Off-campus Access
Choosing an Internet Service Provider
If you are thinking of using an Internet Service Provider (I.S.P.), please remember that their conditions of use can vary without notice. For example, you may not be able to access your e-mail or web accounts without using the specific dial up number given by your I.S.P.
A good place to start looking is Cable.co.ukat www.cable.co.uk/, an Ofcom accredited price comparison site.
They also offer a specific Student Broadband Comparison service at http://www.cable.co.uk/compare/student-broadband/.
Some I.S.P.s offer you the choice of user name in your e-mails, the domain name is effectively the username, e.g.: fred@jones.freeuk.com, tom@jones.freeuk.com. Others will set one user name eg: fred.jones@tesco.net. This is not an important difference. Filtering can be used to separate mail with different usernames and the same domain name into different mailboxes.
The key things you may need to know are:
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Can I use their gateway to collect mail from my university mailbox (or will I use the University webmail)?
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Can I read mail from my I.S.P. mailbox from another gateway?