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Re: Sick of Demon...advice wanted on ISP's

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From: Nigel Reed
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00
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Adam Juniper <adam@juniperf.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <310a88a8.33364010@pubnews.demon.co.uk>, Herodotus
><mailto:lucian@w-title.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> But what about POP3/static IP. A certain Internet Discovery Ltd has sent me
>> information about themselves, and they offer this. It means that you get
>> the advantages of POP3 mail whilst being able to have multiple users and
>> being run server software when u are connected. The latter is a small
>> point, but quite helpful and gives a lot of flexibility.

>What would be nice is an ISP with 500k of WWW space AND multiple mailboxes.
>I've been looking for a replacement for Demon but I either get multiple
>mailboxes or WWW space.  OR, WWW space and a huge cost for extra mailboxes.

Dircon have just started a beta test of their free web space, you get
about half a meg at the moment during testing...but it's more than
enough for a homepage.

You can also choose an SMTP account which also gives you POP3. 

Regards
Nigel
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From: nigel@nelgin.dircon.co.uk (Nigel Reed)
Subject: Re: Sick of Demon...advice wanted on ISP's
Date: 1996/01/29
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