- which ISPs throw in a dialup backup?
- Posted by robert w hall on May 1st, 2004
Having had adsl for about 8 months, I've had a couple occasions when I'd
have liked a dialup account to look at my email remotely (and also have
a quick surf). Demon didn't used to offer this facility, but now do, at
no extra cost.
ADSLGuide doesn't seem to list this service - so which others do a
similar dialup backup (at no or minimal extra cost).?
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robert w hall
- Posted by Black Shuck on May 1st, 2004
robert w hall wrote:
I know Plusnet do.
Slightly off topic, I also noticed their new £14.99 512k (10x)offering
is pretty nifty too. Cheap but flexible too. 1Gig limit, £2.50 for
every extra gig, upto £24.99 (the price of their unlimited Easy Start
service). You basically get the best of both worlds, light months
@14.99, heavy use months @ 24.99. The only catches being, the £58 setup
fee, and you have to supply your own kit (not a bad thing, as the USB
modems are shit).
- Posted by Hiram Hackenbacker on May 1st, 2004
On Sat, 1 May 2004 15:14:56 +0100, robert w hall
<bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
AAISP.
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Hiram Hackenbacker
- Posted by Piers James on May 1st, 2004
virgin have a dial-up back up number, but it is just their PAYG service.
"robert w hall" <bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:382huJAgD7kAFwOv@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk...
- Posted by EV on May 1st, 2004
"Piers James" <nospan-p13rs.xray.jam3s@v1rg1n.ten-nospam> wrote in message
news:t%Qkc.350$ka5.120@newsfe1-win...
Although not the cheapest around, your account is not tied in for 12
months - i.e. y ou can leave whenever you want. I've also notcied that the
virgin account POP3 email is availbe when dailing-up under other ISP's as
well... Top stuff!
- Posted by James Hill on May 1st, 2004
In article <382huJAgD7kAFwOv@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk>, robert w hall wrote:
Zen! www.zen.co.uk The backup dialup won't work if the ADSL is
connected. Our pop3 is accessible from any ISP.
James (Works for Zen)
- Posted by Ian Stirling on May 1st, 2004
Black Shuck <mgbackup2003@hotmail.com> wrote:
Demon recently launched this, with a profound lack of fanfare.
Most services will charge the 50 quid for new lines in some way or other,
as it's what BT charge them.
I hadn't noticed the cap on the price.
Now, that is a good idea.
Plusnet also are offering at the moment a free transfer from your existing
ASDL ISP onto the 14.99 service.
- Posted by robert w hall on May 1st, 2004
In article <BCB9C4EA96686C121@192.168.0.3>, 666_@hack.powernet writes
Time to invert the question then - which _don't_ !
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robert w hall
- Posted by Simon Gardner on May 1st, 2004
In article <382huJAgD7kAFwOv@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk>,
robert w hall <bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Mine.
- Posted by Phil on May 1st, 2004
"robert w hall" <bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:382huJAgD7kAFwOv@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk...
Pipex.
- Posted by poster on May 2nd, 2004
On Sat, 1 May 2004 18:43, "EV" wrote:
There have only been a tiny number of UK ISps which have ever
restricted access to your POP mailbox. One of them was the old
FreeNetName which gave a UK domain name, and required users dial
in just to download mail (*). Many restrict FTP upload to their
own service, as well as SMTP though a few exceptions for FTP, at
least, exist (for SMTP they'd use authentication or POP access
prior to sending, to have some way to check you're a valid user).
(*) Had people by the short and curlies if they used the domain for
some online business, as such users were locked in or had a fairly
high transfer fee for the domain (80+VAT) and there was also ISPs
T+C saying that if you stopped using the service the domain name
was theirs (FreeNetName) to keep (!)
