NEWBIE Q: moving from freeserve

I've had enough of freesereve and their outages, so after nearly 2 years I
would like to move on.

What happens with my modem (green alcatel speedtouch USB)? Can I use it with
my new ISP?

Which (non-cable) ISP is offering the cheapest 1mb access?

BT wrote to my friend and told him to stop downloading certain files, are
there any other ISP's that don't like P2P sharing/ bittorrent and that sort
of thing.

Thanks for all your help.
Ed.

Ed <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: I've had enough of freesereve and their outages, so after nearly 2 years I
: would like to move on.

Funnily enough I personally have had *NONE* of this. No outages at all - just
rock solid service at good data rates!

: What happens with my modem (green alcatel speedtouch USB)? Can I use it with
: my new ISP?

Depends if you bought it or got it "free" with a subscription. If you bought
it is is yours - and you can re-use it just fine. If if was provided free they
will want it back.

BTW Freeserve do not support "migration" to a new ADSL provider. You will have
to cancel with them before doing anything else.

"Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ed <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : I've had enough of freesereve and their outages, so after nearly 2 years
I
> : would like to move on.
>
> Funnily enough I personally have had *NONE* of this. No outages at all -
just
> rock solid service at good data rates!
>

I used to be the same as you, laughing while all my friends suffered
outages.
Now it takes me ages to get on, and can cut off just like that.


> : What happens with my modem (green alcatel speedtouch USB)? Can I use it
with
> : my new ISP?
>
> Depends if you bought it or got it "free" with a subscription. If you
bought
> it is is yours - and you can re-use it just fine. If if was provided free
they
> will want it back.

I bought it, I was one of the first to sign up with their broadband "trial"
when they started.

> BTW Freeserve do not support "migration" to a new ADSL provider. You will
have
> to cancel with them before doing anything else.

So I call them to cancel, and then what? Phone tiscali/pipex/whoever and
say.... "I have a modem, can i have the settings?"
Thanks, Ed.

In article <bqcjht$gc4$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> I've had enough of freesereve and their outages, so after nearly 2 years I
> would like to move on.
>
> What happens with my modem (green alcatel speedtouch USB)? Can I use it with
> my new ISP?
>
> Which (non-cable) ISP is offering the cheapest 1mb access?
>
> BT wrote to my friend and told him to stop downloading certain files, are
> there any other ISP's that don't like P2P sharing/ bittorrent and that sort
> of thing.

I thought that P2P had been declared legal? Bittorrent is actually one of
the supported methods of downloading Steam (the Valve Half Life game
"manager"),

FWIW, Plusnet don't support P2P on their cheap £18.99/month package. They're
fine with you doing it on the £21.99 package though.

Pete.

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Ed <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

:> BTW Freeserve do not support "migration" to a new ADSL provider. You will
> have to cancel with them before doing anything else.

: So I call them to cancel, and then what? Phone tiscali/pipex/whoever and
: say.... "I have a modem, can i have the settings?"

You need to phone Freeserve to cancel...they will attange for BT to remove
the ADSL equipment from your phone line. Then, once this is complete, phone
whoever you like to re-subscribe! They will arrange for you line to be
re-enabled but there WILL be a gap!

Many ISPs seems to be offering "free connection" and some will offer a better
deal if you have your own modem/router (which you do!)

> > BT wrote to my friend and told him to stop downloading certain files,
> > are there any other ISP's that don't like P2P sharing/ bittorrent and
> > that sort of thing.
>
> I thought that P2P had been declared legal? Bittorrent is actually one
> of the supported methods of downloading Steam (the Valve Half
> Life game "manager"),

I think it's probably to do with BT Broadband's daily download limit, and
they'll write to you if you exceed it too often.

> I thought that P2P had been declared legal?

I can`t see how they could - ftp is a perfectly legitimate reason for a
p2p connection to occur

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> Ed <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I've had enough of freesereve and their outages, so after nearly 2 years I
>> would like to move on.
>
> Funnily enough I personally have had *NONE* of this. No outages at all - just
> rock solid service at good data rates!

It may depend which "bb" domain you're on.
Mine was bb2.freeserve.co.uk, IIRC, and I had no connectivity issues.

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> "Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bqckj9$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Ed <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>> What happens with my modem (green alcatel speedtouch USB)? Can I use it with
>>> my new ISP?
>>
>> Depends if you bought it or got it "free" with a subscription. If you bought
>> it is is yours - and you can re-use it just fine. If if was provided free
>> they will want it back.
>
> I bought it, I was one of the first to sign up with their broadband "trial"
> when they started.

Me too. What a coincidence!