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Re: ADSL ISP Recommendations?

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:54
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 15:13:34 UTC, August West <august@kororaa.co.uk> 
wrote:

> The entity currently known as David Marsh wrote:
> 
> > Are there any other Scottish ISPs worth considering?
> > (Are there any other Scottish ISPs, even? ;-) 
> 
> How about Zetnet? http://www.zetnet.com/

I used to think they were good - and indeed they were. But with the ill 
health of one of the founders, things went downhill. They got their 
dialup business plan wrong big time, then accused anyone they considered
might have cost them money as an 'abuser'...I was trying to be a 
responsible user, too. They then raised charges with an expensive 
pre-pay plan, which meant you had to forecast how many dialup minutes 
you woiuld use in a month, and buy it in large blocks. I asked about 
ADSL, and they really hadn't thought through a proper policy and were 
changing the rules as they went along.

The final straw was that I transferred a domain from elsewhere, since 
they offered a 'free' domain with the account. When I wanted to move it,
when I left, they charged me 75 pounds (they had held the tag for just 
three months or so and not had to pay any Nominet charges).

I'm glad I gave up with them.

-- 
Bob Eager
begin   a new life...dump Windows!
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Subject: Re: ADSL ISP Recommendations?
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