Topic: Namesco

Namesco become the latest in a line of ISP acquisitions, as it has announced that it has been bought by Italian company Register.it S.p.A, more commonly known as Dada.

Dada have various domain and hosting interests mainly in Spain and Italy, and now seems to want to further it's interests  in the UK.

There are no planned changes to operations in the UK, so Namesco broadband customers shouldn't be unduly worried.

There are lots of 'free' broadband offers out there, but Namesco seem to be offering just that...really free broadband for a year!!

Users can sign up to it's HomeStart package and will only have to pay the £60 connection fee, nothing else, no 'extra' services are required, and you even get a free router thrown in!!
Ok you are saying "I bet it's an 18 month contract" and that the price has a huge leap after 12 months, but you'd be wrong, it's just a 30 day contract, and if you decide to continue after the 12 months then it will cost only £10.95 a month.

So where is the catch? Actually there doesn't seem to be one, although the product isn't designed for the download junkie. It's a 512Kbps/256Kbps non Max connection with a 2GB a month cap, extra is £1 per extra GB. But for the light surfer it has to be one of the best deals around.

http://www.names.co.uk/home_broadband.html for all the info.

To celebrate the launch of its TvMax service, Namesco is giving away £5000 worth of state of the art entertainment equipment to one lucky winner.

The competition is open to everyone who stand a chance of winning of a 42" Plasma TV, top of the range A/V amplifier, Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo surround sound system and the tvMax service for life.

As a launch offer, TvMax is available from £25.95 per month (usual price £29.95) and includes a 8Mbps broadband connection. The TvMax service enables viewers to receive over 50 Digital Terrestrial TV and Digital Radio channels through a TV aerial, and is compatible with Top-up TV. The set-top box has an integrated hard drive which allows users to record and store up to 30 hours of programmes and the “timeshift� feature allows the viewer to pause and rewind live TV.

The entry page is over at Namesco.

Namesco has begun pre-registration for it's tvMax service in response to a huge initial demand.

The tvMax service becomes live on the 28th April and offers a 8Mbps broadband connection, ZyXel Modem Router and iPlayer. Users will have access to over 50 digital TV and radio channels and will be able to pause, rewind and record live TV at the touch of a button.

Prices will start from £25.95 per month, and  potential customers can register at tvMax.co.uk.

Namesco, the parent company of NDO have this week announced the partnership with IPTV specialists Netgem, to provide a bundled broadband and digital TV product. Entitled tvMax, the package comprises of an upto 8Mbps ADSL service, a Zyxel USB/Ethernet router and Netgem's iPlayer Home Media Edition set top box. Namesco's TV service looks impressive with access Freeview digital television, pause, rewind and record live TV, and even the ability schedule programmes using the 8 day EPG. Further subscribers will also be able to stream photos, movies and MP3 files from PCs on their home network and browse the web directly on their TV. Prices for the service will start from £25.95 per month, and expected to launch late April 2006.

Namesco are offering secure surfing to the home with it's latest SurfGuard product.

It provides secure protection for up to 3 home PC's for £4.99 per month, it will provide options to  block adult content, gambling, shopping, gaming and hate sites from it's central database.
Also included is Virus Scanning and Spam filtering to the three specified PC's.

In addition to blocking external threats, SurfGuard also allows parents to set privileges allowing Internet access only at certain times, generate reports on usage and sites visited, all via a simple user interface.

A 14 day free trial is available from names.co.uk.

Namesco is giving visitors to its site www.names.co.uk the opportunity to win one of 5 limited edition blue iPod Nanos in its February competition. The 5 Nanos have been custom designed in Namesco’s corporate blue and orange colours.

All you have to do is answer a question about the iPod Nano’s features on the website. The competition is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.

Whats on your mind for next years plans? A new car? Changing ISP? A 10 day trek up high in the Himalayan mountains?

Sam Hill, a Software Developer and Futurologist over at Namesco (formally of NDO) is planning on doing the latter to help both raise awareness of and sponsorship funds to ActionAid. Sam's trip up the Himalayan mountains starts 13th March 2006.

For those that wish to sponsor, the following shows how huge differences can be made, often with not so huge amounts of money.

• 15 pounds would buy three basic HIV medical kits.
• 80 pounds would feed a child in a shelter in India for a year.
• 100 pounds could run a medical centre for 5 days - treating over 100 people in Gujarat.
• 250 pounds would pay the annual salary of a teacher in an access centre in Ethiopia.

You can find out a little more about this arduous task and the opportunity to sponsor Sam over at SamGoesWalkies.com. We at Bug wish Sam the very best, and hope he raises lots of sponsorship for a very worthy cause.

Note : As of writing, Sam currently has sponsorship for around 75% of his £3,000 target.

It happens every festive period where there's one item that flies off the shelves quicker than any other, and this year is no different with sales of the XBox 360 meeting expectations in unavailability. Wouldn't it be nice if there was some way you could get a chance of getting hold of one. How about an XBox 360 and a years 8Mbps service as well?

Well say "Merry Christmas" then to Namesco, the group who bought NDO earlier in the year, who are offering a prize of just that .. an XBox 360 and a years free 8Mbps broadband to boot.

Entry is free and requires no purchase from Namesco - no signup to their service or anything, so what do you have to loose?

Enter now at http://www.names.co.uk/competition.html.

We'll be leaving some carrots and brandy at the doorstep of Namesco to increase our chances.

Namesco has become the latest ISP to launch an 8Mbps ADSL connection in the UK.

The BroadbandMax product range offers connections from 256Kb upwards, with the top packages (HomeMax and OfficeMax) providing the fastest available speed depending on line conditions of between 2 and 8Mbps.

To launch the new offering, Namesco is giving away a free modem, setup, web hosting account and domain name on all packages with speeds of 512K and over, with migration from existing ISP's also included.

Look out for the adverts for BroadbandMax is set to commence this Sunday during the FA cup tie on BBC's Match of the day’s match between Worcester City and Huddersfield.