A quick and easy way to get online, especially when travelling, is to use our FreeConnect dial-up service. You needn't sign-up, we need to take no personal details, you get simple and straightforward full Internet access for less than the price of a local phone call. These dialup account details can be used to configure PCs, laptops, palmtops, mobile phones, and many other portable electronic devices offering internet connectivity. With this account, you will be able to collect your email from your existing webmail or POP3 email mailboxes.
Simply enter these details into a new Dial-up Networking connection on your PC, and press Connect , it's that simple:
| Access Number | 0844 535 2100* (prefix this number with 1470 if your number is witheld) |
| Username | namesco |
| Password | easydialup |
| SMTP Server | smtp.hosts.co.uk |
95% of users believe that their Internet access slows down simply because of the amount of people online. The real reason is that Internet Service Providers (ISP's) slow down your access, because the longer customers are online the more money they make.
We can enable users to access the Internet with a faster more reliable service than they are currently getting. Home users will benefit from a more enjoyable surfing experience and faster data transfer speeds. While business users will have the same reliability and quality of service traditionally associated with leased lines!
We do not charge any monthly subscription fee, or penalise customers for high usage. Our simple pricing policy means you only pay for the calls you make and by using our 0844 number you will only ever pay less than the cost of a local call.
Currently all Internet Service Providers connect their customers to the Internet with the aid of one of the four companies (called Tier1 providers) who own the global infrastructure that is the backbone of the Internet. ISP's purchase the required amount of connection to the Internet (called bandwidth) from the Tier1 providers based on the number of users each ISP has.
Due to the cost of bandwidth, ISP's calculate their need based on the number of users that they believe will connect at any one time, (usually 1 in 100). However it is likely that 20 to 30 users in every 100 will be online at peak times, this is known as contention. This means you share your connection with other users slowing you down to an unbearable speed or preventing connection to the Internet altogether.
With FreeConnect, we will always provide enough bandwidth to allow all of our users to get online at any one time at the optimum speed their equipment will allow.