Internet access (UK)

This page is out of date, but still some of it's contents remains just in case of use.

Also you can dial up access the Internet without needing to register on the dial up:

rather than local rate number (pre-fix with 1280 if Carrier Pre-Select used). smtp server: post.demon.co.uk

UK linux ISP supports the free software movement and UKFSN says their profits will be donated to actual free software development. If you pay be the minute at 'local rates' I suggest you switch to using UKFSN. Consider them for ASDL broadband if you have BT phone line, they have month by month contract and one advantage of using them or any BT line ADSL reseller, is one is not as locked in as with cable (or even 'Local Loop Unbunded' suppliers).

Or try AAISP for broadband as they have good reviews and seem to know their stuff.

The Phone Coop is worth looking into, who also do month by month contract for BT line ADSL, as well a long contract LLU offering. Local projects I help use them.

other wireless links:
http://www.hacktivismo.com/news/
http://www.freenetworks.org/
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/wlan/
http://rooftops.media.mit.edu/
http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/WirelessCommunities

But Idotz is another option I use as domain registrar as they have cheapest transfer in rate of any I can find and pretty cheap for new domains as well and they accept payment via Moneybookers.

I get my org.uk domain names from: just the name (see form below) and used to get Top Level from joker.com

( I previously used gandi.net but found joker.com to be cheaper and offered similar service)

I get managed webhosting runing on CentOS (GNU/Linux) from site5.com and I used to hire a Debian Virtual Machine from bytemark.co.uk where I could install and configure web servers and applications, but I never found time to do much more than I could do over time with budget managed hosting, and reasons to keep it diminished.

If I were to use another virtual machine with full root use I would get it from Ecological and Dissident Hosting

Mathew of mjzhosting got in touch with me to suggest using his hosting over site5.

For web browsing for a long time I have used and recommend Mozilla Firefox as a webbrowser. With using GNU/Linux in form of Kubuntu, SuSE and PCLinuxOS with the the KDE desktop generally on net, for main apps etc,use the Konqueror web browser.. I did have system set up on dual boot, but so rarely boot into MS windows, only to test windows software, that I only have GNU/Linux now. I would recommend anyone try GNU/Linux. I myself started using GNU/Linux by installing Linux Mandrake (as it was then) as a friend used it and recommended for newbies. Many programs that one gets with it one would pay good money for with windows. But I would now recommend other GNU/Linux Distros such as BLAG

I offer email and web hosting to friends under your own domain or a sub domain I can supply. Ask me

For secure email between other hushmail/cyber-rights/PGP users and no IP header line use:
http://www.cyber-rights.net

To get rid of malware (from plugins such as comet cursor or software such as gator), on your computer, get:

Often malware pretends to fix problems or remove other malware, an example of this is WinFixer, so be careful

Free virus checker AVGuard. FreeAV is said also to deal with dialers that run up ones phone bill do tick this option to detect these on install.

Heard reports that ClamAV is ok, but does not have live detect only scan. To get copy follow link from TheOpenDisc.

As I said for web browsing I use Mozilla Firefox but as I use GNU/Linux I also in equal measure use Konqueror which comes with the KDE desktop and the very fast light dillo.

Internet Access in UK

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