Sofie Van Landeghem schreef:
So, Stephen & me are going to try out Dommel for our internet...
Have a look at : http://www.dommel.com/en/adsl/netconnect.php?cust=home --> 29€ for which you should get :
* 0€ activation * 12 mbps max d/l speed (this is a maximum value, not a garantueed one, as always I suppose) * 200 gb d/l each month, with a 50% ratio between 1am and 1pm --> maximum 400 gb. * .be domain * and the coolest thing, click on "add-on features" : "boost pack : experience an unlimited (so no fup, as used by other isp's, but really unlimited) download, 4 simultanious pppoe passthrough sessions allowed : 6,00 euro/month and 9,95 euro activation fee"
Taking the phone line for 5€, assuming you don't have one, you end up with 29+5+6 = 40€ if you want unlimited d/l, or 34€ for 200-400 gb, and 0+10 = 10€ activation.
Too good to be true? I'll let you know...
Sounds great. Apparently very similar but slightly cheaper than the EDPnet I'm now using. To compare: -12 Mbps is indeed the maximum speed you can get with ADSL, unless you live really close to central (<1km). To compare: only with cable (Telenet) you can get up to 15 Mbps. I've read promises about a technical upper limit of 24Mbps, but living within a range of 1km to the central at Sint Pieters station, I think that's exaggerated. -200 GB ... damn, I'm 'only' getting 100 (but for now, even when downloading much, not getting there yet). Same night fee applies. -phone line for 5 EUR: are you getting this one from Bommel itself? I had a look around and I have to pay 13 EUR/month for the raw copper when ordering it from EDPnet itself, which I choose to just get one simple bill. Skynet (Belgacom) does it slightly cheaper (11 EUR/month)... and in the end EDPnet just sends someone from Belgacom to enable your line. So a line for 5 EUR seems really cheap. -Included is also a .be domain and unlimited mailboxes (according to fair use policy and plus 1 GB web storage). No activation cost if you have a 'friend' who makes you customer, 20 EUR if you don't have friends. So for EDPnet, I'm paying 42 EUR/month: 29 EUR for the subscription, 13 for the raw copper line. Seeing that these specs are rather close to the ones you describe, I don't think it's too good to be true. I'm only surprised about the phone line price, so that might be worth a switch for me if things haven't changed next year. Enjoy, and start downloading, T. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys@psb.vib-ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================