ISP recommendation

I've narrowed down the following as potential ISPs for broadband access:

- pipex (xtreme solo 500)
- freedom2surf (512k home)

I'd appreciate any comments from anybody who have used either of these
services.

Thanks,
Wayne.

Pipex - http://www.net4nowt.com/rating/view_...sp?ISP_ID=1021
Freedom2surf -
http://www.net4nowt.com/rating/view_....asp?ISP_ID=53



On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:27:20 -0000, "wh" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I've narrowed down the following as potential ISPs for broadband access:
>
>- pipex (xtreme solo 500)
>- freedom2surf (512k home)
>
>I'd appreciate any comments from anybody who have used either of these
>services.
>
>Thanks,
>Wayne.
>

Peter Harris
http://www.net4nowt.com - For ISP News, Reviews and Information.

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> - pipex (xtreme solo 500)
> - freedom2surf (512k home)
>
> I'd appreciate any comments from anybody who have used either of these
> services.

I am using Pipex - there service was good with fast speeds
until about three weeks ago when it became dire. Prior to
that the only problem had been news servers - which were
often so slow you could wait 8 hours to overnight some times
to download all your groups.

I had gone to Pipex after my previous ISP lost my emails -
and Pipex had told me this was impossible with them as
everything was fully backed up and they were a "professional
business orientated ISP" - however three weeks ago they lost
all of many of their customers emails and it does not look likely
they can get them back - although they say the are still trying.

There have also been frequent service outages recently - so
I know nothing of freedome2surf - but they would appear to
win by default.

"Ray Vaughan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3fc9643c$1$28693$(E-Mail Removed) ...
>
> I am using Pipex - there service was good with fast speeds
> until about three weeks ago when it became dire. Prior to
> that the only problem had been news servers - which were
> often so slow you could wait 8 hours to overnight some times
> to download all your groups.
>
> I had gone to Pipex after my previous ISP lost my emails -
> and Pipex had told me this was impossible with them as
> everything was fully backed up and they were a "professional
> business orientated ISP" - however three weeks ago they lost
> all of many of their customers emails and it does not look likely
> they can get them back - although they say the are still trying.
>
> There have also been frequent service outages recently - so
> I know nothing of freedome2surf - but they would appear to
> win by default.
>

The problem when someone finds a good ISP, is that it then gets
recommended to others, and the heavy users pile in, the service then
deteriorates because of being overloaded. The only fair way forward
seems to be to charge for the bandwidth used, as with the Metronet
example, this way, at least those that use the most resources, pay the
highest price.
--
Gavin Gillespie
Giltbrook
Nottingham UK

"Gavin Gillespie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

>The problem when someone finds a good ISP, is that it then gets
>recommended to others, and the heavy users pile in, the service then
>deteriorates because of being overloaded. The only fair way forward
>seems to be to charge for the bandwidth used, as with the Metronet
>example, this way, at least those that use the most resources, pay the
>highest price.

I've been "online" since about 1993, and I think the real problem is
that the name of the game in this (or any other) business is to make
the assets sweat. In the ISP business this means taking on customers
until the system is just about to fall over - at that point you are
maximising your profits.

I've got through at least 5 ISPs since then; always the same pattern.


Peter.
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