[Sussex] broadband, Yippie!

[Paul Turner]

Angelo,

I am using Freedom2Surf and I have had no real problems with it.

I've never had to call their customer support so I can't say how good they
are in that department, but I've had no problems with the speed or
reliability.  However I'm not running any servers on it at the moment, so if
there have been any problems they've occured when I haven't been using the
line myself.

I run a Solwise 4 port 10/100 ADSL router/switch, so configuring linux to
run is just basic networking.  If you going to buy an ADSL modem you should
ensure that you can get the correct drivers and tools for linux.  Some
manufacturers may have windows only setup tools, I suggest you do a google
search and see what other people recommend for ADSL modems (or ask this
list).

Regards Paul.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angelo Servini" <Angelo.Servini at claybrook.co.uk>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:27 PM
Subject: [Sussex] broadband, Yippie!


Thanx John D and others.

I've done some digging of my own and both Pipex and Freedom2surf look good.


Freedom2surf looks slightly cheaper at £22.50 a month but you have to buy
your own ADSL modem (cheapest ive seen is ebuyer's own at £35+ex vat and
packaging).

link to http://www.freedom2surf.net/adsl/home.php

Advantages are:

<Btw: You dont get this with pipex!>

Setup is free subject to keeping contract for 12 months,
otherwise a charge of £59.99 will be levied.

Sub-domain, virus scanning, spam filtering, PHP, MySQL,
Postgres, Frontpage Extensions, mail forwarding, vacational
messaging, CGI, SSI, POP3 & IMAP, Webmail, cheap-rate
international calls, £10 for every referred friend.

What do you think? anybody experienced/has knowledge what their
service is like?  Tho I have to get an ADSL modem and filters, I
may still go with them.


Also which ADSL modem is best for linux / Debian?

Cheers

-- 
Angelo Servini
Programmer/Analyst
Claybrook Computing Ltd
Sutherland House
Russell Way
Crawley
West Sussex.  RH10 1UH
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