Anyone recommend a good ISP?
I am with Tiscali at the moment. I have just signed up to their telephone and 8 meg broadband and have had nothing but trouble for the last two weeks, its now running at less than dial up.
Any suggestions for a good ISP, preferably one that offers unlimited phone calls 24/7. Cost is not really important but reliabilty is.
As with download limits “unlimited” (for your phone calls) is probably in ‘never never land’ (insofar as heavy use might make the provider class your usage as a business and they can then charge for the calls.
From memory, Tiscali charge about 8 pounds a month for their ‘anytime’ calls package. There are some other schemes around that price, a few tied to using a specific ISP (eg Eclipse,PlusNet) while others seem to be available without locking you to a specific ISP. See the phone packages comparison from Magenta Systems.
Changing ISP might not be so easy, because Tiscali might have you using their own hardware at the BT exchange, and there have been problems with getting a MAC (Migration Authorisation Code) to be used with other ISPs.
You might find more information in the ‘discussion boards’ for Tiscali on the Think Broadband website. Good luck.
I use Eclipse (14.99/month) for ADSL, but my phone line is still with BT (I get Caller Display for free using BT Privacy – www.bt.com/btprivacy for info) and then use www.1899.com for cheap phone calls to UK and abroad (I don’t call mobiles)
nocreditphones.net 30$ a month unlimited home & mobile service
