Freeserve Broadband

[hugoharding]

I'm thinking of getting freeserve (or wandoo or whatever they're calling themselves now) broadband.

Does anyone know is it capped? or will i start being charged more once i've donwloaded a couple of gigs each month?

Cheers,
Hugo.

[4th gen]

I don't know if it's capped, but I'd advise you to look into other ISPs, such as Pipex and Eclipse, rather than freeserve

[Marius24]

i have freeserve and it isn't capped as far as i kno. It's very good and i like it alot :D

[djweiser]

No freeserve is not capped and it is a very good service. :)

[4th gen]

Originally posted by djweiser@22 April 2004 - 20:59
No freeserve is not capped and it is a very good service. :)
Apart from the binary newsgroups :x
Oh, and the customer support

[Marius24]

Originally posted by 4th gen+23 April 2004 - 00:43--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4th gen @ 23 April 2004 - 00:43)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-djweiser@22 April 2004 - 20:59
No freeserve is not capped and it is a very good service. :)
Apart from the binary newsgroups :x
Oh, and the customer support [/b][/quote]
i have opnly used the newsgroups once and they were fine :huh:

and i never had any problems so i needed customer service, and if i did i came here :lol:

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Marius24@22 April 2004 - 23:59
i have opnly used the newsgroups once and they were fine :huh:
Do a full update on the groulisting for newsgroups, filter to only show binary groups and then list the top ten groups in the list and the number of posts at last update. Then compare them to Pipex below and see how Freeserve are :lol:

alt.binaries.nl 526216
alt.binaries.dvdr 525378
alt.binaries.dvd 519566
alt.binaries.ftn 511489
alt.binaries.cd.image.xbox 510915
alt.binaries.misc 509138
alt.binaries.boneless 507200
alt.binaries.cd.image.playstation2.dvdiso 479912
alt.binaries.multimedia 467768
alt.binaries.x 462894

[Marius24]

ha, freeserve was getting about 5000 :lol:

i will be sticking to suprnova and mIRC :P

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Marius24@23 April 2004 - 00:17
ha, freeserve was getting about 5000 :lol:

i will be sticking to suprnova and mIRC :P
Point proven? :lol:

[Marius24]

Originally posted by 4th gen+23 April 2004 - 01:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4th gen @ 23 April 2004 - 01:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Marius24@23 April 2004 - 00:17
ha, freeserve was getting about 5000 :lol:

i will be sticking to suprnova and mIRC :P
Point proven? :lol: [/b][/quote]
yea <_<
:lol:



still freeserve is good enough for me :D

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Marius24+23 April 2004 - 00:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Marius24 @ 23 April 2004 - 00:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by 4th gen@23 April 2004 - 01:23
<!--QuoteBegin-Marius24@23 April 2004 - 00:17
ha, freeserve was getting about 5000 :lol:

i will be sticking to suprnova and mIRC :P
Point proven? :lol:
yea <_<
:lol:



still freeserve is good enough for me :D [/b][/quote]
I&#39;m simply saying that you can get faster speeds, better newsgroup support and better customer service for a lower price with Pipex

[Amarjit]

Gio Internet (http://www.giointernet.com) is an alternative - a "wires-free" service, £18.99/month.

[hugoharding]

I&#39;ve never heard of Pipex or Gio Internet, but i&#39;ve been looking on their websites, and it seems like a good deal to me.

Is anyone currently using them? If so what packages and how has it worked out for you? Are they reliable and no extra charges that are not obvious from the sites?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by hugoharding@24 April 2004 - 17:50
I&#39;ve never heard of Pipex or Gio Internet, but i&#39;ve been looking on their websites, and it seems like a good deal to me.

Is anyone currently using them? If so what packages and how has it worked out for you? Are they reliable and no extra charges that are not obvious from the sites?
Well, I&#39;m on Pipex solo 500 and I couldn&#39;t recommend it more, to be honest with you. It&#39;s got 12 free mailboxes, 50MB of free webspace, &#39;unlimited bandwidth&#39; (I usually download about 100GB per month, upload about 30GB or so) and haven&#39;t had a letter so far. Very, very good binary newsgroups (~36000 groups). Only had about an hour of downtime since I&#39;ve been with them

[hugoharding]

Yeah it was the solo 500 that i was looking at the most, feeling that unlimited bandwidth is worth £4 a month.

Do you kn ow are they a company that monitor a lot of the files being uploaded and downloaded if someone has a lot of bandwidth use as I know some companies do.

What are binary newsgroups?

[Samurai]

Are you looking to get dial-up or broadband?

I&#39;ve heard great things about CentralPoint, Zen & Vispa. The latter having remarkable customer service. Check out ISP Review (http://www.ispreview.co.uk/) for unbiased opinions.

Samurai

[djweiser]

Ok it is capped now it has become wannado. wasnt before <_<

[lynx]

Originally posted by Samurai@25 April 2004 - 05:41
Are you looking to get dial-up or broadband?

I&#39;ve heard great things about CentralPoint, Zen & Vispa. The latter having remarkable customer service. Check out ISP Review (http://www.ispreview.co.uk/) for unbiased opinions.

Samurai
Actually, there&#39;s a lot of meaningless crap and half truths on Isp Review, but of course that couldn&#39;t be anything to do with the fact that it is largely paid for by adverts for ISP&#39;s.

If you want true impartial advice try adslguide (http://www.adslguide.org.uk/isps/summarylist.asp), but some providers who are only resellers don&#39;t get on their listings.

Vispa looks a little expensive for anything more than the standard 512kbps connection, £38.99 for 1 Mbps, and Zen isn&#39;t too much better at £34 per month.

I&#39;m thinking of going for Central Point, at £26.99/month for 1 Mbps, as soon as my 12 months with BT are up (in about 2 weeks).

[ck-uk]

another alternative mate...i&#39;m thinkin&#39; or stayin with freeserve...idunno
http://www.bulldogdsl.com/

[Formula1]

broadband is pretty cheap in the uk, over here its about 50&#036; a month... :(