Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-08-04 Thread KaroSHi Von Beef
We are currently with www.aaisp.co.uk they are pricy but they are excellent, you will not find better service. On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Levin wrote: > > Rob Beard wrote: > > > >> I'm with Vivaciti who are an Enta reseller. I can highly recomm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-08-03 Thread Tony Travis
John Levin wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I'm with Vivaciti who are an Enta reseller. I can highly recommend >> Enta. You might want to give www.ukfsn.org a look as they are Enta >> re-sellers who fund Open Source development with the profits, plus >> they're Linux friendly. >> > > I'm with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-30 Thread Steve Flynn
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:17 PM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All this correspondence has caused me to wonder whether I am getting the > most economical deal commensurate with reliability of supply. I do not > use broadband a great down apart from the downloading of Ubuntu updates > some Goo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-30 Thread Rob Beard
RichardA wrote: >> For bandwidth monitoring you could use a program that can handle SNMP like >> nagios. > > Isn't Nagios overkill for something like this? > > Typing these just before powering down the PC would save the date and > the amount of traffic for that session in a text file: > > date

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-29 Thread RichardA
> For bandwidth monitoring you could use a program that can handle SNMP like > nagios. Isn't Nagios overkill for something like this? Typing these just before powering down the PC would save the date and the amount of traffic for that session in a text file: date +%F >> net_traffic.txt ifconfig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-29 Thread Steve Flynn
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James wrote: >> What's the full URL for UKFSN then, please? > > http://www.ukfsn.org/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-29 Thread Jake Bunce
For bandwidth monitoring you could use a program that can handle SNMP like nagios. 2008/7/29 norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > All this correspondence has caused me to wonder whether I am getting the > most economical deal commensurate with reliability of supply. I do not > use broadband a great down

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-29 Thread norman
All this correspondence has caused me to wonder whether I am getting the most economical deal commensurate with reliability of supply. I do not use broadband a great down apart from the downloading of Ubuntu updates some Google research and the odd bit of on line buying. I have no one nearby to who

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-29 Thread Jon Reeves
James Grabham wrote: > I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. > > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging > what IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. > > Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and > Orange/Wanadoo are all out.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-29 Thread alan c
James Grabham wrote: > I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. > > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging what > IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. > > Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and > Orange/Wanadoo are all out. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Chris Smith
James wrote: > What's the full URL for UKFSN then, please? http://www.ukfsn.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread James
What's the full URL for UKFSN then, please? James. - Original Message - From: "John Levin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs > Rob Beard wrote: > >> >> I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Andrew Oakley
James Grabham wrote: > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging what > IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. ... > What do others use/recommend? Unlimited Downloads is a must. Static IP > would be a plus http://www.surfanytime.com http://www.surfanytime.com/c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Bruce Beardall
I used to be with UKLinux.net when I was on dial-up. Never had a problem. I just got greedy because I got a better deal with Virgin. However, since we're moving soon and given what's happening, I'll seriously consider going back to them if they can supply whichever address we end up in. On Mon, Ju

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread John Levin
Rob Beard wrote: > > I'm with Vivaciti who are an Enta reseller. I can highly recommend > Enta. You might want to give www.ukfsn.org a look as they are Enta > re-sellers who fund Open Source development with the profits, plus > they're Linux friendly. > I'm with UKFSN, and am quite happy w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Jake Bunce
Be seem to be a good provider, however they haven't got DSLAMs in every exchange... 2008/7/28 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > James Grabham wrote: > > looks good, but o2 themselves say £7.50 + £5 for a static IP, so I may > > well go with o2. > > That's assuming they have the equipment in the loc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Rob Beard
James Grabham wrote: > looks good, but o2 themselves say £7.50 + £5 for a static IP, so I may > well go with o2. That's assuming they have the equipment in the local exchange. Try the availability checker at Sam Knows Broadband here: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/checker2.php It will give

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Rob Beard
James Grabham wrote: > I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. > > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging what > IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. > > Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and > Orange/Wanadoo are all out. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread John Atkinson
are based in Romania but at least you can understand them) They are well worth considering ;) John From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jake Bunce Sent: 28 July 2008 20:28 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs Pipex were bought out by Tiscali

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread James Grabham
looks good, but o2 themselves say £7.50 + £5 for a static IP, so I may well go with o2. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:48 PM, David Futcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I've heard good things about Be broadband (https://www.bethere.co.uk/), > who do 24meg/1.3meg unlimited broadband for ~£15 per month (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 28 July 2008 8:16:06 pm James Grabham wrote: > I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. > > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging > what IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. > > Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread David Futcher
I've heard good things about Be broadband (https://www.bethere.co.uk/), who do 24meg/1.3meg unlimited broadband for ~£15 per month (provided you have a BT line), which is pretty reasonable. They are also owned by O2, who dont seem to have been involved with the latest privacy invasion measures. If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread peter
I use entanet which I got through uklinux.net. Static IP is included but limited to 30 G a month peak (monday - friday 6-midnigh)t. and 300 g at other times. Speed and reliability have been excellent over the lt few years. Peter On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 20:16 +0100, James Grabham wrote: > I'm sure

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread James Grabham
Eeep... so is it Zen or nothing, because I can't afford Zen. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jake Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Pipex were bought out by Tiscali last year... > > > 2008/7/28 James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. >> >> Now I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread Jake Bunce
Pipex were bought out by Tiscali last year... 2008/7/28 James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. > > Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging what > IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. > > Which means I'm a bit s

[ubuntu-uk] ISPs

2008-07-28 Thread James Grabham
I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs. Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging what IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot. Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and Orange/Wanadoo are all out. I'm thinking Pipex business - static I