Toucansurf

Has anyone heard of this company.

http://www.toucantele.com/default.asp

They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.

My brother is considering them.

In particular he is looking at the combined 512 ADSL and Telephone call
bundle.

Thanx

>"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>Has anyone heard of this company.
>
>http://www.toucantele.com/default.asp
>
>They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.
>
>My brother is considering them.
>
>In particular he is looking at the combined 512 ADSL and Telephone call
bundle.
>
>Thanx

If they are not on ADSLGuide, then don't bother! I would recomend NDO... (
www.ndo.com )

"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Has anyone heard of this company.
>
> http://www.toucantele.com/default.asp
>
> They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.
>
> My brother is considering them.
>
> In particular he is looking at the combined 512 ADSL and Telephone call
> bundle.
>
> Thanx
>


Try: http://www.go-plus.net/services.html

and they do call packages, and Gas Electricity etc

Steve

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:04:08 -0000, "RADIOTWO" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Try: http://www.go-plus.net/services.html
>
>and they do call packages, and Gas Electricity etc

I wonder if plus.net will be interested in their choice of domain
name.

Oliver.

"The Real Lo Salt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:41d00fa7$0$14594$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >Has anyone heard of this company.
> >
> >http://www.toucantele.com/default.asp
> >
> >They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.
> >
> >My brother is considering them.
> >
> >In particular he is looking at the combined 512 ADSL and Telephone call
> bundle.
> >
> >Thanx
>
> If they are not on ADSLGuide, then don't bother! I would recomend NDO...
(
> www.ndo.com )

what a silly thing to say, there are many providers not listed on
adslguide.

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:46:29 -0000, "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>what a silly thing to say, there are many providers not listed on
>adslguide.

Because Adslguide only list providers with their own BT central pipe.

Oliver.

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:35:35 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband,
"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Has anyone heard of this company.

>http://www.toucantele.com/default.asp
>They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.

Not exactly a crime... seems a number of ISPs don't appear and that'll
be down to being newer competitors. Does TalkTalk's ADSL service, or
perhaps Tesco.Net's ? Both have only been available for 2-4 months from
memory (sorry, I don't keep a "history of UK ADSL ISPs" blog :-)

>In particular he is looking at the combined 512 ADSL and Telephone call
>bundle.

Looks like they are charging about a tenner a month more than the TalkTalk
options for similar package (going on the 512 ADSL + calls from them). If
your brother is interested in the TalkTalk option then send me an e-mail
as he can have a free credit to his calls a/c (and I would get some sort
of commission too, just for sending him a recommendation e-mail). Would
he want to spend 100+ extra a year for Toucan's service over TalkTalk's ?

They've been pumping cash into TV ads for their phone (voice) service for
some time now, first saw adverts at least 8 months ago. Also on LBC FM
in London (and over the web) Shame that 'Toucan' is a rotten word for
mistypes if you aren't aware of the bird... "2can" (as in 2 cans and a
bit of string) or maybe "toocan" etc... Now sponsoring Channel 5's US
strand of CSI, CSI Miami, Boomtown, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU on
Saturdays, Tuesdays and possibly Wednesdays. But thanks for the heads
up about them offering ADSL service as well... few compete on price
with 18866/1899 for UK and international calls... Peter M.

NB I'm not on TalkTalk ADSL at present, so cannot yet recommend as a user



--
PlusNet <http://tinyurl.com/24ymz> - I recommend them and save some cash.

My other ISP : UK Free Software Network <http://www.ukfsn.org>
UKFSN passes all profits to Free Software projects in the UK.

"Kimball K Kinnison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Has anyone heard of this company.
>
> http://www.toucantele.com/default.asp

The UK arm of IDT Europe - which it itself is a subsiduary of IDT
Corporation (http://www.idt.net/) - a $1 billion plus NASDAQ listed company

> They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.

Many ISP's do not appear on ADSLGuide - mainly those which which are
resellers only (i.e. no BT Central Pipe or LLU capacity) of their own -
these are ADSLGuide's own listing creteria and means that several good ISP's
are not listed.

Also other ISP's which have not come to their attention - and this is
probably one of those

> My brother is considering them.
>
> In particular he is looking at the combined 512 ADSL and Telephone
> call bundle.

From http://www.toucantele.com/products/t...rf/package.asp it seems to
cost £29.99/month but includes 24/7 "free" local and national inclusive
calls.

http://www.homecall.co.uk/ have a similar bundle for a 512K line but for
only £24.99 (i.e. including 24/7 "free" local and national inclusive
calls) - unlike the others they don't seem to have a 1MB option

TalkTalk also offer a similar package but for £19.99/month - though that
only includes "free" local and national inclusive calls during
evenings/weekends - however, for most people, it (or the homecall service)
will be better value.

In addition, you can get £20 if referred to TalkTalk (for voice and/or
broadband) by an existing customer (they get the same..) - actually I
believe all these companies have this sort of scheme...

No experience of the other two companies but I am a TalkTalk voice
customer..

Regards
Sunil

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:53:48 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband,
"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>but includes 24/7 "free" local and national inclusive calls.

Thanks for that, Sunil. I had spotted it being a tenner more, just
didn't get as far as the small print about the calls being 24x7 as
I was looking for the "all you can use" Toucan Surf (which I later
found out was the non-ADSL dial-up service, so their 19.99 compares
with TalkTalk's by having greater scope on 'included' voice calls
but a 56/64k dial-up vs ADSL. Peter M.



--
PlusNet <http://tinyurl.com/24ymz> - I recommend them and save some cash.

My other ISP : UK Free Software Network <http://www.ukfsn.org>
UKFSN passes all profits to Free Software projects in the UK.

"Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> They do not seem to appear on ADSLGuide.
>
> Not exactly a crime... seems a number of ISPs don't appear and that'll
> be down to being newer competitors. Does TalkTalk's ADSL service, or
> perhaps Tesco.Net's ?

TalkTalk Broadband:
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist...Board=talktalk

I doubt Tesco qualifies to appear as its just a resold NTL service..

Regards
Sunil