-Mail Removed) l.de> Urban Fox
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I am tempted by Eclipse Internet for a BB connection. On the various
> > ADSL sites they get a good write up and show good throughput figures
> > and reliability.
>
> This is true, their performance is generally good.
>
> >
> > However, looking for this group for a few weeks I don't see a great
> > number of people commenting on them.
>
> Satisfied people rarely comment.
>
> >
> > Are they good and just get on with it well or do not many people use
> > them?
>
> The former.
>
> >
> > Any opinions please?
>
> Recommended for everything except news, the latter only really matters if
> you want binaries, but in all honesty if you do then get a news farm
> subscription.
>

They seem to be getting more on the ball with newsgroups now, they host a
range of Binary groups now, and are currently in the process of getting a
new upstream providor, so performance may increase in the coming weeks. I'm
with Eclipse and mainly use news.individual.net, 100% free, and works great,
but for lite usenet their server is fine.

On Sun, 16 May 2004 21:23:40 +0100, in article
<(E-Mail Removed)> "Phil" <pjharding24_remove_@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:

>> Recommended for everything except news, the latter only really matters if
>> you want binaries, but in all honesty if you do then get a news farm
>> subscription.
>>
>
> They seem to be getting more on the ball with newsgroups now, they host a
> range of Binary groups now, and are currently in the process of getting a
> new upstream providor, so performance may increase in the coming weeks. I'm
> with Eclipse and mainly use news.individual.net, 100% free, and works great,
> but for lite usenet their server is fine.

Yes, they upgraded their news caching software a while back and then put
in hardware with more horsepower. The weak point is their upstream news
peer, and I'm waiting to see who they plump for in that respect.

I'm very pleased with them, I have seen very little instability in
connection with them whereas Demon were definitely not as reliable on a
day to day basis.

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Brian Morrison

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In article <(E-Mail Removed) l.de>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> I am tempted by Eclipse Internet for a BB connection. On the various
> ADSL sites they get a good write up and show good throughput figures
> and reliability.
>
> However, looking for this group for a few weeks I don't see a great
> number of people commenting on them.
>
> Are they good and just get on with it well or do not many people use
> them?
>
> Any opinions please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fox.
>
>
Have been with Eclipse for nearly a year now, no problem. They handled
the migration from home-highway to adsl and kept me informed all the
way. Small problem with the first invoice but fine since then. I
recommend them to my customers.
I don't use their news service so can't comment on it.
I had to contact their tech support when onsite at a customers and the
problem was fixed quickly.

hth
Andrew

On Tue, 18 May 2004 23:01:51 +0100, Andrew <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>They handled
>the migration from home-highway to adsl and kept me informed all the
>way. Small problem with the first invoice but fine since then. I
>recommend them to my customers.

Excellent! Thanks to everyone who replied. This is exactly what I want
to to, a HH to ADSL managed conversation.

Have organised this with Eclipse now and looking forward to 10th June
which is my activation date.

Thanks all.

Fox.