[Scottish] Media lab set up

[Andrew Back]

I've always used Eclipse (aside from when I worked for an ISP and had no
choice..), www.eclipse.net.uk . Never had any problems, recommended to
quite a few other folk who've also never had problems. Quite cheap, always
get good throughput, rate well on adslguide.. Get free static IPs too,
which is always a good thing.

Andrew

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Andrew Back
a at smokebelch.org

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Alan R wrote:

> I was once an F9 subscriber. Sounds like they have maybe  learned from their
> experiences NOT to mess the customer around.
>
> At one point, don't know if its still true,  they wouldn't let you run PHP on
> your pages. You had to upload any pages with PHP to a sandbox environment and
> create a link from the actual page!
>
> They also shifted the goal posts a lot in terms of their user agreements,
> which pissed of a great many number of users.
>
> The final straw was when they took money from my bank account without asking!
>
> For hosting nowadays, I use www.supanames.co.uk
> The best there is and extremely cheap.
> They say its always wise to shop around and never buy the all inclusive
> package from any one supplier. Never more true.
>
> Alan R
>
> On Monday 04 April 2005 18:14, Colin Fraser wrote:
> > Yes, but see the article on ADSLGuide's homepage (PlusNet = Force9 -
> > they're the same , more or less). My recommendation is based on my
> > experience with Force9 and mainly because of the extras - the web space
> > provided is fully CGI compatible (on Linux/BSD servers if you want it)
> > with MySQL, PHP, Perl, bash, etc. - ideal for Linux buffs.
> >
> > I've had great up-time from them, my router has recorded over 3 months
> > up-time at one point. They also support fixed IP at no extra charge for
> > VPN's, etc..
> >
> > You should also note that they, like most IP's, are switching their
> > terms of service as BT (slowly) rolls out Max-DSL. This will mean that
> > we'll all be able to connect at the maximum speed our lines will support
> > and the monthly fee will depend on the amount we download. I can provide
> > details of this if required.
> >
> > The roll-out is based on BT's upgrade of the exchanges but is expected
> > to be complete by the end of autumn (but don't hold your breath - this
> > is BT we're talking about!) and will supply everyone with 2Mb download
> > speeds if their lines will handle it. 8Mb will follow. It's just a pity
> > that ADSL will only support 512Kb upload speeds.
> >
> > Some other ISP's are still offering 'unlimited' broadband but all the
> > opinion I've read is that they'll be forced down the same path by BT's
> > charging policy. Also, many of the ISP's that advertise in the national
> > press provide services that are only, barely, suitable for the average
> > home user. If you need more my advice is 'don't touch them with a
> > barge-pole', I've spent countless hours lately helping family and
> > friends to sort out their setups and most of them are planning to switch
> > once their current contracts run out.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Colin
> >
> > Subhi S Hashwa wrote:
> > >Monday, April 4, 2005, 4:28:12 PM, Hannah Clinch wrote:
> > >>Could anyone recommend a good ISP and package for a community media lab -
> > >> 6 computers. Cheers Hannah
> > >
> > >Zen, one of the highest rated ISPs on www.adslguide.org.uk
> > >www.zenadsl.co.uk
> >
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