Essential guide to unmetered ISPs

by vnunet.com

23 Jan 2001

Unmetered access - the price of free surf time
	FEES	VOICE CALL REQUIRED	TELECOM COMPANY	CUT OFF TIME	AVAILABLE FROM
AOL Flat Rate	œ14.99 a month 24x7	No	None	None	Now
BT Internet Anytime	œ14.99 a month 24x7	No	None but BT from April	Info not available	January
BT Internet - with BT Surftime	œ9.99 a month 6pm-8am Mon-Fri and all weekend	No	BT	Info not available	Now
ClaraNet FreeTime AnyTime	œ14.99 a month 24x7	No	No	Info not available	January 2001
The Free Internet	24x7 œ89.99 a year	No	None	30 mins inactivity After 1 hour or 15 mins inactivity	Now
Unlimited Freeserve	œ10 on telephone calls or œ10/mth 24x7	No	BT	Info not available	Now
Freeserve Anytime	œ12.99 a month 24x7	No	BT	Info not available	January
ic24	Free, 8pm-12am every night	No	No	1 hr	Offer ends 31 Jan
MadasafishTimeZone Lite	œ11.99 a month 6pm-8am Mon-Fri and all weekend	No	BT	None	Now
MadasafishTimeZone Total	œ27.99 a month, 24x7	No	BT	None	Now
NTL ntlworld	Free to NTL customers	Not if NTL customer. Minimum œ10 a month (œ15 a month from 1 Feb) if BT customer	Must use NTL's phone service or pay œ10 for a line adaptor if outside cabled area	After 2 hours	Now. Spring for ex C&W customers
Sniff Out	24/7 œ13.99 a month	No	BT	Info unavailable	14 February 2001
Telewest Surfunlimited	œ10 a month	minimum œ10 month	Must switch to Telewest's cable internet	No cut-off	Now
Tiny Online	24x7 œ25.99/mth, 6pm-8am œ6.99/mth	œ10/mth calls on œ6.99 option	None	After 1 hour	Now
TotaliseThe Ultimate Surf	œ200 for 2 yrs and 400 worth of Totalise shares. 100 hrs/mth until 1 Jan 2001. 24x7 after 1 Jan.	No	Totalise Telecom	After 1 hour or 5 mins inactivity	Now
24-7 Freecall	œ24.70/mth	No	Info not available	No cut-off	Now
VirginNet	œ15/mth	No	None	10 mins inactivity	Trial for 10,000
World OnlineFreedom24	œ14.99/mth for 100hrs, plus œ9.26 line rental 1p per min after 100 hours	No	Must use WorldOnline Telecom	3 hours	Now
World OnlineFreedomLite	œ2.99/mth plus œ9.26/mth line rental for 50hrs, 6pm-8am Mon-Fri and all weekend. 1p per minute after 50hrs	No	Must use WorldOnline Telecom	3 hours	Now

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