Recommend good dial-up ISP?

Michael R N Dolbear

Andrew Gabriel <.uk> wrote

> Mark <.uk> writes:
> >
> > 2. Failing that I'd go with Waitrose but you must dial-in at least
> > once every 30 (35??) days to maintain your e-mail access and indeed
> > your account, long-term.
> >
> > Both these ISPs offer webmail access. The advantage of Clara is
that
> > the webmail access is not retricted by domain (I think you need to
> > either need to be dialled up via Waitrose or otherwise pay £20 a
year
> > for offnet access to their mail, BICBW.)
>
> The £20 (or whatever it is) a year also removes the need to
> dialup every 30 days to maintain your e-mail access and account.


Seems a great waste of money.

My backup dialup is Orange formerly Wanadoo formerly Freeserve No Ties.

Webmail and mailbox are unrestricted and only a 90 day dialup is needed
(and a procedure is provided for recovery after up to 270 days).

I second the suggestion to register with and use Gmail for mail instead
of or in addition and also suggest the local public library facilities
should be checked.

The more methods available the better.


--
Mike D

rdd

Woody wrote:
> My father-in-law's ISP is closing down next week and he needs a
> replacement, preferably free bar call charges.
>
> Requirement is e-mail and occasional browsing - web access to mail would
> be a bonus.
>
> Those thought of so far are Madasafish, Tesco, and Virgin.
>
> Any polite suggestions please?
>
>
have been using them for years.

al

On Nov 5, 11:57 am, Mike <> wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:30:11 +0000, Andy Burns
>
> <.uk> wrote:
> >On 05/11/2007 11:04, Mike wrote:
> >> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:36:28 -0800, Doug Spinney
> >> <> wrote:
>
> >>> ISP on a geographic number: 020-8114 9845 (cheaper then 0845)
> >>> Use any username and password to log in
>
> >> That's interesting: how do they make any money / cover their costs?
>
> >Apparently it's provided by
> >
>
> >but it seems they don't make enough money to keep the
> > on the air :-
>
> Hmm. That domain is registered to a David Knell, who is a
> "non-trading individual" according to Whois. Nominet don't like that
> misrepresentation. The network path towww.geoisp.co.ukstops at a
> router in Coulomb's address space that returns "Destination host
> unreachable".
>
> I guess that answers my question! They make some money from the telco
> termination fee but it's probably not enough to cover the costs.
>
> Mike.

Hi
How would they make money from me using it via talktalk (free local
calls)?
I have TT BB, but as a backup it maybe worth having. probably don't
need backup -just nosey.
Thanks and regards
Al

Paul Cupis

al wrote:
> How would they make money from me using it via talktalk (free local
> calls)?

Just because you are not paying TalkTalk to make the call, it doesn't
mean that TalkTalk are not paying someone to terminate the call. Don't
confuse retail and wholesale charging.