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"Ralph S. George" (georgers@schredds.demon.co.uk) wrote the following...

> In article <19960303.154044.92@staturb.staturb.demon.co.uk>, Martin
> Brock <martin@staturb.demon.co.uk> writes
> >In message <ant0313160b0Ynzy@ecotrend.demon.co.uk> Andy Howell wrote:
> >
> >> I am looking for a provider that can rent me some cheap web space.  I
> >> already use demon's web server for some business activity but 25 ukp a month
> >> is too much for a new venture I am experimenting with from home.
> >
> >Try http://www.netlink.co.uk/ - ukp49 per year for 2Mb or ukp79 
> >(ukp99 after 31st March) per year for 5Mb. Larger quantities available.
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> 
>         Does anyone have info on  www.clearlight.com   ?
> They advertise a home Page account for $9 (nine) per month with no setup
> charge, 5 Mbs storage, 2 weeks free trial, logs, FTP, etc., etc. 
>         If there aren't any snags, why isn't everyone using them?


Probably because they are in U.S.A., the time it would take altering your
files, etc. would give BT a large grin.

But take up their offer of a 2 week trial and see how slow it gets.
Also try removing your Demon http proxy to see it's true speed is like.
Why not ask them what their backbone speed to the rest of the Internet is? If its less than 700Kbits then don't bother! 


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