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Re: [LUG] Pipex u-turn

 

Steph Foster writes:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> I got fed up with Pipex and switched to BT. It turns out I might have been a
>>>> bit haisty. The phone wasn't working, which I blamed them for but when I
>>>> switched a BT engineer came and pulled some strange thing out of the socket
>>>> that was causing the problem. Also when I was talking to the sales guy about
>>>> the service he told me in no uncertian terms that I would have some web
>>>> space. Turns out I don't. Which I was supprised and dissapointed about.
>>>> Why don't BT offer this? All other ISP's do, don't they?
>>> By far the best solution, although not the cheapest is to separate your 
>>> email and web requirements from your connectivity ISP.
>>> Register your own domain, then you can chop & change connectivity ISPs at 
>>> the drop of a hat -
>> I'd agree with that.  I have an account with Heart Internet 
>> (www.heartinternet.co.uk) and they seem fine.  Costs me about £35 a year 
>> for 5GB web space and 30GB bandwidth (although I never use anything like 
>> that).  That includes 1000 e-mail mailboxes (actual individual 
>> mailboxes), again I don't use anything close to that and the domain cost 
>> about £2.  Been with them about 4 years now and not had any problems.
>>   
>>> Jsut remember - BT may supply the copper and run the wholesale network but 
>>> you then have a choice of over 100 connectivity ISPs to choose from - as 
>>> well as the rather smaller number of LLU operators. 

...so I can keep BT for the phone and internet connection and just rent some 
webspace from someone else? I'll have to look into registering a domain...
JOn. 


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