Black Cat Networks is unfortunately removing their ADSL services, and are offering to migrate people to a company called [http://www.nitrex.net/ Nitrex]. This unofficial page is intended to be used to track alternative offerings for those who want to shop around.

The following ISPs seem to be geek-friendly but many more details to be added. If you discover any information, please feel free to add it here.

• Plusnet?

  • Have been bought by BT, and their reputation is failing quickly. Major mail problems recently. -SteveMcIntyre

  • I've only heard bad things about Plusnet, mind you this was from home users doing heavy p2p. -JohnVeness

• [http://www.eclipse.net.uk/ Eclipse]:

  • No IPv6, but they do IPv4 up to /29s with their cheap service, now owned by Kingston Communications, and some users are being migrated to an LLUed service which apparently isn't as good. -murble

• [http://www.zen.co.uk/ Zen]

  • I've only ever heard *good* things about Zen, although they are expensive. -JohnVeness)

  • Good rating at [http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isps.html Thinkbroadband]. Cheaper and faster than BC were if you're happy with a 2Gb allowance compared to BCs 512Mb package (but not too expensive to buy more). One month contract which is a good and I expect many of us will look out for.

• [http://www.ukfsn.org/ UKFSN]

  • [http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings_comments.php?isp=100 UKFSN Customer Comments] generally positive

  • Good [http://www.ukfsn.org/home/internet/adsl/maxallowance.html allowance] (especially covering weekends) at a cheap price. 1 month contract

• [http://aaisp.net.uk Andrews & Arnold Ltd].

  • From [http://aaisp.net.uk/tech.html their tech page]: linux support, IP6, staff on irc.

  • Very good support, and they keep you posted when the have problems (on usenet and their status blog)

  • Horribly expensive for higher usage rates -SteveMcIntyre <- They only meter 8am-6pm, Mon-Fri so not going to big issue for home users - Kimball Johnson

• [http://www.bogons.net/ Bogons]:

  • IPv6 service
  • /29 or /28 IPv4 available if you ask nicely
  • Expensive.
  • Support is pretty much limited to Cisco and Unix.

• [http://www.idnet.net/broadband/default.jsp IDNet]

  • Reasonably priced and good rating at [http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isps.html Thinkbroadband]. Similar to Zen but slightly better allowance.

  • Also have 1 month contract.

  • I'm planning on moving to IDNet. Very good forum. Not a heavy downloader so I'm starting with their 8Mb Home PAYG for £15/mth - only 1GB upload limit but only £1/GB charged automatically for going over. That's cheaper than their next package at £18/mth for 5GB if I stick under 3GB total a month (no charge to upgrade subsequently though). If you move to them post a message on their [http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php/board,1.0.html help forum] asking for a current customer to refer you (get them to private message you their name and email address as recognised by IDNet and then quote that when migrating). Both you and they will get £10 credit. I got a reply in minutes. -Neal

• [http://www.adsl24.co.uk/ ADSL24]:

  • Various capped packages all the way up to "unlimited" - which is genuinely unlimited; thus exposing the price/cap tradeoff; coupled with a sane policy for when you cross your cap limit - they just bump you to the next package up for the month.
  • Support staff respond promptly and cluefully to email.