Broadband and Mac

[sb-1]

Anyone can advise me please on a good ISP for broadband on a Mac?

Steve

[Andy M]

I use Timewarp, but as far as I know you can use pretty much any ISP...

[m-five]

Demon are Apple's broadband partner in the UK, although they are not the cheapest of suppliers - especially if you want to go for 1Mb/2Mb as they only do the business ADSL for those!

[agent006]

Being on a mac shouldn't make the slightest of difference as to which ISP you use. I'd go for Zen presoanlly, but they're all much of a muchness really.

[Sparks]

Yep, you can use anyone. I have NTL cable, and as I don't use their email (get a .mac account) I find it is fine. 24 GBP for 600K I think, not sure of 1Mb price.

Have a look on www.macassist.co.uk. There is a forum of very helpful people there.

Sparks

[hirich]

Whilst i'm not particularly impressed with Demon's service (though you can never be sure whether the line is down because of the router, ADSL Line, or Demon's servers), I have found their helpline good and Mac-savvy. They also offer a static IP address.

One tip though, go with an Ethernet router over the Alcatel USB modem:
- The modem had a nasty habit of burning out the USB chip in your computer, if it sourced its power through there.
- Alcatel have a poor record of updating Mac drivers (using a router means no drivers)
- Sharing the connection is a doddle
- People seem to think the router is a better way to go (and you can network the house).

[rico]

I run Pipex 512k through my Powerbook. No problems at all

[sb-1]

Got the Mac today..G5....excellent!!