[Scottish] Good ISP for ADSL business and hosting?

[Ian Robertson]

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 15:38, Andrew Back wrote:
> I can recommend OneTel for DSL. I used the ADSL service when it was still
> owned by Iomart, before the sale to Centrica/OneTel. They were 2nd larges=
t
> in terms of customer base, so no worries of them dissapearing. And the
> technical (infrastructure) guys were good, although I did work alongside
> them, so I'm biased.. I believe they were also planning SDSL trials
> and eventual roll-out. Good relationship with the BT wholesale folk, and
> better service than Openworld.
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> I now use Pipex, whom I've also had no problems with. And they do some
> pretty good deals with regards static IPs. I get a 512K cct with 5 useabl=
e
> for 30 odd quid a month inc VAT.
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> That said neither do SMTP inbound (delivery?), if thats what you meant.
> AFAIK Demon are the only folk who offer that over POP3.
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> Andrew
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> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Tam McLaughlin wrote:
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> >
> > Hi slug :-)
> >
> > Our company has gone through some major restructuring recently which ha=
s
> > resulted in us having to scale down and cut costs on our Internet acces=
s and
> > web site.
> >
> > Currently we access the Internet using a 128Kb/s leased line via 1 ISP =
and
> > use another 2 ISPs for web hosting and domain name hosting.
> > I am trying to consolidate all of this under the one ISP and redesign t=
he web
> > site now that it is under the control of IT and not marketing.
> >
> > What I require is an ISP that can
> >
> > 1) provide  2Mb/s ADSL connection
> > 2) web hosting - small, low access site with php/perl
> > 3) domain transfers
> > 4) smtp delivery
> >
> > I have looked at a number of ISPs including ones suggested on this mail=
ing
> > list and from the guide at www.adslguide.org.uk but the only one that m=
eets
> > all the criteria at a reasonable cost is force9.net (plus.net).
> > I use force9.net for my home account without any problems and they offe=
r so
> > much for a reasonable cost:
> >
> >  2 Mb/s ADSL =C2=A3110/month
> >  Fax-2-e-mail, a unique fax number allowing you to receive faxes as e-m=
ail
> >  CGI, MySQL, PHP, Perl shell, FP2k
> >  500MB Web space + Web-based Database Admin
> >  Displays detailed graphical statistics about your Web site
> >  uncensored newsfeed
> >  No NAT
> >
> >
> >  If anyone can recommend another ISP that can provide the same function=
ality
> >  at a reasonable cost then I would be grateful. Force9.net may be good =
for
> >  home use but not for business.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Tam McLaughlin
> > IT Systems Administrator
> > Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society Ltd
> >
> >
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Anyone connected by ISDN?  ADSL not available up here certainly not at
my exchange for the foreseeable future.  Computer Shopper mentioned some
ISPs offering similar service on ISDN from 15 - 30 per month - any one
aware of such a service?

Regards

Ian
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