[sclug] Finally I am going to get broadband!!!

[Ian Michell]

>From my experience using NTL, I found it a little more stable than ADSL,
fixed IP is not a problem as I am not binding any websites to my machine
(I may setup a VPN with a friend), in terms of SMTP, I have never used
NTL'S servers, or for that matter I have not used any UK ISP mail
servers lol. My old boss (mate of mine) has a web design company back in
Africa and has a 4 servers in telehouse, I get free web hosting for
fixing the servers when they break, I use the smtp servers on those
boxes :)

But I am considering ADSL, my main problem is the fact that I have to
pay phone rental, then pay for ADSL as well as pay for a the phone bill,
which can get huge (if I just went with bt) my phone is handled by NTL
at the moment, so I pay BT for my rental and pay NTL ?29 for dialup and
unlimited local, national calls.

On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 18:25, Keith Edmunds wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:10:58 +0000
> Ian Michell <ian.michell at hanzi.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Should I move everything to NTL or shall I use
> > ADSL
> 
> If it were me, I'd use ADSL. Do you intend to run your own SMTP, etc,
> server? If so, it doesn't matter so much, but a friend of mine was
> experiencing delays of up to four hours sending mail via NTL's servers
> recently. I put a Linux box in there for him, which is better, but he
> can't get fixed IP. I'm using ADSL, two fixed IP addresses, ?22.95 per
> month.
> 
> Keith
> 
> _______________________________________________
> sclug mailing list
> sclug at sclug.org.uk
> http://www.sclug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sclug
>