(+) easy to use, lots of content, several email addresses, cheap! (-) can't view pictures in emails you have to download them (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
(+) They CLAIM up to 8Mbps LIVEBOX speed ~ can connect 2 computers via Ethernet plus 6 wireless (-) MY PERFECTLY ADEQUATE WANADOO Broadband connection disappeared OVERNIGHT for over two months! (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2006)
(+) Whe it works it's OK. Fairly cheap deals. (-) When it doesn't work, you might as well talk to the wall. Slow and unreliable. (*) (On Ciao since: 03/2003)
(+) Speed, makes sense of Information Highway at last. Tech support is only a local call charge! (-) Not everywhere cabled-out. Expensive compared to ADSL 'deals' (*) (On Ciao since: 08/2000)
(+) good value for money unmetered 24hours a day, £15 of free phone calls for BT customers in non-NTL area (-) technical support at £1/min, response to e-mails is slow, communication between departments & customer service is poor, almost impossible to leave/en (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2000)
(+) Reliable connection at a decent speed (-) Pray that you never need to call tech support. Much better value available elsewhere. (*) (On Ciao since: 03/2002)
(+) Speed, always-on, flat-rate charge, leaves phone line free for voice calls (-) expensive, seriously crap news server, only available in areas of high population, must have a BT line, must have a credit card or Visa Delta card, le (*) (On Ciao since: 07/2000)
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Original Sony Ericsson P900 Stylus Pen ISP-20. 1 Pcs. Handling your Sony Ericsson P910 / P900 Mobile Phone is easier and more convenient with a stylus...
Original Sony Ericsson G900 Stylus Pen ISP-80. Handling your Sony Ericsson Mobile Phone is easier and more convenient with a stylus allowing to navigate...
A smooth touch for a big touchscreen. Your Sony Ericsson G700 offers compact and complete business communication. Slide out it's stylus and the world of...
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Original Sony Ericsson P1i, X1 Stylus Pen ISP-40 3 Pcs. Handling your Sony Ericsson Mobile Phone is easier and more convenient with a stylus allowing to...
Sony Ericsson ISP-90 Stylus Xperia X1 Use your stylus for work or for pleasure. It's the perfect tool to help organize your busy professional world and...
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Advantages: Cheap with Free technical advice No yearly contract Disadvantages: None found so far
...I have been using ISP's for the past 3 years and have certainly noticed the price's are increasing and speed's are slowing down.
I therefore decided to "shop around" for a faster connection speed and a cheaper price.
After surfing the web I found a few that were cheaper than our current provider (Freeserve) but these companies tended to have a 12 month contract clause. When I asked if they would guarantee a higher speed than I was recieving they replied NO!!
We had been with Freeserve for over two years and the connection speed was decreasing as the months went by.
Unfortunately we were in an area that could not get the maximum speed but in the early months of our time with Freeserve we were getting a conection speed of between 37 and 40 kbps so were happy enough. However in the last 6 months they had been changing there connection...
mit1964
24.06.2003 ·Read review
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Review of Highstream ISP
Advantages: User friendly and very reliable. Three Tariffs to choose from Anytime, Daytime and PayAsYouGo. Disadvantages: You get cut off automatically after ten minutes of 'inactivity' online, with no warning!
...To start with, don't spend money buying their disc at the checkout and don't be put off by that! Ask for one online or ring them. They respond at once, the information arrives pronto and saves you 50p! You can always ask your local store to ring up for you and get one sent!!
I nearly didn't research them, as I object to paying to simply try something out, but I was really pleased that I got the disc and I was very pleasantly surprised at the difference between their service and f.e. AOL or even Freeserve. They do not have a free help number, but they do answer very quickly and they are helpful and don't waste your phone bill - mind you, I doubt you will need to use the Helpline for Tech support, as the service is good. If you do get a problem, they respond quickly and politely.
Tesco.net is a good ISP for anyone who is not...
Arbrette
22.03.2003 ·Read review
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Review of Tesco.net ISP
...I joined Tesco's ISP because I moved from a Telewest area to a none Telewest or NTL area :( I wanted the cheapest ISP around because I wanted value for money. I currently use the Anytime tariff and have been a customer for 4 months.
Tesco ISP comes with three tariffs, £12.99 for Anytime..(with NO restrictions of how many hours you can be online ...unlike BT). Pay as you go, from 1p per minute (or cheaper if you add the number to your BT friends and family), and Daytime 2am - 4pm for £5.99 a month.(I'm 99% sure this includes weekends too).
Tesco are currently doing 2 months free with anytime, and you are under no obligation to stay with them. If you do stay, you are billed via a credit or debit card at the end of your month ..but please check which cards are accepted, Visa Electron, and American Express are currently not...
finspang
13.08.2003 (16.08.2003) ·Read review
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Review of Tesco.net ISP
Advantages: cheap, reliable, excellent service staff Disadvantages: 50p per min helpdesk
...I have been with Tesco.net for 5 months now. I ordered their ISP access cd when I was working abroad and it had arrived when I had arrived back home a week later.
It was a cinch (sp?) to install, and the fact that I had previously been using and had uninstalled another ISP (freeserve) didn't provide many problems.
I am on Tesco anytime which costs me £12.99 a month direct debit. I found this to be one of the cheapest ones around, and as someone who could not really afford paying Broadband prices, think it is an excellent deal.
You get 15mb of free webspace
Webmail (so you can access your email abroad)
5 email addresses
The only con that I have found is that the helpdesk costs 50p a min. However, when I did have a tecnical problem due to the remains of Freeserves Outlook programme, I was very pleased with the fact that my...
crystaltipps5648
22.03.2004 ·Read review
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Review of Tesco.net ISP
Advantages: non Disadvantages: 0% customer service, rude and incompetent
...Metronet used to be a breath of fresh air. But since they were taken over by PlusNet the service has vanished.
the 24/7 helpline always has the standard responce that all operators are busy and to call back later. 3 Weeks ago they cut of my main business line by mistake, the will not refund my connect fee, they are still using my credit card to debit the account and there 'ticket' system on the website is being ignored. Whats worse is that they have not disconected the line fully making it impossible to connect to anouther ISP. Even BT wholesale (who handle all connections) cannot remove it without Metronets say so.
After getting a ticket answered (their online system of communication) i was told that they are an inbound call centre and cannot make outgoing calls. They also dont accept incomming calls???!!?!?!?!?
So to sum...
Advantages: Cheap annual fee Disadvantages: Unknown ease and speed of connection
...Connect25 is a new ISP which I have just seen advertised in Computer Active today. The advertisement itself suggests that the joining fee is a one off payment of £25. However on connecting to the site, connect25.co.uk it is clear that the fee is £25 per year.
Information provided is as follows.
There is a one hour cut off and a 15 minute idle time cut off. No streaming is allowed so the ISP is of little use to gamers. A news server will be added later. This would appesar to be a good deal for the majority but time will tell.
It is not possible to join using a credit card and there is a 14 day wait before connection is made.
I have decided to join and have already sent in my £25. This is not a large amount to loose in the event of things going pear shaped....
jamesdee215
21.08.2000 ·Read review
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Review of jamesdee215 - Connect25 ISP
Advantages: no connection fee, no setup charges, no call charges, no monthly fee, additional services too. Disadvantages: they disconnect you after an hour to allow other users to log on to their free service
...With no setup fee, no connection charges, no monthly rental and no call costs this has to be the best ISP in the UK today. I've been using this service for over a year now and it just got better. They call it 'ic24'. It started with free clling during the following hours on the weekend: 0900-1000, 1100-1200, 1300-1400, 1500-1600, 1700-1800. This time then incresed and I was then able to log on to the net for free on weekends anytime between 0900-1700. This time was again increased when free calls were recently introduced between 2000-0000 on every weekday evening. I also use ic24's 0800 number to access WAP services for free from my 7110(details of which can be found in my article on 7110). And ic24 also provides additional services like all other ISP's too....
mubeen
29.09.2000 ·Read review
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Review of The Best FREE ISP - The Best FREE ISP
Advantages: Compression on downloads, free trial, competitive £13 a month fees. Disadvantages: One too many disconnections at peak times.
...Ever since living in a small village near Banbury since December 02 I have been using an ISDN (BT Homehighway) line, due to the lack of any available broadband technology. Now, I am moving on again (BB will be a criteria of my new place!) but in the meantime I have been roadtesting the occasional ISP.
I had been using BT Openworld at £16.99 a month to access the net at 64K over ISDN. Whilst it was never earth shattering, as you would expect, I was always fairly happy with the downloads and speed, based on my expectations. Also, the BT portal page wasn?t that bad, and BT had recently extended their online times, so that in the evenings you get 4 hours before being kicked off, which is rather rare I think. However along with many other ISP?s you are limited to 150 hours online per month.
A friend pointed me in the direction of Tesco...
alflavor
16.08.2003 ·Read review
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Review of Tesco.net ISP
Advantages: reliable, fast and reasonably priced with good support Disadvantages: the modem, and you use your landline phone more often
....97 a month
With free connection, unmetered 512K Internet access at all times, even while you're on the phone.
Broadband users are given a free modem, there is no download limit, benefits include up to 15 email addresses, access to newsgroups and up to 50 MB of webspace.
Each of the above mentioned information pages has quick and clearly labelled links back to other pages, each offers you a "Help" page, which is a useful printable page outlining all options. Each one also offers you the chance to sign up, go back or to quit!
~~~0~~~ Our Tesco ISP experience ~~~0~~~
~~ Dial up ~~
We first chose the Anytime dial-up option costing £12.49 a month, which meant that we didn't have additional call charges. We decided this was best for us because of the amount of time we were, jointly as a family, spending online.
We found the service...
mum52
24.05.2005 (09.06.2005) ·Read review
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Review of Tesco.net ISP
... Price
If you're an O2 mobile customer, the price for O2 Broadband is unbeatable. You get the first three months of your (12 month) contract for absolutely nothing, there's no hidden fees like setup or installation etc.
After the 3 free months is up it's only £9.79 a month (dependant on what tarrif you choose). And even if you're not an O2 customer it's still much cheaper than all other ISPs (other than Be* who are the same company).
Fair Usage
Seems to be unbelievably good on O2. I use ALOT of bandwidth as I work from home, and am always uploading and downloading large files. As well as streaming movies, subsribing to many podcasts etc etc etc.
They state there is no limit, but if they feel you're using so much that you're causing other customers a slow down, then they're cool with it.
Customer Service
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daveleeuk
25.10.2009 ·Read review
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Review of broadband.o2.co.uk
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