In reply to a post by trolleybus:

So what are you trying to say here by drawing readers attention to an event that took place some time ago?

That people should be fully informed before making a decision to purchase a product. It is less than a year, I make Sept 2021 only 8 months ago.

Do you work for them by any chance?

Edited by jchamier (Sun 22-May-22 11:00:46)

AAISP or Flextel.

AAISP is cheap. Flextel on the other hand has the advantage of showing you most of a withheld/hidden/private caller ID (except the last three digits), also allowing you to block the caller ID via their control panel or email notification (if enabled). Useful for blocking spam callers.

I use Flextel with an IVR setup so that the caller has to press a specific number in order to get through to me (e.g. if you are not an automated caller or telemarketer then please press 9).

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by trolleybus:

So what are you trying to say here by drawing readers attention to an event that took place some time ago?

That people should be fully informed before making a decision to purchase a product. It is less than a year, I make Sept 2021 only 8 months ago.

Do you work for them by any chance?

Rather than David lashing out maybe he could have posted information on what they have done in the last 8 months to prevent these events ever happening again. For me that would have been a better approach.

In reply to a post by dect:

Rather than David lashing out maybe he could have posted information on what they have done in the last 8 months to prevent these events ever happening again. For me that would have been a better approach.

Exactly. As many internet service providers have written in the past 10 years, DDoS is a fact of life on the internet. How you handle it with your upstream and Tier 1 providers is how you tell a competant organisation. I think even AAISP's MD (RevK) has blogged about DDoS in years gone past.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Does your dog bite? 🙃

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In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by trolleybus:

So what are you trying to say here by drawing readers attention to an event that took place some time ago?

That people should be fully informed before making a decision to purchase a product. It is less than a year, I make Sept 2021 only 8 months ago.

Do you work for them by any chance?

No I do not work for them.

There is no supplier that has not got a history of misfortune with the service they provide. Some of it minor, right up to catastrophic and that includes the giants in the computer world.

Your original posting was akin to "I wouldn't touch this company with a barge pole because of this event"; it was not balanced in any way to inform the reader that equally any company they choose to run with could have a future negative aspect to the service provided..

What really matters is the speed and efficiency the company deals with the problem and where the individual suffers a financial loss to be adequately compensated.

In reply to a post by trolleybus:

Your original posting was akin to "I wouldn't touch this company with a barge pole because of this event"; it was not balanced in any way to inform the reader that equally any company they choose to run with could have a future negative aspect to the service provided..

This is a forum of personal opinions. I gave my opinion, you gave yours, others gave theirs. I believe that "free" services have problems. You are free to disagree. I don't agree that I implied not to touch company with a barge pole, I wanted the other readers to be aware of the recent history. You disagreed. That is what forums are for.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by trolleybus:

Your original posting was akin to "I wouldn't touch this company with a barge pole because of this event"; it was not balanced in any way to inform the reader that equally any company they choose to run with could have a future negative aspect to the service provided..

This is a forum of personal opinions. I gave my opinion, you gave yours, others gave theirs. I believe that "free" services have problems. You are free to disagree. I don't agree that I implied not to touch company with a barge pole, I wanted the other readers to be aware of the recent history. You disagreed. That is what forums are for.

A fair summary which I accept.

Recommendations are given on personal experiences which may differ from my own.

Sipgate is a good choice. Been with them for years. No point paying other companies a monthly fee, when you can just pay for what you use.