[Sussex] broadband

Jon Fautley jon at geekpeople.net
Sat Sep 6 16:39:00 UTC 2003


On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Angelo Servini wrote:

> Hello sussex,
>
>   looks like I will be getting Broadband - Yay!
>
>   Question (anyone able/willing to help?)

Hmm, I suppose so :)

>   0001 Whats the best provider? or at least a decent link for provider
>        comparisons.  I have had a look, but its amazing how none of
>        them quote their daily download limit!

NOT Pipex or Tiscali. Never had good experiences with either of them. For
speed, go with Eclipse (www.eclipse.net.uk) - They're rated the fastest on
ADSLguide.org.uk. For customer services/general coolness go with Zen.
(www.zenadsl.co.uk). Both of these providers will give you 8 static IP
addresses and have a quick, reliable service with good (for an ISP)
customer services.

>   0010 If its always on, can I manage email (procmail/sendmail) on my PC?
>        or is it best to manage by signing up with a mail provider for
>        email. The trouble with that tho is it costs more dosh, unless
>        the provider includes it in the package.

I have an eclipse account, and we use Zen at work. We handle email locally
on all the machines. (The MX record for the domains is pointed straight at
the box). Means you can admin your own server(s) and run all your services
as you want them.

>   Tiscali, seems a good deal where you get free email addresses,
>   webspace, free hookup and free modem as well as 512k for 27 quid a
>   month.  I might go with them, seems reasonable.

Eclipse is about £22/month, and Zen is about £27/month. Given the choice,
i'd go with Zen. Never had any activation problems with them, and they
have a really cool feature where if your ADSL fails, you can dialin using
an 0845 number, and get all your IP addresses routed down that link. i.e.
your servers never need be offline :)

HTH,

Jon
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