Yes Bifta, its your nightmare!
You are the only person on this site that slates them so, everyone else has said they have been very happy with the service.
And I have been doing research, but reading webpages from the ISP's is in no way compared to personal reccomendations from people who use varying services.
You are extremely biased against Pipex, you have had bad service from them. There has to be someone for every ISP that does & for Pipex it is you.
I "have" noted what you say about them & take it into consideration, however please now shutup with slagging them off, its getting almost as bad as my slagging off NTL
I have looked at BT/BT-Yahoo & do not like them & they charge lots more, Nildram & I do not like what they offer, Plus net but they all charge for activation, Virgin.net are currently offering free activation & 1 month minimum service but give no indication of any charge for leaving in 12 month & no sales line to contact. Pipex currently seem to be the best option & if I want to go with them because I cannot afford the activation fee I will, however I value other peoples experiences with other ISP's not just yours.