As I sit here at my computer I think about the good times I've had using Nationwide's ISP. Always reliable, I've never had a problem connecting to this service. Compared to other ISP's I've tried (and believe me, theres been a few) this rates highly. The homepage was always useful serving not only the banking side of the company but the ISP too. Technical Support pages were most helpful if you needed to use them with step by step instructions on how to set up everything you need to get on the net, click one button and it'd set up Outlook for you with all your mail settings. For a free ISP this offered a much better ...  Read the complete review

Nationwide's ISP department have just writen to me saying that they merging themselves with BTinternet in order to offer "an array of additional benefits". Beleive that and you'll beleive anything. Having tried Nationwide's ISP, I can only asume that, due to it being not upto scratch, Nationwide are cutting their losses and are "selling" it's customers to BTinternet, offering a bribe of "three complimentary CD's" if the customer switches. Being BT, there is bound to be a catch and the CD's themselves are proberably the sort you get on magazine covers (either time limited, shareware or don't work. ...  Read the complete review

Nationwide's ISP is rather like their financial service provision - unreliable. Around a year ago (early spring 2000), I signed up to their ISP as I was informed by a staff member that this would enable me to access their online bankinag facility. Due to the ISP market at the time being (more or less) 0845 dial up's, at least I would have something a little extra usefulness. I should have known better than with Nationwide. Firstly, the software disk was corrupted and could not be used, resulting in a lot of work removing the software (most of these so-called free ISP's purposefully have the uninstall feature disabled, which is naughty). As I ...  Read the complete review

If, like me you surf the net quite a lot (over 20 hrs/week). You will probably use ono of the cheap unmetered ISPs. I use RedHotAnt (RHA) and suffer the conseqences of an unreliable service to which you cannot be sure of a connection. I have used the Nationwide ISP service as a back-up for about 9 months now, so that I can connect to the net or get my emails even when I can't use RHA. I have always found the Nationwide service to be very reliable. I have also made the dial-up number my "best friend" under BTs Friend & Family package which reduces the online costs a bit when I do have to use this service. I have only needed to contact ...  Read the complete review

When I bought my PC, I signed up with a pay-per-month ISP. This provider shall remain nameless, but after numerous engaged tones, dropped lines and a successful usage rate of about 50%, I switched to a lesser known ISP. You wouldn't associate Nationwide with the ISP market, but the free CD dropped through my door, and in my unconnected state, I thought I'd give it a try. I have been using it for just over a year and can report no engaged tones - none at all - and no dropped calls. I check my email everyday, and probably spend about 4-5 hours a week surfing. This is my ringing endorsement for the Nationwide ISP. Yes, you may end up with 'Nationwide' ..  Read the complete review