I've been running a UK ISP for a couple of years now, aimed at very heavy users who want privacy and no restrictions. I don't know if my customers are pirates or not but as long as they conform to the AUP "don't do anything illegal or stupid" then they are more than welcome to use their connections for whatever purpose they choose.

Shameless plug: http://superawesomebroadband.com/

Hey don't mock the big McD - working there taught me many things, not least that working in a fast food place sucks.

My McBucks helped fund my startup, if it fails at least I still know how to make a Big Mac :)

1st = 100% Study 0% Party
2:1 = 75% Study 25% Party
2:2 = 50% Study 50% Party
Third = 25% Study 75% Party
Pass = I KANT RITE

Study rate = Employability rate :)

Your boss does less work than you but gets paid more than you.... doesn't sound too stupid to me.

When you charge pennies for a service - the big UK ISPs have been on a race to zero for years now - you'll come unstuck when people actually want to use the service. Duh. Whatever happened to charging a fair price, and then delivering a fair service? It's not rocket science.

Here we go again:

Unlimited connections on static IPs. Secure VPN exit in Switzerland. No download or upload limits. No content filtering. No port blocking. No packet shaping. No transparent web caches. No fair usage policy. No Phorm. No IWF. No censorship. No small print. No call centres. No lock in period.

I'll get me coat.

Some ISPs will never comply. Super Awesome for the win!

http://superawesomebroadband.com/

I'll get me coat

This is disconcerting. Why is it always the stick and not the carrot with these people?

The entertainment industry treats its customers as criminals. The real crime is the price of a DVD or album. Piracy will exist as long as the prices and distribution models remain untenable.

I hope the UK government never act so heavy-handedly. My own ISP, Super Awesome Broadband http://superawesomebroadband.com/ is totally opposed to such bullshit.

Hah that's great; I'll bill you for the keyboard and coffee.

http://superawesomebroadband.com/

Unlimited connections on static IPs. Secure VPN exits in Sweden and Switzerland. No download or upload limits. No content filtering. No port blocking. No packet shaping. No transparent web caches. No fair usage policy. No Phorm. No small print. No call centres. No lock in period. No cooperation with the RIAA / MPAA.

"The RIAA is going to try working with the ISPs to limit file-sharing services and cut off repeated users"

I don't think that will work with THIS ISP http://www.superawesomebroadband.com/

Headline speed isn't everything.

"Unlimited" offers that are actually very limited, FUPs, throttling, packet shaping, off-peak, on-peak, web caching, port blocking, Phorm; - no wonder with all this crap the average customer is confused about their connection.

I will now shamelessly plug http://superawesomebroadband.com/ and get me coat.

No worries. Tiscali might as well be Virgin, they're both allegedly dire :)

Dude, BT own Plusnet. Also, Tiscali are not cable.