Hello,

Are there any hidden costs in Pipex's offering? It seems to me that
£17.57 to set-up, with no charge for the modem, is too good to be true.

Any info? Thanks.

<> Hello,
contract yet under FAQ it states its a 12 month contract
They need to make that clearer! pipex look good,and seem happy with
networking,


ferg

Call me stupid - I'm a newbie. :-)

Seems to me that BT's offering, where it appears you have to fork out
for the modem and a connection fee, is pretty poor by comparison. Given
that everyone I know is on it, though, what on earth is the attraction?

Sunil Sood wrote:

Newbies who haven`t heard that other people offer a better, cheaper
service.

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This may be just as applicable to other ISPs and USB modems, but some
motherboards aren`t entirely happy with certain types of USB modem.

I had a problem with mine (SiS chipset) where the line would drop under
heavy CPU load, and I would have to reboot before I could reconnect. I
think this is because a USB modem relies on the processing power of the
PC itself to do the donkeywork, and under heavy CPU load, it wasn`t
getting enough "attention" :-}

VIA chipsets are also known to have some problems, but give it a whirl
and see how you get on - I think with VIA it was a power related problem,
and some people have reported that a powered USB hub can help.

p2p I assume you mean ? - I have no problems on pipex :-)

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chris <see@reply.to.field> wrote in news:MPG.19b34d9c565ce355989a72
@news.claranews.com:

That's true for most (all) the other ISPs that have an offer on free
connection/activation.

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Regards.

Nick Pitfield (pitfield@nickpitfield.com)

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Colin Wilson <btiruseless@btinternet.com> wrote:

If that means "ignored" then fine... I was unimpressed when sending to a
valid reply-to and getting an automated "f*** off spammer" message as well
as (later on) a thank you (it was in a different NG). Don't you just love
automated replies :-) Peter.

BT are a brand name that people trust, and sadly this means that they get a
lot of customers without having a very attractive deal.

There are indeedy

I`m still happy I took the plunge with them :-) (but I did end up buying
a cheap router within a couple of months - sadly, the deal I got (~£45)
for a 4 port router / modem isn`t available any more)

If you want to make someone`s day too, someone who "refers" you can get a
month free if you sign up with Pipex.

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Nah, "newsgroup" in the subject will just mark the mail as valid for me
in mailwasher, rather than me missing potentially genuine posts among the
~200 spam mails I get per day

I don`t have an autoresponder :-p

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In article <bibetm$qar$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>,
<"newsgroups_@_linguistics.org.uk"> wrote:

They just don't know any better.

I expect everyone you know uses a Wintel PC, too!

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OK, Pipex seem reasonable. A related question: is it any good for
on-line gaming?

My brother was told by some bloke in a games shop that BT Openworld are
the best for gaming. I doubt that, since it came from a guy who plays
with computers for a living, but what do others think?

chris wrote:

I suppose it depends if you`re having a lan party or not, and not relying
on the broadband connection ;-)

I play Natural Selection (a HL mod) nightly, and the game servers have
more problems than my connection - my ping can vary (I think that might
also be a factor of the mod you`re playing, and the server hardware), but
I had 30ms last night.

I`m still crap at them though :-}

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