Which provider

Well ADSL will soon be hitting my exchange, and I'm trying to decide on
which provider

Things I want:-

up to 6 static IP addresses
Ability to run servers
Keen Pricing
Good Reputation
no hassles with p2p software
Delegation of forward and reverse DNS to my own server
Ability to send mail out without going via a "smarthost" if I don't want
to
Ability to receive SMTP mail direct to my own machine(s)

Things that would be nice but not essential:-

provision of secondary dns service
provision of usenet service

Possible providers I'm considering include Zen, A&A and plusnet. Can
anyone confirm/deny if they meet these criteria? Are there any others I
should be considering?

Thanks.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:32:48 -0000, "R W" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Well ADSL will soon be hitting my exchange, and I'm trying to decide on
>which provider
>
>Things I want:-
>
>up to 6 static IP addresses
>Ability to run servers
>Keen Pricing
>Good Reputation
>no hassles with p2p software
>Delegation of forward and reverse DNS to my own server
>Ability to send mail out without going via a "smarthost" if I don't want
>to
>Ability to receive SMTP mail direct to my own machine(s)
>
>Things that would be nice but not essential:-
>
>provision of secondary dns service
>provision of usenet service
>
>Possible providers I'm considering include Zen, A&A and plusnet. Can
>anyone confirm/deny if they meet these criteria? Are there any others I
>should be considering?

A&A certainly meet your criteria.

--
Hiram Hackenbacker

In uk.telecom.broadband R W <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Well ADSL will soon be hitting my exchange, and I'm trying to decide on
> which provider
>
> Things I want:-
>
> up to 6 static IP addresses

I believe this may be free via plusnet.

> Ability to run servers
> Keen Pricing
Both.
> no hassles with p2p software
Only on the lowest price one, pay a couple of quid more and it's fine.

> Delegation of forward and reverse DNS to my own server
Unsure.
> Ability to send mail out without going via a "smarthost" if I don't want
> to
Yes.
> Ability to receive SMTP mail direct to my own machine(s)
Unsure.
>
> Things that would be nice but not essential:-
>
> provision of secondary dns service
> provision of usenet service

They do have usenet, though at the moment binaries groups are a joke.
They claim to be fixing it soon.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> up to 6 static IP addresses
>I believe this may be free via plusnet.

don't you mean Zen ?

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, (E-Mail Removed) (Hiram Hackenbacker) wrote:

>A&A certainly meet your criteria.

until you compare price of A+A with price for Zen, perhaps ?

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:05:01 UTC, Peter Morgan - 0870 432 9631
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, (E-Mail Removed) (Hiram Hackenbacker) wrote:
>
> >A&A certainly meet your criteria.
>
> until you compare price of A+A with price for Zen, perhaps ?

Do Zen provide delegation of forward and reverse DNS, and secondary DNS?

--
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
P70...

Peter Morgan - 0870 432 9631 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>> up to 6 static IP addresses
>>I believe this may be free via plusnet.
>
> don't you mean Zen ?

No.
Contact them, explain why you need them, and they will be allocated.
According to the comment in one of the plusnet newsgroups.

"R W" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bpg9fp$9ij$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well ADSL will soon be hitting my exchange, and I'm trying to decide on
> which provider

<snip>

Don't let others decide for you - go here and decide for yourself.

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/

On 19 Nov 2003 19:15:19 GMT, "Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Do Zen provide delegation of forward and reverse DNS, and secondary DNS?

Probably not. Apologies. Might make it a single horse race and paying
whatever the highwaymen demand if that's the only ISP that can do what's
wanted. I must admit to have only glanced at the details, and keen price
is perhaps a more common deciding factor. Peter M (not a Zen customer!)

Peter Morgan - 0870 432 9631 wrote:
> On 19 Nov 2003 19:15:19 GMT, "Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Do Zen provide delegation of forward and reverse DNS, and secondary
>> DNS?
>
> Probably not. Apologies. Might make it a single horse race and
> paying whatever the highwaymen demand if that's the only ISP that can
> do what's wanted. I must admit to have only glanced at the details,
> and keen price is perhaps a more common deciding factor. Peter M
> (not a Zen customer!)

Well this is the problem. I quite like Plusnet and Zen's pricing, but I
also like DNS delegation as offered by A&A. So I have a dilemma. What
about nildram? Do they offer what I want I wonder.

I've already looked at www.adslguide.org to draw up my small shortlist,
and while I'm slightly enlightened I'm still not amazingly so!