[access-uk] Re: Extra software with broadband packages
- From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:07:30 +0100
a few people have said they have problems with plus.net but I and others
have also found the company fine.
You can sign up online, but not on the phone. Go to www.plus.nett
For £21.99 a month you get virtually unlimited broadband and a fax to email
service which lets you have a fax number beginning with 0870. If someone
sends a fax to this number it is emailed to you as a graphic which you can
scan using OCR software such as that provided with Microsoft Office 2003 or
you could use something like Kurzweil 1000 if you already have it.
Again, Tiscali
offers fast connections at low prices which on first glance seem better
value than the Plus.net offerings but some have reported difficulty with
severe slow downs at peak times. go to www.tiscali.co.uk to sign up. I
think you can sign up over the phone as well as online.
Demon internet,
www.demon.co.uk
offers a service similar to that offered by plus.net. It is slightly more
expensive but it is not as well known these days I would say though it used
to be one of the most popular brands. I tend to think of Demon as being
quite reliable and the company has technical support for visually impaired
people given by a company called Apart consultancy.
I used to use freeuk at www.freeuk.com
this company is fast for dial up connections and good to have as a backup.
I did tend to get a lot of junk mail though.
A broadband connection is also available costing 322.99 a month, (£22.49 a
month if you pay a full year in advance).
you get basic web access at only 512KBits/sec so it is now looking rather
slow for the price. This is not a big company though so it does not suffer
as much from network congestion and mail problems as it is generally not
targeted by hackers etc as larger companies. The webmail is particularly
accessible.
Hope these jottings help.
Regards
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Extra software with broadband packages
From recent messages on the list (including one yesterday, which I
accidentally deleted!), I have got the impression that some ISPs
provide CDs which install antivirus, anti spyware etc. software in
addition to what is needed to access their service. I think that BT
Yahoo was mentioned.
I intend in the near future to switch to Broadband and a new ISP, but
want to choose my own defences - and particularly to remain a
"Symantec free zone".
I would appreciate any advice on ISPs who make such a requirement
difficult if not impossible.
Douglas
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