Advantages: Cost, multiple e-mail addresses, amount of webspace Disadvantages: Only one domain name possible, lack of CGI
Thousands (or is it millions?) of people within the UK are now regularly logged on to the Internet and starting to capitalise on its immense potential. In order to get online, everybody will have had to open an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), which provides a dial up number and will usually also provide e-mail addresses and (increasingly) some space on their servers allowing the user to set up a website, if that is their heart’s ... ...of years ago, and started off with British Telecom’s Talk21 service which was okay, but unexciting and I rapidly became quite bored with it. After a while I also started getting into web site design and the desire to have my own stuff up and running online. All the advice said that if you were going to set up a website, it would be very advantageous to register your won domain name, so it was easy for people to recognise it and it was uniquely yours, ...
dave27 24.09.2000 (25.01.2002)
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Advantages: Free .co.uk or .org.uk addy, free tech support, unlimited e-mail aliases Disadvantages: No longer able to subscribe, no longer free tech support, need to pay over £100 to transfer domains
I signed up to Freenetname in October 1999 primarily as an ISP, but because they offered something different. If I signed up with Freeserve, I got pay-as-you go access, a standard website address and if I wanted any tech support I had to pay £1 per minute. Freenetname however were offering me a free .co.uk or .org.uk website address, 20mb of space, free tech support (an actual 0800 number!), and unlimited e-mail aliases. The catch? Well I would have ... ...e-mail or alter my website. At the time there wasn't much in the way of unmetered access, so what the heck I thought, I may as well.
So, all was well and good until the beginning of this year when the site said it wasn't taking on any more users. It also cut down the tech support hours to 8-10pm (it was originally 24hr) and made them an 0870 number. OK this wasn't too bad as at least it wasn't being charged at premium rate.
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ayanayuk 03.09.2001
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Advantages: free .co.uk domain name Disadvantages: none found so far
One of my friends signed up for freenetname so that we could have our young enterprise company online, we did this with great ease and managed to set up a very good website at www.dimensionspuzzles.co.uk this allowed us to showcase to people our product for absolutely nothing using the good serivce of freenetname. We found their service to be very good and the ISP is quick. We still use it to host our website and we have never had any problems with ...
robjlawler 02.08.2000
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Advantages: Free domain name offer is probably useful to beginners. Disadvantages: See the text, almost everything.
Most people who have signed up to them would have had their eyes light up when they saw the words "Free Domain Name". I certainly did, I signed up immediately, and registered my domain www.scribbler.org.uk - it was probably the biggest mistake I've made.
First off, now that I've registered it through FreeNetName, it's theirs. Not mine. Although I own the registration certificate, I cannot change my host, unless I pay close to £100 to Freenetname.
... ...you ask. For a start, like most ISP's, you can only upload to your webspace through their 0845 number. I am currently using an 0800 number, so I'm not too impressed with that. But even worse, if I want to retrieve my email, I have to dial up to them too... you can't even use Hotmail or other webmail services to check it... very, very inconvenient.
The lack of webspace is another concern. 20Mb is quite a lot, but now that you have your own domain ...
Scribbler 17.09.2000
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Advantages: your own domain name - great! Disadvantages: you have to connect through their server
I registered my surname as a domain with FreeNetName - how cool is that? Completely free of charge - they gave me email, webspace and my own domain for nothing.
When someone asks you your email address you can't beat being able to give them a snappy (though aliased) response that doesn't include silly numbers or the name of an ISP.
If you get there quick enough you can be www.bigbruvver.co.uk or www.no_idea_wot_to_call_my_domain.co.uk and get an ... ...The downside (and it's a BIG downside) is that you have to connect through FreeNetName to access your email and webspace. So if, like me, you've now registered bith BTSurfTime and get free OffPeak Internet through FreeServe, you're a bit stuffed. Shame really. So now I have (yet) another email address. Does anyone out there hold the record for the number of personal email addresses held?
And is there a name for someone who collects email addresses? ...
djhendra 10.10.2000
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Advantages: Supposbly a free domain.co.uk Disadvantages: Shut down?
...what was going on. But my advice is to stay away from Freenetname.co.uk (although you cannot register anyhow) and look elsewhere, if you have a domain registeerd via Freenetname, then make sure that you have your Domain Certificate. This leggally states that you own it.
A site to avoid. ...
fairypancakes 14.01.2001
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Advantages: Its free Disadvantages: Cant do ASP!!!
If you intend to have a web site for your chosen subject, you could do far worse than use freenetname. I have my Chelmsford Chargers Web site with them. Its pretty reliable and easy to use. I have not had any serious problems with site falling over where I did with theglobe.com Although they do host for free and give you .co.uk for free, they hold exclusive use of the domain name and it will cost you a packet if you choose to move it to another host ...
andycharger 08.08.2000
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Advantages: It used to be free Disadvantages: Not any more
Freenetname offers completely free domain names. As with all things like this there are limitations and there is also a slight catch that can prove mightily annoying. First of all you have to sign up. This is a simple process that you are guided through step by step. During this process you have to give your name and address and other details such as these. The site can be a bit slow at peak times so you do occasionally get timeouts when going through ... ...your desired domain. These are limited to .co.uk or .org.uk but for most people these are more than acceptable. It takes 24 hours for the domain to be registered properly and if you want to check the status of it you have to log in using the freenetname ISP. This is the main catch of the service. When you want to upload files to your site or even check for emails using your Freenetname account you have to log on to their ISP. The calls for this are ...
theanarchistkid 08.12.2000
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Advantages: Free domain, 20MB space, freephone technical support, guest book and form mail scripts are already installed. Disadvantages: You have to use the freenetname dial-up to access web space and email. You can't install cgi scripts.
I signed up to freenetname after seeing a magazine article which said they gave you a free domain and 20MB web space. I thought surely there must be a catch but there isn't one. Theres no monthly fee, no one off fee, nothing. I signed up for a domain and it was active within 24 hours. I had full ftp access and 0800 phone support. This is an excellent ISP I thought but one day, I tried to connect to freenetname using freeserve and I couldn't connect ... ...I could only connect to my web space and check my email using the Freenetname dial-up. This can be a hassle if you use an 0800 or a different ISP and you want to check your email but if you just use freenetname on its own, then its a good service. Only use freenetname for personal and basic e-commerce sites because you can not install cgi scripts and the web space is less than likely to be enough. If you want to transfer you domain to another ISP, ...
mitesh 15.07.2000
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Advantages: Very easy to use Disadvantages: Having to dial-up through them every now and then
A free domain name in a world of £15000 domain names. Too good to be true? No. I have mine at www.stickypatch.co.uk. So many people complain about having to use the Dial-Up Connection through Freenetname to get their email, but never fear, there is a way to avoid this. I firstly never use my @stickypatch.co.uk email address, only my Yahoo one. If your page is just for fun, then senidng email to @yourdomain is not vital. And, edit all of yuor site ... ...and get all the email you shouldn't really get, like Spam. You are not forced to use their service, but if you do it once a week, then that is fine. Costs only about 30p a week for a personal web-site, and you can't complain. The service they provide is very reliable, I haven't had a bad experience with it yet, both offline and online. Easy to sign-up, easy to use, and so well maintained, I recommend this to any home-user who wants a place on the ...
JamesGlew 17.09.2000
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Advantages: Free Disadvantages: charged connectio0n through BT
Freenetname provides you with the free net name for your site, which is great especially for personnal sites. However, as a user of there services i ave found the server go down with large influxes of traffic, due to the over load and under capabilities of the server to cope with large abouts of data in your uploads.
Other worries is the fact that if you ever want to move the hosting you have to pay a fee. However the issue that you are only allowed ... ...of your internet temporary/cooie files there are ways around that!
The other disadvantage is that everytime you want to upload or check your emial you have to use the internet connection through BT, well ok through net name but you pay BT local call rates.
It can also be a nightmare for the software which chnages the connection and your mail pick up to work without fiddling around. However, there was team of advisers on line who i found very hellpful ...
butler_sophie 14.12.2000
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Advantages: No banners, Totally Free, Free Technical Support Line Disadvantages: No advanced support - cgi, asp
Totally Free Domain name and hosting? Yes it is true. I have been on Freenetname for some months, and really, it is hard to be critical of getting something for free. They dont even force you to put banners on your site.
Registration is quick and easy, and they have a free support line. Where is the catch?
I have found freenetname a bit slow at times. I have transferred my sites to other free hosts, such as ic24 and supanet, and those servers are ... ...you can't pick up mail unless you are using their connection. Which is fair enough, I suppose - they have to make revenue from somewhere.
My only real concern over freenetname, is that at some point, I will want to move my site to a host offering ASP support, but it costs £94 to transfer the domain name - or you can think of a new one I suppose. But if you think having your own .co.uk domain cool (I know i do), then you should certainly use freenetname. ...
carltonf 12.08.2000
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Advantages: Almost free Disadvantages: You must use their isp
If you want your own domain and do not want to pay for it Freenetname is the job for you. The only draw back is you must use them as you ISP when uploading. If you need to update your site often with large files, and you normally use an unmetered ISP, you will incur a small cost. Although, to upload even the complete 20mb at 3kb per second, offpeak would only cost about £1. Their own site is very useful for beginners building their first site, as ...
stephenmc 30.08.2000
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I have an account with free net name and will tell you about it. Basics: freenetname allows you to have and register a .co.uk or a .org.uk domain name for free. YOU ARE THE OWNER of that name and can upload data on there server under the name. YOU ARE THE REGISTERED owner, because if you check special search engines, it will have YOUR name as the registered owner. Costs: Its FREE... but if for any reason you want to transfer the name to another person, ... ...if you have a fancy name and a millionaire offers to give you a grand for it, you can make 900 easy squid profit!. BUT WHATS THE CATCH..!! 1) Well, in order to UPLOAD data on the server and check out your email, you need to LOGIN via there server, i.e you have to dial a loccal rate number to get on. 2) You have to use the local rate number at least once in three months, to make sure your accounts sstill active. But as it costs only 5p (min call) ...
Advantages: a FREE domain name Disadvantages: you have to use the freenetname dial-up occasionally
Unlike most domain name registration sites, FreeNetName www.freenetname.co.uk is exactly what it says. You can get one free .co.uk domain name registration with unlimited email addresses per household. So you can have... name_1@yourdomain.co.uk name_2@yourdomain.co.uk name_3@yourdomain.co.uk etc... The only bind, in these days of free dial-up ISPs, is that to use the email facilities and to upload to your web space you must use the freenetname locall ...
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