Hello to all, well my long year with Pipex is just about up, im due my mac code today am going to move to idnet,i must say i hadnt heard of the isp untill i read on a forum about idnet,and it got very good reviews, im leaving Pipex because my d/l speeds are shocking, Im using encryption at the moment but come around 12.00pm onwards im lucky to get 10kbps, and im actually connected at 6.3 mb, anyhow can you confirm that speeds are good all round from what ive heard at idnet, also i need to be able to play online games at night as this was a no go with pipex,i have read that idnet doesnt come with their own .com e-mail address, is this so also?i was never able to get one working on outlook express, sorry for the questions but i need to be sure before i migrate....thanks a lot
Hi and welcome to the forum, have a karma. :welc: :karmic:
I'm not a gamer, but all the reports I see are of consistent pings - with interleaving on, I ping to the BBC at around 21ms.
Speeds are pretty consistent, I rarely notice any degradation and I think most people here would agree with me. IDNet guarantee no contention within their network, so the only issues seem to come with BT, and even those are rare. We have a lot of ex-Pipex users, and they generally seem rapturous. ;)
IDNet do provide as many free email addresses as you want, taking the form user@idnet.com. The mailboxes have a 100MB limit, with a 10MB limit for attachments. IMAP, POP3 and webmail are all supported, and you can set up spam filtering to the level that suits you, plus forwarding etc. In addition, depending on package, you get 1-3GB of space to use between web, blog and photo gallery.
If I've missed anything, just shout. :)
Nice 1 Rik, That does it for me, as soon as i get the mac code im switching to idnet...thanks a lot
I really don't think you'll regret it, mate. Take a look through the forum, and you'll find a gentle purring sound emanating from happy customers. No ISP can avoid technical problems from time to time, but if there is one at IDNet, it gets sorted quickly, and we get to know what's happening. Perhaps the key indicator is that few people leave once they've experienced IDNet. :)
Welcome to IDNetters, Barndog. :)
I think Rik's answered everything really. Like he says, speeds seem to be consistent always. There is no throttling so you won't need to use protocol encryption anymore.
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As for gaming.. I play games online and get between 14 - 21 ms on UK servers and about 33-44ms on EU servers.
Tracing route to www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms home [192.168.1.254]
2 17ms 15 ms 15 ms telehouse-gw2.idnet.net [212.69.63.55]
3 18 ms 17 ms 15 ms g3-35-501.cr05.hx2.bb.pipex.net [193.203.5.14]
4 16 ms 17 ms 15 ms v3953.cr05.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.137.29]
5 18 ms 15 ms 15 ms g1-1-6.ar01.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.140.142]
6 17 ms 19 ms 17 ms ge-0-0-0-3801.jolt-gw.cust.pipex.net [212.241.241.14]
7 19 ms 17 ms 17 ms secure.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
Trace complete.
Thanks again guys, i have just received my mac code from pipex and ordered already, so do i wait on activation date and then phone pipex to cancel, or do i phone before hand, The guy from idnet said it should be round about the 16th.....thanks again ;)
The issue of a MAC should give notice, but I'd phone and confirm the date once you have moved.
The issuing of the MAC is the trigger for the start of the 30 day cancellation terms Pipex will insist on, therefore, if your next payment to them falls within the 30 days, which, unless you have been very clever, it will, then they will still take that full payment, and then they are supposed to refund the balance pro-rata. I would advise you contact them, and clarify your end of contract date, so as to finalise your payments, but you can still migrate before the end of the term.
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Thanks very much Simon
Oh, and don't forget to cancel the direct debit with your bank, after the final payment! ;)
Welcome Barndog to the forum!
Welcome Barndog.
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Have a welcome karma.
Welcome Barndog. I'd certainly inform them once the new connection is live and ask them to acknowledge receipt of your message if possible. I informed f2s (Tiscali - Pipex) and they replied thanking me and stating that due to some technicalities they don't always know when someone is connected to a new ISP.
I have just set up the free .com e-mail(well i hope its free)the thing is i have sent a few to friends to check if its ok and no problems, but when i try to send to my friends in Australia it fails everytime, what would the reason for this be, i have copied and pasted the address from my pipex address book?
I can't think of an obvious reason. If it works for one address, it should work for any. What SMTP server are you using?
If you're copying and pasting addresses, make sure there is no extraneous space either at the beginning or the end of the address.
Quote from: Barndog on Jan 10, 2008, 12:56:48
I have just set up the free .com e-mail(well i hope its free)the thing is i have sent a few to friends to check if its ok and no problems, but when i try to send to my friends in Australia it fails everytime, what would the reason for this be, i have copied and pasted the address from my pipex address book?
Do you receive a bounce back message?
And from Scotland, pings are great! Lowest latency ISP (adsl that is, not leased line :-P) I've ever used.
C:\Users\Martin>tracert jolt.co.uk
Tracing route to jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 25 ms 25 ms 28 ms telehouse-gw2-msdp.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
3 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms g3-35-501.cr05.hx2.bb.pipex.net [193.203.5.14]
4 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms v3952.cr05.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.137.9]
5 25 ms 25 ms 26 ms g2-48-5.ar01.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.140.14]
6 25 ms 24 ms 25 ms ge-0-0-0-3801.jolt-gw.cust.pipex.net [212.241.24
1.14]
7 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms secure.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
Trace complete.
Yeah i get a bounce back message, saying about failure to send , the .com service is free isnt it?
Yes the @idnet.com is free.
@idnet.co.uk isn't free
Normally the bounce back email will say why it has rejected, such as the recipient doesn't exist, server is unavailable etc. Does your have anything like that?
Failure to send could be the result of using the IDNet SMTP server without an IDNet connection...
Ahhhh, mybe thats why, im actually not connected yet,but why send to some and not others, anyways im not connected to next wednesday so will know better then...thanks for the replys
Quote from: Rik on Jan 10, 2008, 14:40:55
Failure to send could be the result of using the IDNet SMTP server without an IDNet connection...
i had that exact problem. was fine using the webserver at idnet.net but when trying to send through mozzila thunderbird it didn't want to know. all fine now though, saying that i have gone back to windows mail. ;)
It shouldn't send at all, tbh. Before you activate, it's really a 'receive only' email. IDNet, in common with other ISPs, requires you to be connected to their service to use the SMTP server. It's a security issue.
I just got an e-mail to my new idnet e-mail saying he received my letter ok, so its working ok apart from Australia, anyhow heres what comes up.......
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.
The mail system
<Piks@Bigpond.com>: host extmail.Bigpond.com[144.140.80.13] said: 550 Invalid
recipient: <Piks@Bigpond.com> (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Reporting-MTA: dns; lda.idnet.com
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 7579F3DE06F8
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; EDIT@idnet.com
Arrival-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:17:13 +0000 (GMT)
Final-Recipient: rfc822; Piks@Bigpond.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822;Piks@Bigpond.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; extmail.Bigpond.com
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 Invalid recipient: <Piks@Bigpond.com>
are you sending it from the website?
I've just removed your email address from the post, we don't want you being spammed. :)
It looks like the SMTP server is giving you access, but the Australian email address is being declined by the host server, bigpond.com.
Rather than cut'n'paste, try typing the address manually, it may be that you;re picking up an invisible but invalid character.