My dad – in his 70′s and only just come to computers- is looking to get on the net. PLEASE DO NOT GET AWAY FROM TOPIC. I had to put that in. I DO NOT need a discussion of which browser is best etc. The ISP he goes with has to as hassel free as possible- he will not be able to reconfigure stuff etc, so I am going to have him on IE. ( I live an hour away, so it has to be stuff he can do, and IE is pre-installed etc.)
He’s not sure if he want’s to go Broadband yet- he doesn’t use his computer enough to really warrent a fixed price contract, and wants to get a pay-as-you-go dial up. Yes I have explained the downside of dial-up.
Recommendations please- something with relatively low rates. We looked at Orange whose price varied from 2p/min(weekends) to 5p/min (week days day times). Given he is 75% retired there is a good chance he will occasionally go on during the day, so a jump of 150% in pricing due to time isn’t great.
Can anyone recommend a ISP, and how he signs on (he has no connection at the moment, though if need be we could do one via orange, then sign up with another provider)
emm.. why your site opening so slow?
If you mean why does it appear on your screen so slowly then I’ve no idea- you’d have to ask the people at WordPress, the hosting people (hence the .wordpress in the URL). It’s fine for me. I have problems with Les’ site at SEB though, something that is possibly to do with being on AOL, so it may be your browser ir ISP.