"Nigel M" <reply@thegroup.com> wrote in message
news:1vd1r0tjbc4i116ruqd9fghv0qr7sbvg6n@4ax.com...
With regard to Pipex:


You can use any address as the normal 'from' address, but if someone looks at
the header of your email they will see that it comes from your Pipex email alias
(if you have one)

Yes, although the the news server binary downloads are limited.

From what I have read about Plusnet, my guess is that most ISPs will want to
discourage customers that they find are uneconomic to supply. The ISPs advertise
their products as unlimited in order to attract customers, but if the customers
do actually take all they are untitled to the ISP starts to loose money.

Yes

That would depend on how you connect. The free Speedtouch USB modem has its own
software. If you connect via a router and have a common Ethernet adapter, the
drivers are probably included with your OS.


The Pipex news server has a great many newsgroups. It also appears to keep old
postings for quite some time.


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Michael Chare

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:02:45 -0000, in uk.telecom.broadband,
"Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@chareDOTorg.uk> wrote:

a) for the bulk of users, an ISP doesn't need to impose any caps, but
there have been capped accounts introduced, in recent times, to offer
a cheaper product range to tempt those who have been using dial-up to
consider the switch. I don't know how the economics add up comparing
dial-up costs (renting 'lines' and the actual hardware, tech support,
and compaints about slow connections!) vs an 'always on' ADSL link.

b) define 'entitled' (but do, please, remember that to date all these
ADSL services have been clearly defined in terms of 20:1 or 50:1 use,
so traffic at full speed, 24x7, really doesn't fit in well with using
an 'entitled to all one can get' which some suggest is what they were
paying for. Peter M.




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PlusNet <http://tinyurl.com/24ymz> - I recommend them and save some cash.

My other ISP is UK Free Software Network <www.ukfsn.org>
UKFSN passes all profits to Free Software projects in the UK.

"Peter M" <us-mail@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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Well in my case ADSL costs about 25% more but is vastly better.

I would disagree. The services are normally contended, that does not mean that
you are only allowed to take
a 20th or 50th of the line capacity.

Even Plusnet appear to acknowledge that their heavy users are not in breach of
any contract terms.

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Michael Chare