which ISP?

[fidayeen]

Hello there, sorry to bother you all. I am probably on the wrong page for this thread, but this site is way too intelligent for me! But perhaps one of you kind people can help me...

I need an ISP that can provide me with a roaming facility. ie, I can call up from any phone line in the UK and access the internet from my laptop. The only one I have found so far is (aarrgh) AOL. I did a search on 'AOL horror stories' and found this site and have been suitably put off - I had heard rumours that they were bad.

If one of you can help, I'll be eternally grateful! Cheers.

[freddy]

Hello there, sorry to bother you all. I am probably on the wrong page for this thread, but this site is way too intelligent for me! But perhaps one of you kind people can help me...

I need an ISP that can provide me with a roaming facility. ie, I can call up from any phone line in the UK and access the internet from my laptop. The only one I have found so far is (aarrgh) AOL. I did a search on 'AOL horror stories' and found this site and have been suitably put off - I had heard rumours that they were bad.

If one of you can help, I'll be eternally grateful! Cheers.

any of the "pay as you go" packages ,,0845 will let you roam ,,but the packages @xxxx per mth , are locked to the phoneline ,,,,,,,,,,

sad ,,,,,,,,,,,but aol it might have to be ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

PS open internet explorer over the top of AOL and set a new home page ,,,,usable ,,,,,,,,,,,,well half usable then ,,


freddy

[NooNoo]

Hello there, sorry to bother you all. I am probably on the wrong page for this thread, but this site is way too intelligent for me! But perhaps one of you kind people can help me...

I need an ISP that can provide me with a roaming facility. ie, I can call up from any phone line in the UK and access the internet from my laptop. The only one I have found so far is (aarrgh) AOL. I did a search on 'AOL horror stories' and found this site and have been suitably put off - I had heard rumours that they were bad.

If one of you can help, I'll be eternally grateful! Cheers.

Agreed Freddy.

Having said that, many people use AOL without incident. You could look at a homebased isp like bt yahoo or wanadoo which will give you access for a fixed amount and then use another 0845 based account for roaming. AOL however is worldwide and you can access from anywhere in the world. I guess it's a case of working out just how and where you would be roaming.

[confus-ed]

Are 'we' sure only AOHell do this in the uk ? I think others do too .. but I can't google the appropriate 'evidence' :D

A licence to roam (Guardian Article) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/businesssolutions/story/0%2C12581%2C884597%2C00.html)
(is the 'best' I'm gonna give you as 'evidence' :p)

If you are ONLY wanting this for the UK, I think there's lots of folks do this ;)

[freddy]

thats mainly to do with phones,



ok ,,,
freeserve
virgin
tiscalli
force9
bt internet

etc etc , all have to be run from stated location ...WITH THE STATED PHONE No,.i know this for a fact ,,as i changed my phone no at my old house ,,,6mths ago ,,,and had to ring freeserve up, even tho it was the same location/substation ,,,it had to be the correct phone No.

The ISPs do a deal with BT to allow access ,

as i said before , AOL does allow roaming ,, from any bt phone etc ,,

when i moved to this address about a mth ago , i was waiting for b/band , and did,nt want to sign up for a xxxx per mth account ,,,so a friendly customer "allowed" me to use AOL at my location , during daytime hrs ,,,ie when he was at work,

i did a virus scan/clean for him ,,,,,,,,,,,,,he saved me some pennies (4p per minute -peak) ,,,,job done



freddy

[confus-ed]

etc etc , all have to be run from stated location ...WITH THE STATED PHONE No,.i know this for a fact ,,as i changed my phone no at my old house ,,,6mths ago ,,,and had to ring freeserve up..

I think if you have another looksee you'll find its all to do with how they authenticate the connection, & whether this is tied to Caller ID or mac address or simply an 'account' like with AOL - my cable service for instance is done with a mac address, I can take my decoder box & plug the damn thing in up the road at my mates where he has cable but is too tight to pay for Internet access & it works, so you were saying ?

Lots of folks do 0800 numbers, so there must be some that allow this ? (connecting from wherever you like) Surely ?

[freddy]

I think if you have another looksee you'll find its all to do with how they authenticate the connection, & whether this is tied to Caller ID or mac address or simply an 'account' like with AOL - my cable service for instance is done with a mac address, I can take my decoder box & plug the damn thing in up the road at my mates where he has cable but is too tight to pay for Internet access & it works, so you were saying ?

Lots of folks do 0800 numbers, so there must be some that allow this ? (connecting from wherever you like) Surely ?

yup , but the no you ring on a BT line for freeserve etc , is not 0800 ,,

i hav,nt got a freeserve No in ft of me at the moment ,,but the No was summot like 14470023xxxxxx ,,,forget now but there is no 0800 involved ,,the system is settup that BT ,,allow you direct connection.

EDIT:,,a quick google shows bt internet is showing 0808 9933003 , just tried it ,,it is a modem line ,,,,maybe that one will work,


as for your ADSL connection , you are on cable ,cable is enabled by default , all it needs is the time taken to post u a cd (and take yer money)

[freddy]

edit to above post ,,freeserve access no is 147008089916080 , this number can only be used if "settup" with BT ,,,


just tried it ,,,,my mate and his missus are stood here ,,,noone is using there account ,,,,no go

the number has to be "logged" by BT/freeserve to work

freddy

[Archer]

I think Freeserve use the 4 digit prefix service which reroutes the charges off the normal BT rates.

[freddy]

I think Freeserve use the 4 digit prefix service which reroutes the charges off the normal BT rates.

1470 , is summot to do with caller id

copy / paste from BT website

If you don't wish your number to be obtained through Caller Display or Call Return (1471) dial 141 before making your call. You can also programme 141 into one of the memory buttons on your phone and press it before dialling.
Alternatively by using the 'permanent number withhold' facility the number you are dialling from will be witheld on all calls made from the registered line. If you choose to have BT withhold your number on all your calls, you may encounter some difficulty having some calls answered, as phone companies, now including BT, offer services that automatically reject anonymous calls (BT's service is known as 'anonymous call reject'). If this happens and you are connected to a digital redialling exchange, simply forward your number to the person you are calling by dialling 1470 before redialling their phone number.



so ithe 1470 ,is put in to make sure that you are not behind a "firewall" ,,,,ie: caller id hiding ,,

if you pick up your phone you can dial the number with or without the 1470 ,,,this is added to simplyfy tech help ,,,with new user "muppets"