Red Hot Ant

Having endured the horrendous early days of redhotant when logging on was a long and arduous process, if not impossible, I have been very impressed recently with the level of service. Gone are the days where at least thirty minutes had to be set aside to have any chance of being connected, and in its place an efficient, fast service. At last the company had delivered the service it had promised, rewarding all of its loyal customers who had stuck with it through the difficult beginnings, or so it seemed for a little while. I was stunned when browsing the redhotant web site to be informed that ... more

I feel compelled to give my opinion on what has to be (in my opinion) the worst ISP that ever started up business. I'm sure others have had worse experiences than me - in fact, I came off very likey, but none the less THEY STITCHED ALL THEIR MEMBERS (sorry for shouting) Here's my experience - I found RedHotAnt being advertised on a freebie site sometime last year, and as I was just buying my new house, I thought it would eb a good idea to get some sort of unmetered, freecall internet access sorted out to help keep track of my internet costs. I signed up no problems, and was able to use it ... more

I have used Red Hot Ant for free internet for about 9 months now and I have always found it quite reliable. It does autodisconnect every so often but this is fair enough since there are many people who have ruined the privelege that free internet is by leaving themselves connected to the net 24 hours a day, and thus making such services unprofitable for companies who attempt to provide them and make some money. The service has been much improved since late October 2000 when they changed the dialling codes and made more lines available. Now the connection is always first or sometimes second ... more

Having read variable reviews of this ISP over many months I finally decided to sign up when it seemed to be getting consistently 'this ISP has improved' type mentions on the user groups and websites. I think RHA must have taken my 50 quid as a sign to suddenly go into a downward spiral - with what looks like absolutely no chance of recovery! So I signed up with RHA after being one of the Lineone 'victims'. I say signed up but the whole process was a real pain, you have to post a cheque as there's no on-line credit card facility. There then also seems to be no way of telling when your account ... more

Red Hot Ant is OVERSUBSCRIBED. You should join OneTel.net and pay 1 p a minute for call charges. Red Hot Ant is VERY VERY OVERSUBSCRIBED. It is very difficult to log on to Red Hot Ant at MOST time. You can log on easily at 7 am to 9 am. It is almost impossible to log on between 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. It is difficult to log on at most time. You should try OneTel.net It is worth paying 1 penny a minute, because you can log on easily 99% of the time. ... more