Is there any cheap or free dial-up access out there?

quoia

Ken68 wrote:

Don't know Fast 4 but Tesco Daytime works out at 1.43 PENCE PER HOUR. i.e....2am to 4pm every day.

Tesco Daytime then is just over TWICE the price of the £4.99 24/7 Fast4 service,

given 24 hours a day and 30 days a month that's 720 hours available

£4.99 / 720 = 0.69305555555555555555555555555556p per hour !

Ken68

quoia wrote:

Tesco Daytime then is just over TWICE the price of the £4.99 24/7 Fast4 service,

given 24 hours a day and 30 days a month that's 720 hours available

£4.99 / 720 = 0.69305555555555555555555555555556p per hour !

Problem Quo...is with Tiscali and Tiscali Accelerator, can just about cope with the speed issue, concerned that if I go with Fast 4, it will be too slow, tho know about ONSPEED.
Tried Tesco but way too slow on here, lost money on that.

theloft

Ken68 wrote:

Problem Quo...is with Tiscali and Tiscali Accelerator, can just about cope with the speed issue, concerned that if I go with Fast 4, it will be too slow, tho know about ONSPEED. Tried Tesco but way too slow on here, lost money on that.

If you use any dial up you are going to get slow speeds compared to Broadband. The modem for dial-up will only allow 56kbps and in reality it is often less than that, depending on the connection. I used Fast 4 for over 3 years and was very satisfied with it, but got fed-up with the speed of downloading photos, video clips etc. Even web pages often took an age and your computer is locked up on that except for anything on your hard drive. Now it is virtually instant, even though I am only on 1Mb with Primus Broadband. Will never go back to dial-up and as I was able to do away with one phone line rental, am actually saving money. Realise this does not apply to most though.

blanx_2

stu_iow wrote:

Cheers Guys,
All this is most helpful. I thought the 'free' internet was not to good to be true, hence the thread.
Stu.

it isnt to good to be true its possible to get totally free internet if you use a mobile as a modem but im not sure of the legality so i wont post the exact details on here but if anybody wants to know how PM me