[Scottish] Which ISP - It's that time again

[Hamish Allan]

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On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Philip Gaw <pgaw at darktech.org.uk> wrote:
> If you cant get LLU, I would recommend someone like web tapestry (which was
> recommended to me by SLUG before)
>
> They use enta's network but seem to take a L2TP feed which isn't affected by
> the bandwidth issues at enta of late.
>
> I would recommend UKonline who I am actually with these days, but they don't
> seem to be taking on new customers.
>
> if you have SKY TV then SKY BB might be worth a look as it uses the easynet
> network.
>
>
> Robert Lazzurs wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:28, Brett Sheffield <brett at gladserv.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Rodti MacLeary wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:16:40 +0100, Colin Speirs
>>>> <c.speirs at equus.orangehome.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any recommendations for a ISP for home Broadband that won't have me
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> cursing
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> through unnecessary lag when gaming?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I usually recommend Be (bethere.co.uk) if you can get their service at
>>>> your
>>>> exchange.  They're excellent for gaming (and will enable a special
>>>> gaming
>>>> 'profile' on your line on request), and very reasonably priced with no
>>>> throttling or bandwidth limits.  My only minor quibble is that their
>>>> call
>>>> centre is in Bulgaria and everyone there sounds like Dracula.
>>>>
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> You can also get Be lines through AAISP (Andrews and Arnold) now, if you
>>> want clueful UK support on either a BT or Be line.
>>>
>>
>> +1 for AAISP, generally an awesome and clueful bunch.
>>
>> Be generally have a good rep but as always things seem to be slipping.
>>  Putting a good company like AAISP in the middle should shield you
>> from those issues.
>>
>> I also highly recommend if internet at home is important to you to
>> have back of some sort, *all* providers have downtime :)
>>
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