Reply to: Demon Thus are Useless!

[HairyArsedBloke]

Dizzy Thinks: Demon Internet/Microgen distributes 3000+ usernames and passwords

This morning, it appears that Demon and/or a third party supplier have made a serious security breach. An email has been sent out relating to Demon's new e-Bill system, which is provided by a company called Microgen. The email advises what appear to be business customers of their new username and passwords for the system and states,

We have attached an easy guide on how to access your documents.
Sadly, they also included another attachment along with the "easy guide on how to access your documents". It's a comma separated value file (csv) called thurs.csv which contains 3681 customer records detailing - amongst other things - names, phone number, email addresses and user IDs and passwords.

[stingman123]

Nildram were taken over by Pipex, who were taken over by Tiscali, who are now Carphone Whorehouse IIRC.

I've used Nildram for the last 5 years, never a problem, never any downtime, excellent connection speeds and they have no problem with me constantly downloading @200 gig p/m

[VectraMan]

The only one I've come across so far is Nildram, who have apparently somehow managed to unbundle themselves from BT baleful influence.

Nildram were taken over by Pipex, who were taken over by Tiscali, who are now Carphone Whorehouse IIRC.

[norrahe]

Another yes for Be

[Paddy]

Is 180GB per month OK?

http://www.idnet.net/solutions/home/broadband/

[dinker]

I use the O2 LLU service, which is effectively Be, and they seem quite happy with my 10GB per day habit.

[futurix]

I'm not sure if there are any 'true' unlimited ISPs anymore. Myself, I use AAISP who give exact information on usage and have strict limits (which are rather generous off-peak).

[Zippy]

I use BT. They haven't given me any crap so far ...

<slopes off to find nearest piece of wood>

[threaded]

Yes, Demon Thus: the only company I know that goes well out of its way to make it difficult to pay them.

From my experience, which is since shortly after they came into being, their accounts department could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Hmm, not so sure about Be - Looking at their T & Cs, I reckon they may well also have a "fair usage" policy without even quoting limits:

I've given it a good caning several times by downloading whole DVDs, sometime simultaneously. I've never heard a peep out of them.

[voodooflux]

Hmm, not so sure about Be - Looking at their T & Cs, I reckon they may well also have a "fair usage" policy without even quoting limits:

I've never known it to be a problem, and I'm sure I've exceeded 60GB per 30 days on many occasions. In fact probably every month.

[Fred Bloggs]

I don't know the fine details since I never exceed ~12Gb a month but it would be well worth your while looking at VISPA. They are small-ish ISP based in Altrincham, Cheshire and they are actually small enough to be interested in what customers actually want. Proper techy type guys based in Altrincham answer the phone (you can ask for them by name when you get to know them) when you call and they always bend over backwards to sort out problems if they arise. They might be able to provide exactly what you're looking for. HTH.

[OwlHoot]

Hmm, not so sure about Be - Looking at their T & Cs, I reckon they may well also have a "fair usage" policy without even quoting limits:

What about excessive network usage?

If it’s felt that any Be member’s Internet activities are so excessive that other members are detrimentally affected, Be may give the member generating the excessive web traffic a written warning (by email or otherwise). In extreme circumstances, should the levels of activity not immediately decrease after the warning, Be may terminate that member’s services.

[voodooflux]

I use Be. Don't be put off by their pants website.

Another recommendation for Be here.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I use Be. Don't be put off by their pants website.