Author: john lewis Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [sort-of-OT] Advice for (geeky) broadband provider
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:39:42 +0000
Lisi <hantslug@???> wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 January 2011 18:19:11 Robin Wilson wrote:
> > Any other particular suggestions? Doesn't necessarily have to be a
> > hugely geeky supplier, but just one that is reliable, and
> > preferably unlimited downloads.
>
> I have been with Zen since our exchange was first enabled. They have
> been great. Very reliable, and my connection syncs at 8128 up on an
> up to 8 Meg line. And they think that running Linux is a reasonable
> thing to do!
>
> There is a download limit (no upload limit), currently I think 25GB.
> But it is possible to buy extra for what is generally a reasonable
> price. They also do not let you go over by mistake. You get 3
> warnings at various points, including 90%, and if you have not bought
> any extra they just park you. If you then do want to go over you can
> buy extra bandwidth at that point, and they will unpark you. Extra
> bandwidth can be carried over, the monthly allowance cannot.
I agree with Lisi, I too have had a happy experience since moving to
Zen. I have only once gone over the download limit, paid for some extra
and still have most of that 'extra' still available if I need it.
I have even transferred to Zen as registrar for my startx domain and
found them very helpful in getting the transfer organised.
