Author: Tim Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ISPs (again): Recommendation and warning
On Friday 29 February 2008 15:00:38 Russell Gadd wrote:
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> I would recommend Newnet - they are in Fareham so you speak to local
> people not someone in Bombay and they respond quickly. I was with
> Plusnet (now owned by BT) and their problem resolution involved a long
> tree of "press 1 for .., press 2 for .., etc" with a request at the end
> to disable my firewall so they could perform some tests sometime.
>
> I only have a 3GB bandwidth limit but buy more when I need (rarely) -
> good value. I've been with Newnet for a year now and the service has
> been excellent. No traffic shaping. They're rolling out a 24MB service
> in this area but I'm not in one of the exchanges to be upgraded (not
> that I would want this speed) - maybe you are?
>
> Russell
I will second Newnet, use them at work, not the cheapest around but they are
local and will work for you rather than make you jump through hoops when
there is a problem.
