apple mac ISP's

cjcooper

hi all.

looking to change my service provider from Demon which i have no issue with but their price.

im currently paying £24.99 for up to 8 meg and unlimited downloads.

but i cant find any that cater for macs that offer the cheaper rates.

im an o2 customer but their requirements are windows only.

help anyone

or or or

could i negotiate with demon?

kendalls_cave

i use an apple mac and was with IDnet - a great provider

DatabaseError

the only issue ISPs have with mac users is they can't be bothered to train their script monkeys a second trick. so long as you feel competent enough to set up the modem/router, all ISPs are available.
if o2s llu offering is available to you, jump on it!

normanmark

Just connect any modem to a wireless router & don't worry about what ISP supports Mac's.

mountainchrisriver

I use madasafish (BT own them now unfortunately) but they do have folk in an Indian call centre that do actually know how to sort Mac issues... My latest contract is £9.99 per month for up to 8 meg and 5GB download limit... There is a madasafish thread somewhere on the MSE forums if you want some further opinions... :cool:

gcn504

I'm on O2 Broadband and own a MAC. The only difference is that instead of using the Installation CD is that you just set up your router manually. To be honest having just helped a couple of people setting up O2 Broadband on their pcs - it takes three times as long using the cd as it does simply setting your router manually.

The settings I needed for my own mac are on the o2 broadband help page and I havent needed to refer back to them since.

Nilrem

tonyhague wrote: »

the only issue ISPs have with mac users is they can't be bothered to train their script monkeys a second trick. so long as you feel competent enough to set up the modem/router, all ISPs are available.
if o2s llu offering is available to you, jump on it!

That's pretty much it.

The only problem might be if they supply a USB modem* in which case the modem might not have drivers for the mac OS.

It's the same reason most ISP's don't "support" things like Windows 95/98, the number of people using them isn't worth the time/additional training required for the staff (you can still get windows 3.11 online if you can find an old enough browser, and drivers for a network card).



*Anyone who wants a quiet, reliable internet connection should really be using an ethernet modem or modem/router (as they work independent of the connected machine, with no mucking about with drivers for for it).

Nex0

Nilrem wrote: »

That's pretty much it.

The only problem might be if they supply a USB modem* in which case the modem might not have drivers for the mac OS.

O2 don't supply usb modems and never have.

cjcooper

thanks all for the advice.

well im running on a macbook OSX10.4
and i have a the airport wireless router with a D link usb modem.

sorry for being dumb then. if o2 dont supply modems etc then all i have to do is change the codes?

espresso

cjcooper wrote: »

thanks all for the advice.

well im running on a macbook OSX10.4
and i have a the airport wireless router with a D link usb modem.

sorry for being dumb then. if o2 dont supply modems etc then all i have to do is change the codes?

O2 don't supply crappy USB modems they supply wireless routers! Your OS is irrelevant.

knightstyle

My macs work fine with Talk talk.