Reccomendations for ISP

I am returning to the UK soon and will need to install telephone line
and business grade broadband with a static IP address.
I would prefer to bundle the line and broadband.

I have read good reports about Be and Zen here. Be seem sightly
preferable as they offer a static IP with their "pro" offering.


Any thoughts? Any others I should consider? BT business broadband?



Thanks - Adam

On 15/10/2010 15:23, Mark wrote:
> On 15 Oct 2010 13:42:08 GMT, Bob Eager<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:51:01 +0100, Adam Lipscombe wrote:
>>
>>> I am returning to the UK soon and will need to install telephone line
>>> and business grade broadband with a static IP address. I would prefer to
>>> bundle the line and broadband.
>>>
>>> I have read good reports about Be and Zen here. Be seem sightly
>>> preferable as they offer a static IP with their "pro" offering.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any thoughts? Any others I should consider? BT business broadband?
>>
>> AAISP - not as pricy as some would have you believe.
>>
>> As many static IPs as you want at no extra cost.
>
> There's plenty of decent ISPs around. I'd avoid the really big ones
> like AOL and BT. I use PlusNet and my package includes a "free"
> static IP address.

So do I.
However, be warned that over the past year or two Plusnet have been
steadily reducing the content of their tariff packages. New customers
don't get any webspace, for instance.
Throttling - rate-limiting - is applied to all tariffs now, except for
the Pro package, which I'm on - solely for that reason, although it's
quite expensive and I don't use anywhere near the inclusive monthly
bandwidth allocation.
On the plus side, their customer service centre is based in Sheffield,
not Bangalore!

George

On 15/10/2010 19:54, Woody wrote:
> "Peter Crosland"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) o.uk...
>> "George Weston"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On 15/10/2010 15:23, Mark wrote:
>>>> On 15 Oct 2010 13:42:08 GMT, Bob Eager<(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:51:01 +0100, Adam Lipscombe wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am returning to the UK soon and will need to install
>>>>>> telephone line
>>>>>> and business grade broadband with a static IP address. I
>>>>>> would prefer to
>>>>>> bundle the line and broadband.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have read good reports about Be and Zen here. Be seem
>>>>>> sightly
>>>>>> preferable as they offer a static IP with their "pro"
>>>>>> offering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any thoughts? Any others I should consider? BT business
>>>>>> broadband?
>>>>>
>>>>> AAISP - not as pricy as some would have you believe.
>>>>>
>>>>> As many static IPs as you want at no extra cost.
>>>>
>>>> There's plenty of decent ISPs around. I'd avoid the really
>>>> big ones
>>>> like AOL and BT. I use PlusNet and my package includes a
>>>> "free"
>>>> static IP address.
>>>
>>> So do I.
>>> However, be warned that over the past year or two Plusnet have
>>> been steadily reducing the content of their tariff packages.
>>> New customers don't get any webspace, for instance.
>>> Throttling - rate-limiting - is applied to all tariffs now,
>>> except for the Pro package, which I'm on - solely for that
>>> reason, although it's quite expensive and I don't use anywhere
>>> near the inclusive monthly bandwidth allocation.
>>> On the plus side, their customer service centre is based in
>>> Sheffield, not Bangalore!
>>
>>
>> Most of the points you make are no relevant to business
>> customers. Otherwise Plusnet are an excellent ISP and rather
>> more reasonably priced that the others. Avoid BT like the Black
>> Death.
>>
>> Peter Crosland
>>
>>
>
>
>
> And despite what others may say on here, if you are in a cabled
> area VirginMedia are actually pretty good. Their speed is
> consistent, rarely have any loss of service and are, on balance,
> good value for what you get.
>
> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isps.html is a good place to have a
> browse. Andrews and Arnold (aka AAISP,) as already noted, seem to
> have a good reputation.
>
>


Sadly I will be in rural Cornwall, no cable for me :-(
I will try AAISP and see what they say.

Many thanks all.

adam

Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.broadband Job Justification Hearings, Woody
chose the tried and tested strategy of:

> And despite what others may say on here, if you are in a cabled
> area VirginMedia are actually pretty good. Their speed is
> consistent, rarely have any loss of service and are, on balance,
> good value for what you get.

Apart from the lack of static IP, yes.

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alexd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: Apart from the lack of static IP, yes.

Personally I have never seen much need for a static IP. My router registers
with dyndns.com when the IP changes (rarely!) and I can always find
it! This is with the (excellent!) BeThere.

"Adam Lipscombe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i9988v$551$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am returning to the UK soon and will need to install telephone line and
>business grade broadband with a static IP address.
> I would prefer to bundle the line and broadband.
>
> I have read good reports about Be and Zen here. Be seem sightly preferable
> as they offer a static IP with their "pro" offering.
>
>
> Any thoughts? Any others I should consider? BT business broadband?
>
>
>
> Thanks - Adam

Static IP with BE Unlimited available on request

Adam Lipscombe <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Any thoughts? Any others I should consider? BT business broadband?
>
We use Be in a number of locations, and have been very satisfied with
the service; hey will provide multiple static addresses on request for
no additional charge on on the business tarriffs.

You will need to check what LLU is available on your local telephone
exchange - http://www.samknows.com

Brian Mc wrote:
> alexd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : Apart from the lack of static IP, yes.
>
> Personally I have never seen much need for a static IP. My router registers
> with dyndns.com when the IP changes (rarely!) and I can always find
> it! This is with the (excellent!) BeThere.
>
I absolutely need it. I have remote access to several sites that are not
static IP and the only way I can allow myself firewalled access and not
the whole world, is by being in one place all the time :-)

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Mark <i@dontget
lotsofspamanymore.invalid> writes

>There's plenty of decent ISPs around. I'd avoid the really big ones
>like AOL and BT. I use PlusNet

And PusNet belongs to... ?

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On 20/10/2010 in message <KAlxE+(E-Mail Removed)> Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Mark <i@dontget
>lotsofspamanymore.invalid> writes
>
>>There's plenty of decent ISPs around. I'd avoid the really big ones
>>like AOL and BT. I use PlusNet
>
>And PusNet belongs to... ?

It may belong to BT but it provides excellent service with a UK service
centre. You do have to be able to manage a Yorkshire accent :-)

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