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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve used pipex for ages. They’re
not cheap, but I’ve found their connections to be very fast, there are no
restrictions and they are very reliable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>$DEITY help you though if you do get a
problem, because it can take up to an hour to get through to the support desk:
and there’s no guarantee the support technician (hah!) will speak a
language you can comprehend. I’ve tried English, Welsh and French </span></font><font
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discuss-bounces@swlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@swlug.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Davage, Marcus<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 January 2007 14:12<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SWLUG (discuss@swlug.org.uk)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [SWLUG] Broadband</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Hi there peeps innit?</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>(Forgive the vernacular
greeting, but I’ve just read “Doctor Whom”, and it’s a
wheeze!)</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>I’m finally
considering the possibility of dipping my toe in the customer-service-quagmire
of broadband, having just-about-had-it-up-to-here with dialup. (That, and my
phone call provider has hiked its prices up again.)</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>I would like your
opinions on what phone call/broadband provider you have and how good they are
(and how linux-compatible they are), and what modem/router/firewall you have,
and how linux-compatible that is.</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Is this too much to ask?</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'> </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Thanks,</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=section1><font size=2 face="Century Gothic"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Marcus</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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