Things to ask your isp BEFORE you sign up!

[Realist]

Thought I might sumarise some of the questions to ask a potential ISP before you sign up. If I miss any, please add! In no particular order and with required answers in brackets:

• Do you support migrations, both to and from? (yes) (see ofcoms page here)
• What is the minimum contract length? (1-3 months max)
• Is there a cancelation fee? (no)
• Is there a limit on the amount of data I can download each month? (no)
• Is the service unmetered? (yes)
• Do you block any ports or restrict P2P apps? (no)
• Is your customer support a premium rate number? (no)
• Are you a reseller or do you manage your own connections? (manage their own)
• Do you provide one or more fixed IP addresses? (yes, more - better)
• Do you allow customers to run servers? (yes)
• Can you set up a reverse DNS entry? (yes)

Laters