Hi there,

Considering Nildram as a static address providing ISP.

Heard some good things. Anyone have any comments?

"cluthz" <WHATEEVVEERR@by.co.uk> wrote in message
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Owned by pipex, so if the group gets bought you might get stuck in a 12
month contract with an undesirable company.

In article <XQzRh.7039$NK2.5069@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , cluthz
<WHATEEVVEERR@by.co.uk> wrote:

I've been with Nildram for several years - since the days of dial-up
only, before ADSL was introduced here. They used to be really good,
but since being taken over by pipex they have gone downhill. So much so
that I'm considering migrating away... possibly to Zen.

Kit

cluthz wrote:
They were excellent then pipex put the spanner in the works
and made them as shite as the offering you get from pipex.

We've left nildram now to go to Vodafone.

"cluthz" <WHATEEVVEERR@by.co.uk> wrote in message
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I left them when they started severely throttling newsgroup binaries. I
left for a cheaper and much faster ISP, name begins with U.

SteveB wrote:

U ?

Don't be shy.

Graham

I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> opened his gob and said:

UKFSN ?


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cluthz wrote:

On 8-Apr-2007, Steve Olive <steve@NOSPAMsteveolive.co.uk> wrote:

Used to be good, but customer service has gone
downhill since Pipex took them over.
Zen is a better bet.

<ato_zee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Actually, customer service seems to be quite good. They respond normally
within a day, and even phone you back. I know they still can't solve the
problems though!

Reply to OP, don't do it!

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:08:01 +0100, "Grumps" <grumpsnothere@hotmail.com> wrote:

-<ato_zee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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->
-> On 8-Apr-2007, Steve Olive <steve@NOSPAMsteveolive.co.uk> wrote:
->
->> > Considering Nildram as a static address providing ISP.
->> >
->> > Heard some good things. Anyone have any comments?
->> >
->> Left them for Zen. Never regretted it.
->
-> Used to be good, but customer service has gone
-> downhill since Pipex took them over.
-> Zen is a better bet.
-
-Actually, customer service seems to be quite good. They respond normally
-within a day, and even phone you back. I know they still can't solve the
-problems though!
-

How can I leave if I need to take my static IP with me?

Am I really trapped forever?


-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com

Rob S wrote:

Can you never change your IP address until the end of time itself ? What if
Nildram went bust ? You'd have to change it then. Plan ahead !

Have you heard of DNS servers ?

Graham

On 12-Apr-2007, Rob S <robatworkDeleteTheseFourWords@mail.com> wrote:

Yes, looks like you are trapped forever.

You static IP address is allocated from the IP address
pool which has in turn been allocated to your ISP.
So if you do a "who is" on your static IP address it
should come back to Pipex (who took over Nildram).

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:51:22 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

-Can you never change your IP address until the end of time itself ? What if
-Nildram went bust ? You'd have to change it then. Plan ahead !
-
-Have you heard of DNS servers ?

Yes.

How do I plan ahead in the instance that there are lots of routers out there
with my static IP address programmed into their firewall rules? And on most
routers you can't put a dns name in, only an IP address....
-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:19:32 +0100, Rob S
<robatworkDeleteTheseFourWords@mail.com> mused:

How about maybe changing that IP address from your old one to your new
one maybe? Like you might change your phone number and\or address when
you move house.

If you think you are tied into an ISP just because you use a fixed IP
then you are mistaken.
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Regards,
Stuart.

"Lurch" <usenet@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote in message
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Get your new ADSL service with its new IP address on a different telephone
line. Then as time permits, use the old service to contact each router in
turn, add a new firewall rule with the new IP address - then you can manage
it from the new ADSL service. When all the routers are reconfigured, you
can dump the old ADSL service.

--
Graham J

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:50:43 +0100, "Graham"
<graham@nospam.demon.co.uk> mused:

Bit cumbersome. Also means paying for a new line installation and then
ceasing the old one and\or transferring ADSL services. You're looking
at a fair cost and\or things going horribly wrong.
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Regards,
Stuart.

Rob S wrote:

It would seem that the answer would to be to use routers where you can specify a
domain.

You can never ever be sure of a static IP in perpetuity.

Graham

"Lurch" <usenet@sjwelectrical.co.uk> wrote in message
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The second line I recommended is the only sure way to avoid things going
wrong. If the OP is supporting routers and firewalls he no doubt has an
income from this work to support the cost of a second line, and no doubt his
customers expect some quality of service from him.

--
Graham J

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:13:56 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

-It would seem that the answer would to be to use routers where you can specify
-a domain.

As a matter of interest, I have never dealt with routers beyond home/SOHO
capabilities. Just what cost/complexity would a router be that can specify
inbound rules by dns name rather than IP?


-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com