Fast24, any comments, good or bad?

I'm half looking for a second ADSL provider to use as backup for my
ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days I used to be with Fast24 Internet who
seemed to provide a reasonable service then.

Does anyone know how good their ADSL is?

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Chris Green

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:dr7m6g$ppm$(E-Mail Removed)...
I'm half looking for a second ADSL provider to use as backup for my
ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days I used to be with Fast24 Internet who
seemed to provide a reasonable service then.

Does anyone know how good their ADSL is?

--
Chris Green

Why do you want to have a second ADSL provider? Nearly all problems you'll
experience will be with the local exhange going tits up - which no matter
how many ADSL providers you have, will be of no help to you.

Does your current ADSL provider have a back up dialup account?

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"SecretSquiddle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:43d7a2bc$0$23284$(E-Mail Removed):

>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:dr7m6g$ppm$(E-Mail Removed)... I'm half looking for a second
> ADSL provider to use as backup for my ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days
> I used to be with Fast24 Internet who seemed to provide a reasonable
> service then.
>
> Does anyone know how good their ADSL is?
>

Very bad (leaving shortly!)

Still £37.49pm for 2Mbit, News off since the beginning of the month,
regular failures of email and broadband services, and very poor support.

Used to be one of the best, now can't wait to get rid!

NewsWD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "SecretSquiddle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:43d7a2bc$0$23284$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> >
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:dr7m6g$ppm$(E-Mail Removed)... I'm half looking for a second
> > ADSL provider to use as backup for my ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days
> > I used to be with Fast24 Internet who seemed to provide a reasonable
> > service then.
> >
> > Does anyone know how good their ADSL is?
> >
>
> Very bad (leaving shortly!)
>
> Still ?37.49pm for 2Mbit, News off since the beginning of the month,
> regular failures of email and broadband services, and very poor support.
>
> Used to be one of the best, now can't wait to get rid!

So that's a 'no' then! :-)

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Chris Green

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:dr8k4j$4ac$(E-Mail Removed)...
NewsWD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "SecretSquiddle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:43d7a2bc$0$23284$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> >
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:dr7m6g$ppm$(E-Mail Removed)... I'm half looking for a second
> > ADSL provider to use as backup for my ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days
> > I used to be with Fast24 Internet who seemed to provide a reasonable
> > service then.
> >
> > Does anyone know how good their ADSL is?
> >
>
> Very bad (leaving shortly!)
>
> Still ?37.49pm for 2Mbit, News off since the beginning of the month,
> regular failures of email and broadband services, and very poor support.
>
> Used to be one of the best, now can't wait to get rid!

So that's a 'no' then! :-)

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Chris Green

Give www.zen.co.uk a try. Very reliable, no fuss over usage - and 1 month
contracts, so if you don't like it you can leave.

No the cheapest out there, but you do get a quality service.

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SecretSquiddle <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > > > Does anyone know how good their ADSL is?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Very bad (leaving shortly!)
> > >
> > > Still ?37.49pm for 2Mbit, News off since the beginning of the month,
> > > regular failures of email and broadband services, and very poor support.
> > >
> > > Used to be one of the best, now can't wait to get rid!
> >
> > So that's a 'no' then! :-)
> >
> > Give www.zen.co.uk a try. Very reliable, no fuss over usage - and 1 month
> > contracts, so if you don't like it you can leave.
>
> No the cheapest out there, but you do get a quality service.
>
Yes, I know, Zen are on my list of possibles.

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Chris Green

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:38:59 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>NewsWD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> "SecretSquiddle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:43d7a2bc$0$23284$(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>> >
>> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:dr7m6g$ppm$(E-Mail Removed)... I'm half looking for a second
>> > ADSL provider to use as backup for my ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days
>> > I used to be with Fast24 Internet who seemed to provide a reasonable
>> > service then.
>> >

I must be missing something here.....

You want to have ADSL service with two ISPs down one telephone line?

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Tony

Tony <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:38:59 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> >NewsWD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >> "SecretSquiddle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> >> news:43d7a2bc$0$23284$(E-Mail Removed):
> >>
> >> >
> >> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:dr7m6g$ppm$(E-Mail Removed)... I'm half looking for a second
> >> > ADSL provider to use as backup for my ukfsn one. Back in my ISDN days
> >> > I used to be with Fast24 Internet who seemed to provide a reasonable
> >> > service then.
> >> >
>
> I must be missing something here.....
>
> You want to have ADSL service with two ISPs down one telephone line?
>
No, I have two telphone lines which appear to take different routes to
the exchange as one will allow only 1Mb/s and the other 2Mb/s.

I used to have an ordinary POTS line and an ISDN line with the ISDN
being used for internet, however we now have ADSL available (since
about May last year) and I have changed the ISDN line back to a POTS
line. The ex-ISDN line is a business line.

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Chris Green

Tony wrote:

> I must be missing something here.....

You are...

> You want to have ADSL service with two ISPs down one telephone line?

Never stated. Blindingly obvious that it needs another line, which
no doubt Chris, and many others, have. Not everyone considers that
a backup is not just useful, but can be essential (helps also where
there are suspicions about routing issues, or to test hardware with
minimal disruption to day-to-day use of the net). Also handy if you
want one connection with fixed IP and another with dynamic IP (eg a
researcher not wanting to be so easily identified when visiting the
same site several times a month). Peter M.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:02:14 +0000, Peter M <us-(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Tony wrote:
>
>> I must be missing something here.....
>
>You are...
>
>> You want to have ADSL service with two ISPs down one telephone line?
>
>Never stated. Blindingly obvious that it needs another line, which
>no doubt Chris, and many others, have.

You know that, I know that, and it turns out now that the OP does too.
The original message looked (wrongly) as if the OP didn't have a clue,
which we now know that he does.


What a waste of bandwidth!

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Tony