TalkTalk may be bad, but T*scali is UGLY -- at least some users think TalkTalk is good for their needs; I've never heard a single good thing about T*scali from anyone, ever!
Well, okay, when T*scali bought out Tiny Online, I found their dial-up service to be much better, not requiring a stupid program that started up multiple times every time I opened Outlook Express. But we're talking 2003 here