Scary huh?!? Imagine (if you will) a world without emails, websites, blogs, MMOs etc... It's a very strange place indeed. If not for the delights of Guitar Hero II (which rocks btw) I may have gone crazy!
It's ok... it's only because we've moved into the new house and I'm between ISPs at the moment. I'm willing to make the sacrifice however for heating and hot water that work, double-glazing and (much) more room! It's g-r-e-a-t!
Mind you, I'm not going to be net-less for much longer! Thanks to the nice people at Rural Internet I have a nice shiny new 8Mb connection on it way! Yay!
Unfortunately I can't mention ISPs without a quick rant about ADSL4Less (AKA HotChilli Internet) so if you're not interested in reading it... stop reading now (I won't be offended)... Still here? Good to see :)
Yet again ADSL4Less have proved that I've made the right decision switching to a different provider; After numerous attempts to get a MAC code out of them to migrate my line rather than disconnecting, I gave up and ordered a 'cease' on the account (as this requires no communication with their 'help' line). Unfortunately this requires a seven day 'block' on my line stopping me from moving straight to another ISP... which I have no problem with apart from it taking me two days into the next month for which they then charged me a full month's fees!!! This is also despite the fact that I have, on several occasions, made it quite clear that I have not authorised they to automatically take payments (but their 'system' does not allow you to remove card or account details from their database!).
On top of this I also need to mention their (laughable) bandwidth monitor. As I was running on a capped connection, I often found myself having to top up my limit during the month (not really an issue)... what I didn't realise is that their bandwidth monitor (which the cap relies on) seems to have a mind of it's own. Not only does it measure how much you've downloaded, but it also seems to add your uploaded data usage and a random extra percentage to the top. At first I though I'd just downloaded more than I'd realised (easy to do) so I ran a few tests. In October I decided to blow my bandwidth cap (of 2Gb) in style by downloading 20Gb of torrents... I kept track of exactly how much data I had both downloaded and uploaded (using a variety of tools) over that month and at the end found that I downloaded (as expected) just over 20Gb but also uploaded just over 20Gb... and the ADSL4Less bandwidth monitor? 50Gb!!!! So, if you're thinking of getting a capped line with them... don't.
If, however, you are drawn to them by the cheap monthly fees and no contract deals... just be aware that you get what you pay for.
/rant over
Have fun!
Naiboss
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