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I guess by now most people have heard of ipoints? Well, if you haven't it's basically an internet based reward scheme, whereby you gain ipoints by signing up to other websites, filling in questionnaires or buying certain products from certain online stores. You get emails (at least two a day I'm afraid) informing you of certain offers, for example "earn 2 ipoints per £1 spent on such and such website" etc. But this is not a review on ipoints, so I'll move on then. Well, recently I received an email telling me if I joined up to Which? Online's free 30-day trial, I would receive a whopping 225 ... more

With Which On Line, you get that real confidence that continuity of service is guaranteed. That's very valuable when we see how big providers like Lineone with huge parents like BT behave in building customer confidence then terminating contracts. The Consumers' Association is of course risk adverse, cannot be funded by advertising, and has to have the interest of consumers at heart, so it's unlikely to do anything that is unsustainable. Which On Line has tight service agreements with NTL that provides the electronic infrastructure, and technically things are just about as good as they could ... more

I've been with WOL for a while now - I like their service. At this point I must confess that I seldom use them as my dial-up access to the Internet - why? because I use WorldOnline (was Localtel) and screaming.net so that my Internet calls are free. Why do I still fork out money for WOL then? As with most unmetered ISPs, there can be congestion times. I signed up with Which? before the ISP market got saturated (maybe even before it really took off) and am still with them as my back-up ISP. The advanage I see with WOL is that they *actually provide a service* rather than being just a glorified ... more

If you are a member of the Consumers Association, it doesn't cost much to subscribe to Which Online. Approximately five pounds per month. I've no idea how much it is for a non-member. Connection has always been first time and have never experienced the sort of slowing down that I have from some 'free' providers. Content is very good indeed with access to the C.A.'s huge library of product tests. Another bonus is you receive further discounts from some e-retailers. It's not enough to pay for your subscription, (unless you buy a lot), but is better than some store loyalty cards. There are ... more

Having heard good things about the Which? online 30 day free trial, I thought I'd give it a go. Unfortunately, it is not platform independent (i.e. it is designed for Windows users) and I use Risc OS so I was unable to access all the features. The actual service seems okay but I would advise people not to sign up for the trial unless they expect to remain subscribed. I cancelled my subscription following the terms of the "free" trial as I couldn't access all the features and I did not have the leisure to look at it through a slow dial up connection. That is where the problems started. My next ... more