[Scottish] Media lab set up

[Colin Fraser]

Alan R wrote:

>I was once an F9 subscriber. Sounds like they have maybe  learned from their 
>experiences NOT to mess the customer around. 
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>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! 
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They still do, but no problem to me.  I just load my PHP/CGI (all of the 
site!) onto the sandbox and then have index.html on the main web server 
doing a redirect to the main page of the PHP. About ten minutes to set 
up once and the space allocation is based on both server usage so no hit 
there.

Mind you, I'.m not sure why the sandbox at all!

>They also shifted the goal posts a lot in terms of their user agreements, 
>which pissed of a great many number of users. 
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But then, with the changes in the market (especially Max-DSL), the 
goalposts are changing for everyone. I don't think there's an ISP - 
whatever they're advertising now - that won't have to (and probably 
quite soon).

>The final straw was when they took money from my bank account without asking! 
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Oops. No excuse there at all! I always start mumbling at the offenders 
about the Direct Debit Charter and complaints to the clearing banks. 
Scares them s%$tl&^s!

>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.
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I'll admit I'm lucky in not needing to worry about a couple of quid a 
month. For me it's the convenience really. I've had 'adequate' (actually 
good) service from F9 in the time I've been with them and, for me, it's 
handy having an inclusive package, so - if it ain't broke I won't fix it.

>Alan R 
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>On Monday 04 April 2005 18:14, Colin Fraser wrote:
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>>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.
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>>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..
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Cheers,
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>>Colin
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>>Subhi S Hashwa wrote:
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>>>Monday, April 4, 2005, 4:28:12 PM, Hannah Clinch wrote:
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>>>>Could anyone recommend a good ISP and package for a community media lab -
>>>>6 computers. Cheers Hannah
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>>>Zen, one of the highest rated ISPs on www.adslguide.org.uk
>>>www.zenadsl.co.uk
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