Tiscali 256K

Does anyone have any experience of either this package or tiscali in
general? I was a customer a few years ago (moved over from LibertySurf) and
they seemed OK.

Otherwise does anyone have any other (cheap) suggestions?

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does anyone have any experience of either this package or tiscali in
> general? I was a customer a few years ago (moved over from LibertySurf)
and
> they seemed OK.
>
> Otherwise does anyone have any other (cheap) suggestions?
>
>

Taken from adslguide-

Growing rise of complaints from Tiscali customers
Tiscali is a service provider that is growing rapidly due to TV advertising,
and various other marketing activities. Unfortunately we are seeing a
growing number of problems from users of the service.
The problems are varied but commonly include quality of support advice, poor
speeds, problems cancelling service etc. The problem is not confined to just
ADSLguide visitors, Mark Jackson of www.ISPReview.co.uk has also noticed the
increase.
We have being quietly collecting emails from users of the service for a
couple of weeks now, mainly those wishing to cancel, and who have tried the
official channels with little or no success. We are in contact with Tiscali,
and where users want us to we will pass details on, so that hopefully
cancellations will get processed.
Tiscali customers are free to use our BBS section here to discuss their
problems, and share possible solutions. If you would like us to try and help
with a cancellation, email (E-Mail Removed) and be sure to put
TISCALI in the subject line, we cannot guarantee anything, but we can try,
and the emails allow us to assess the overall size of the problem.
We will be coming back to look more closely at the issues revolving around
Tiscali, and hopefully will be able to publish their responses to the
issues.

Ok, i think i get the idea!

Any other suggestions?

> Ok, i think i get the idea!
>
> Any other suggestions?

How much do you want to pay per month and what do you plan on doing with
your connection?

PlusNet gets lot of recommendations here, they are reliable, responsive, won
awards and just about the cheapest BB available.
You can get 512k from £14.99 (with 1gb p/month limit), of for £18.99 without
P2P and binaries, but no download limit.
Unrestricted 512k is £21.99.
(They also re-sell Tiscali's 150k and 256k service, but I wouldn't recommend
that).
If you go with them please use my 'jerryw' id as a referrer and save me few
pence, thanks,
regards,
Martin

On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:15:31 +0100, "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience of either this package or tiscali in
>general? I was a customer a few years ago (moved over from LibertySurf) and
>they seemed OK.

I have had their 150 service for 6 months now and am pleased with it,
certainly breezes along. I got it to free up my phone line and quite a
few friends had their dialup. The only complaint I have is that they
don't have any useful binary newsgroups.

>Otherwise does anyone have any other (cheap) suggestions?
>
I have noticed that some recommendations on here (particularily
Plusnet) ask you to use their referal to save them some money, so I
wouldn't trust them.

Bob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

:>Otherwise does anyone have any other (cheap) suggestions?
:>
: I have noticed that some recommendations on here (particularily
: Plusnet) ask you to use their referal to save them some money, so I
: wouldn't trust them.

AFAIK, the 2 cheapest PlusNet services (the £18.99 and the new £14.99 one)
don't do this.

Try looking at the Tiscali forum on adslguide.org
Tiscali MAY be getting better but I learnt the hard way. They cost me a lot
of money and a lot of grief.
Sorry can't help you with any cheap connections.

http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist...&Board=tiscali



"Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> :>Otherwise does anyone have any other (cheap) suggestions?
> :>
> : I have noticed that some recommendations on here (particularily
> : Plusnet) ask you to use their referal to save them some money, so I
> : wouldn't trust them.
>
> AFAIK, the 2 cheapest PlusNet services (the £18.99 and the new £14.99 one)
> don't do this.

: I have noticed that some recommendations on here (particularily
: Plusnet) ask you to use their referal to save them some money, so I
: wouldn't trust them.

The saving is very small e.g. 25p p/m and only applies to the std. 512k or
better accounts.
If the PlusNet service wasn't excellent I / we wouldn't be on it, hence
wouldn't be recommending it.
Personally I have 'saved' anything yet anyway.
Regards,
Martin

Martin? <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> PlusNet gets lot of recommendations here, they are reliable, responsive, won
> awards and just about the cheapest BB available.
> You can get 512k from ?14.99 (with 1gb p/month limit), of for ?18.99 without
> P2P and binaries, but no download limit.
> Unrestricted 512k is ?21.99.
> (They also re-sell Tiscali's 150k and 256k service, but I wouldn't recommend
> that).

I believe that this is not available to new users.