Pipex query

Can anyone confirm whether Pipex 1Mb broadband offers a no limits service,
and allows use of newsgroups and P2P?
Can anyone explain the difference between the home user package and the
business package?
I currently am a ISDN subscriber with them on a business package.
All help appreciated.

Thanks

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"KerplunKuK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c54nut$2noht2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone confirm whether Pipex 1Mb broadband offers a no limits service,
> and allows use of newsgroups and P2P?
> Can anyone explain the difference between the home user package and the
> business package?
> I currently am a ISDN subscriber with them on a business package.
> All help appreciated.
>

Yes, you heard correctly ! UNLIMITED usage / UNMETERED usage with PIPEX....

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:51:24 +0000, StarBuck <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 05:59:36 +0530, "Fox" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>>"KerplunKuK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:c54nut$2noht2$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Can anyone confirm whether Pipex 1Mb broadband offers a no limits service,
>>> and allows use of newsgroups and P2P?
>>> Can anyone explain the difference between the home user package and the
>>> business package?
>>> I currently am a ISDN subscriber with them on a business package.
>>> All help appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>Yes, you heard correctly ! UNLIMITED usage / UNMETERED usage with PIPEX....
>>
>
>I'm also looking at possible pipex sign-up
>
>Pipex do 35,000 news groups according to there web site do these
>include the binary warez groups ? and how many days retention ?

Pipex do provide a full news service, in that there's all the groups
you could wish for.

Their news service falls down in only three areas:

1) Completion rate for multi-part postings.
2) Retention period
2) Bandwidth allowed/allocated for downloading from groups.

As an ISP, Pipex are pretty good, and their tech support (in my
experience) is OK.

As a news provider they are pants. Do yourself a favour and shell out
the $2.99/month for a 2 gig plan with Agent.

Vic.

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 05:59:36 +0530, "Fox" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>"KerplunKuK" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:c54nut$2noht2$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Can anyone confirm whether Pipex 1Mb broadband offers a no limits service,
>> and allows use of newsgroups and P2P?
>> Can anyone explain the difference between the home user package and the
>> business package?
>> I currently am a ISDN subscriber with them on a business package.
>> All help appreciated.
>>
>
>Yes, you heard correctly ! UNLIMITED usage / UNMETERED usage with PIPEX....
>

I'm also looking at possible pipex sign-up

Pipex do 35,000 news groups according to there web site do these
include the binary warez groups ? and how many days retention ?

also what is there e-mail specs with reguards server storage space?

StarBuck

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:47:48 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband Vic.
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>>I'm also looking at possible pipex sign-up
>>
>>Pipex do 35,000 news groups according to there web site do these
>>include the binary warez groups ? and how many days retention ?
>
>Pipex do provide a full news service, in that there's all the groups
>you could wish for.
>
>Their news service falls down in only three areas:
>
>1) Completion rate for multi-part postings.
>2) Retention period
>2) Bandwidth allowed/allocated for downloading from groups.
>
>As an ISP, Pipex are pretty good, and their tech support (in my
>experience) is OK.
>
>As a news provider they are pants. Do yourself a favour and shell out
>the $2.99/month for a 2 gig plan with Agent.
>
I use the pipex news service and have had the odd one or two messages
be a bit delayed but I think that may be the posters ISPs. I find the
downloads quick, (from server 195.129.110.67), and have never hit any
sort of bandwidth problems with downloads or uploads.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:47:48 +0100, Vic.
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:51:24 +0000, StarBuck <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>I'm also looking at possible pipex sign-up
>>
>>Pipex do 35,000 news groups according to there web site do these
>>include the binary warez groups ? and how many days retention ?
>
>Pipex do provide a full news service, in that there's all the groups
>you could wish for.
>
>Their news service falls down in only three areas:
>
>1) Completion rate for multi-part postings.
this is important to me.

>2) Retention period
I only need 2 to 5 days

>2) Bandwidth allowed/allocated for downloading from groups.
not sure what this means ! The total gigs per day or the speed of
downloading?

>As an ISP, Pipex are pretty good, and their tech support (in my
>experience) is OK.
>
>As a news provider they are pants. Do yourself a favour and shell out
>the $2.99/month for a 2 gig plan with Agent.

>Vic.

I've got 15 day retention with good to reasonable completion with
unlimited download with astraweb backed up with an easynews account,
plus text for free from both readfreenews and individual.net. My
requirement is 2 to 5 days retention with good completion that is
faster than the slow astraweb connection on ntl cable.

I may sign up with pipex or clara.net not sure which yet.

Thanks
StarBuck

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:58:37 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Lurch)
wrote:

>On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:47:48 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband Vic.
><(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
>
>>>I'm also looking at possible pipex sign-up
>>>
>>>Pipex do 35,000 news groups according to there web site do these
>>>include the binary warez groups ? and how many days retention ?
>>
>>Pipex do provide a full news service, in that there's all the groups
>>you could wish for.
>>
>>Their news service falls down in only three areas:
>>
>>1) Completion rate for multi-part postings.
>>2) Retention period
>>2) Bandwidth allowed/allocated for downloading from groups.
>>
>>As an ISP, Pipex are pretty good, and their tech support (in my
>>experience) is OK.
>>
>>As a news provider they are pants. Do yourself a favour and shell out
>>the $2.99/month for a 2 gig plan with Agent.
>>
>I use the pipex news service and have had the odd one or two messages
>be a bit delayed but I think that may be the posters ISPs. I find the
>downloads quick, (from server 195.129.110.67), and have never hit any
>sort of bandwidth problems with downloads or uploads.

Thanks for the info got any ideas on the e-mail storage allowance?

StarBuck

Last time I had the service I had no problems with large (10Mb - 15Mb)
attachments. They supposedly give you 100Mb of email storage space but it is
recommended you use POP3 to download it using a mail client (e.g. Outlook).

"StarBuck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:58:37 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Lurch)
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:47:48 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband Vic.
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
> >
> >>>I'm also looking at possible pipex sign-up
> >>>
> >>>Pipex do 35,000 news groups according to there web site do these
> >>>include the binary warez groups ? and how many days retention ?
> >>
> >>Pipex do provide a full news service, in that there's all the groups
> >>you could wish for.
> >>
> >>Their news service falls down in only three areas:
> >>
> >>1) Completion rate for multi-part postings.
> >>2) Retention period
> >>2) Bandwidth allowed/allocated for downloading from groups.
> >>
> >>As an ISP, Pipex are pretty good, and their tech support (in my
> >>experience) is OK.
> >>
> >>As a news provider they are pants. Do yourself a favour and shell out
> >>the $2.99/month for a 2 gig plan with Agent.
> >>
> >I use the pipex news service and have had the odd one or two messages
> >be a bit delayed but I think that may be the posters ISPs. I find the
> >downloads quick, (from server 195.129.110.67), and have never hit any
> >sort of bandwidth problems with downloads or uploads.
>
> Thanks for the info got any ideas on the e-mail storage allowance?
>
> StarBuck

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:27:21 +0000, in uk.telecom.broadband StarBuck
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>>2) Retention period
>I only need 2 to 5 days
>
After a quick check it appears that retention is around 5 days.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:17:53 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Lurch)
wrote:

>On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:27:21 +0000, in uk.telecom.broadband StarBuck
><(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
>
>>>2) Retention period
>>I only need 2 to 5 days
>>
>After a quick check it appears that retention is around 5 days.

Thanks for this info, looking good to sign-up so far.
StarBuck