Re: Moving ISP

Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Date	2012-09-03 19:33 +0100
From	"Derek.Moody" <derek.moody@casterbridge.net>
Subject	Re: Moving ISP
Message-ID	<ant0318521cbBxcK@strongarm.half-baked-idea.co.uk> (permalink)
Organization	Derek in Dorset U.K.
References	<52c95573badave@davenoise.co.uk> <52c95f1aberiscos@mdharding.org.uk> <52c96a3d38dave@davenoise.co.uk>

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In article <52c96a3d38dave@davenoise.co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News)
<URL:mailto:dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

re: moving to BT

> > The only weird problem I had, is that BT later on demanded that I
> > authenticate every one of my email names, yet for some obscure reason
> > the page for this (using Windows XP) was blank in both Firefox and IE.
> > No technical adviser could sort it out over a number of days and in
> > desperation I migrated from BT whose contract was soon to expire.
> 
> Right. That doesn't fill me with confidence. ;-)

BT are a pita if you're trying to do anything fancy on a residential account.
The Home-Hubs are too locked down to be really useful.

> Trouble is I've got 2 RPCs, 2 PC desktops, and a TV all cabled to the
> router. And two laptops on wireless. All of which (apart from the TV) I
> can transfer data between easily.

OK, so don't change any of that.

Choose an ISP who will let you connect your existing router to their network
then just change the provider settings on the router to suit.  Any ISP will
supply those. The only changes needed on the computers are to point the
email clients to the new (SMTP) sender.

One advantage is that if you supply the router the ISP will not insist on a
long minimum contract so you can move on easily if they prove unsuitable.

> I only use the one email address, but it's my own and I'm not going to
> change it.

Your new ISP, whoever they are, will insist on you using an address they
supply as a fall back for them to contact you - you can usually leave it as
a webmail account and forget about it until you need to contact support.

As you'll have seen on another thread I'm using PlusNet, try them, they're
pretty good - and if you tell them you were recommended by username derekm
they'll reward me with a massive referral fee - um, about 50p but hey, I
could buy a bag of nuts ;-)

Cheerio,

-- 
>> derek.moody@casterbridge.net

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Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 09:56 +0100
  Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-03 10:13 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 11:16 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-03 12:32 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:39 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-03 16:08 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:16 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:13 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:37 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:50 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-09-06 10:06 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-09-11 13:14 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-11 20:03 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-03 18:26 +0100
  Re: Moving ISP M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-09-03 11:41 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:43 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 14:08 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP "Derek.Moody" <derek.moody@casterbridge.net> - 2012-09-03 19:33 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:22 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP "Derek.Moody" <derek.moody@casterbridge.net> - 2012-09-03 23:45 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-04 08:00 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 10:42 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 11:24 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 12:13 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 13:55 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 16:07 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-04 11:23 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 13:53 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-04 20:23 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-09-04 21:24 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 23:19 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 07:46 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 23:16 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:10 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 14:12 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-04 17:53 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:14 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 14:19 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-05 18:12 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-09-05 20:45 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 23:47 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-09-06 10:10 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-06 10:23 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 17:50 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-11 16:46 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-09-04 21:14 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-09-04 10:15 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:21 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:20 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 22:36 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-11 16:57 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-11 20:39 +0100
  Re: Moving ISP Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 22:05 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-09-03 22:39 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-03 22:46 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 23:08 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-03 23:02 +0100
  Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 10:15 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-05 11:06 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 11:16 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 11:47 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:06 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 22:15 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-05 23:14 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 23:49 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-06 08:02 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 12:11 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Bryn Evans <d@a.invalid> - 2012-09-09 20:11 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-09 21:12 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 10:17 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Paul Oates <oatespaul@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-10 17:39 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-11 07:54 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:33 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP (OT) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-09-09 12:25 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP (OT) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-09 12:41 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP (OT) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-09-09 13:12 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-10 18:50 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP (OT) Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-10 20:56 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 22:05 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 22:20 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 22:23 +0000
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-11 07:13 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-11 12:31 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-11 00:47 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-11 07:14 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP (OT) "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 06:47 +0000
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 10:28 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Bryn Evans <d@a.invalid> - 2012-09-11 16:14 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-12 18:58 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-12 19:32 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-13 00:38 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP (OT) Graham Thurlwell <nospam@jades.org> - 2012-09-10 19:28 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-12 18:55 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP (OT) Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-09-09 17:49 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 17:51 +0100
  Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 14:44 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 15:40 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-21 19:28 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 09:43 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-22 10:37 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP NedA <news@ned.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-22 10:10 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 13:13 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-22 14:09 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 14:59 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 14:21 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-27 20:00 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP JTM <usenetbin@free.fr> - 2012-09-27 21:01 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP NedA <news@ned.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-28 10:27 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 11:34 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:59 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-28 13:02 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 13:28 +0100

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