go4adsl.net

[#1]

One of my friends now uses the above as ISP. I have never heard of it before and as he is even more limited than I in hos knowedge I would like to know if it is "safe". Can anyone tell anything about it; a web search reveals almost nothing.

[#2]

I can't find anything about them
Do you have a web address?  I'd automatically be concerned that I can't initially find out any information about them.

[#3]

found two entries

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Registry Whois Domain Name: go4adsl.net Status: ok Registrar: ARSYS INTERNET, S.L. D/B/A NICLINE.COM Whois Server: whois.nicline.com Referral URL: http://www.nicline.com Expiration Date: 2009-04-27 Creation Date: 2005-04-27 Last Update Date: 2008-04-22 Name Servers:     dns.wyrecompute.com     dns2.wyrecompute.com Extended Info Cache Date: 2008-09-24 06:50:46 MST Compare Archived Data: 2008-03-11

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[#4]

Message source (doctored of course).
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And there is some connection with a co called wyrecompute
http://www.wfcs.co.uk/ what ever that is.
All seems a bit tin pot and friends are goinh over because surefish is closing.
Can I assume the best from all what has been posted? That’s the question.

[#5]

I wouldn't go to an ISP that I can't find any information about on the web.

[#6]

I don't want to frighten or third degree my friend, but!
Probably not relevant but who is shows owner as some private person  in Shropshire and the traceroute seems inordinately lonh
Hop  T1  T2  T3  IP 
1. 0.63ms 1.38ms 1.15ms nameintelligence.com [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
2. 0.66ms 1.16ms 1.64ms ip-64-246-162-161.ipd.CCOM.NET [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
3. 2.66ms 1.40ms 0.66ms 216-145-7-22.sea.fibercloud.NET [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
4. 3.55ms 231.25ms 94.66ms 216-145-7-121.sea.fibercloud.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
5. 0.64ms 1.28ms 1.61ms ge-6-17.car4.Seattle1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
6. 0.68ms 1.39ms 1.66ms ae-32-56.ebr2.Seattle1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
7. 35.59ms 35.25ms 37.44ms ae-2.ebr2.Denver1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
8. 51.52ms 70.30ms 50.61ms ae-3.ebr1.Chicago2.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
9. 56.57ms 53.22ms 63.57ms ae-6.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
10. 71.60ms 71.20ms 78.55ms ae-2.ebr2.NewYork1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
11. 71.60ms 74.25ms 71.58ms ae-82-82.csw3.NewYork1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
12. 84.59ms 72.25ms 85.55ms ae-91-91.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
13. 143.55ms 144.24ms 152.56ms ae-41.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
14. 143.56ms 143.66ms 143.55ms ae-25-54.car5.London1.Level3.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
15. 281.54ms 147.55ms 308.53ms 217.163.44.170 [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]
16. 144.53ms 143.70ms 143.55ms dsl-core.as35751.net [Reverse-Ip] [Ping] [DNS Lookup]                     

[#7]

Weird.
Goes to the States and back to the UK.

[#8]

That's not exactly weird. AOL, NTL and quite a number of other providers are famed for routing data via the US pointlessly.

[#9]

Yep, valid point.
But they're not an unheard of or an undocumented ISP

[#10]

That tracert originates in the US - check out the timings from the first hops.  There is no way it peers transatlantically at ~1ms
Tracing route to 217.163.44.170 over a maximum of 30 hops
  1    36 ms    99 ms  100 ms  dsldevice.lan [192.168.1.254]
  2    21 ms    20 ms    20 ms  lo0-plusnet.pcl-ag02.plus.net [195.166.128.39]
  3    20 ms    19 ms    20 ms  gi1-2-904.pcl-gw02.plus.net [84.92.0.141]
  4    19 ms    21 ms    21 ms  te2-1.pcl-gw01.plus.net [212.159.1.113]
  5    19 ms    20 ms    21 ms  xe-1-2-0-0.lon20.ip.tiscali.net [213.200.79.233]
  6    25 ms    23 ms    20 ms  ge-7-1.core2.London1.Level3.net [213.200.77.130]
  7    20 ms    20 ms    21 ms  ae-15-53.car5.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.83]
  8    26 ms    25 ms    19 ms  217.163.44.170

Saying that, I've never heard of them at all.
B.

[#11]

Bought from Christian Technology , I'm told
http://www.christiantechnology.co.uk/

[#12]

Isn't Christian Technology one of Kent Ertugrul things? I fink that Kent Ertugrul is involved with it!

[#13]

I'd echo others thoughts on the subject.
Any reason why they want this specific ISP rather than Plusnet?

[#14]

Not easy to describe, but suffice it to say, it has to do with their beliefs, an ISP that resonated with them ceasing, and them wanting a domain for continuity if they had to change ISP again. From what they told me I am not so un-confident about the new ISP as before. Let's hope that continues.