zen for business - are they any good?

Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use -
but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.

Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?

Thanks,

Kev

In article <f8krl1$536$1$(E-Mail Removed)>,
kevin bailey <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use -
>but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>
>Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?

Yes (IMO), but why stop at 2Mb? Go for a Max product.

However you can get more for less off an entanet reseller (which I'm
thinking of jumping ship to)

Gordon (A Zen customer)

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:49 +0100, kevin bailey
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use -
>but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>
>Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kev

I was thinking about moving from Demon to Zen but the cost was too
high for the same service.

Steve

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Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:49 +0100, kevin bailey
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally
>> use - but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>>
>> Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kev
>
> I was thinking about moving from Demon to Zen but the cost was too
> high for the same service.

It isn't the same service
HTH

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Hog

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:25:37 +0100, "Hog" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:49 +0100, kevin bailey
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally
>>> use - but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>>>
>>> Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Kev
>>
>> I was thinking about moving from Demon to Zen but the cost was too
>> high for the same service.
>
>It isn't the same service
>HTH

I mean for the service level that I require and use.

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Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

Steve Wolstenholme wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:49 +0100, kevin bailey
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use -
>>but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>>
>>Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Kev
>
> I was thinking about moving from Demon to Zen but the cost was too
> high for the same service.
>
> Steve
>


So I take it that although the 2MB service looks similar they would not be
of the same quality?

Kev

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:20:08 +0100, kevin bailey
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:49 +0100, kevin bailey
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use -
>>>but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>>>
>>>Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Kev
>>
>> I was thinking about moving from Demon to Zen but the cost was too
>> high for the same service.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
>
>So I take it that although the 2MB service looks similar they would not be
>of the same quality?
>
>Kev

I was considering a move a few months ago when Demon had an email
problem and did not keep their users informed of progress. However Zen
Office 2000 is more than twice the price of the Demon Business 2000 so
I decided to stay with Demon.

Steve

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Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.

http://www.easynn.com

Steve Wolstenholme wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:20:08 +0100, kevin bailey
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:12:49 +0100, kevin bailey
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use
>>>>- but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>>>>
>>>>Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Kev
>>>
>>> I was thinking about moving from Demon to Zen but the cost was too
>>> high for the same service.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>>So I take it that although the 2MB service looks similar they would not be
>>of the same quality?
>>
>>Kev
>
> I was considering a move a few months ago when Demon had an email
> problem and did not keep their users informed of progress. However Zen
> Office 2000 is more than twice the price of the Demon Business 2000 so
> I decided to stay with Demon.
>
> Steve
>

Ahhh - interesting.

The sales guy pointed me at Business Premier - you've pointed me at

http://www.demon.net/demon/products/...nessbroadband/

which, as you say, is cheaper. If this is the equivalent of Zen's service
then it is much cheaper.

Thanks,

Kevin

kevin bailey wrote:

> Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally use -
> but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>
> Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?

I hear they're very good but you should look at IDNet too. A very similar
provider with slightly more competitive pricing.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
> kevin bailey wrote:
>
>> Looks like they are very price competitive with Demon who I normally
>> use - but we're looking at a difference of £120 per month.
>>
>> Are Zen ok for the 2MB business service?
>
> I hear they're very good but you should look at IDNet too. A very
> similar provider with slightly more competitive pricing.

Fair to say it's also only worth looking at primary ISP's with their own
Tier1 interconnects and peering, rather than resellers, if you want a
quality service.

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Hog