Anyone here use NTL's free WEB SPACE?

[HellyBelly]

If so, just wondered if you know whether or not they accept sites published from Frontpage?

Thanks

It was immediate, hold on whilst I do it again so I can type the details here!

Right......

Went to Start then Run and typed cmd.
Once in DOS typed ftp upload.ntlworld.com

This is what followed:

Connected to upload.ntlworld.com.
Connection closed by remote host.

?????

Gotcha. Now, I have called in the big guns in the trib household (i.e. dh, ds is a little young to have started his Telecoms training!) and we both think that the problem may be that you are not an ntl user, i.e. it's chucking you out because you're not on ntl equipment.

Another possibility is the firewall, although you said you'd turned that off, and I wouldn't expect it to behave like that.

I'm going to test this theory when one of my non-NTL friends is online by getting them to try and log into my account. With my previous ISP, anyone could access the ftp site as long as they had the username and password, but I wonder if ntl is different.

To rule out the possibility of it being an ftp problem on your machine, you could try ftping to, say, the Tiscali account you mentioned before using the DOS prompt to see what it says. Or indeed just via Frontpage. Do you know what your own ftp settings are, i.e. for your own ISP? Again you can try that too.

Equally if any other MNers are reading this who don't use NTL broadband (or dial-up) and want to have a go, they can try and ftp to NTL by:

Going Start->Run and then type cmd

This opens a DOS window

type ftp upload.ntlworld.com

If you get what I described, i.e.:

Connected to upload.ntlworld.com.
220-
220-##################################################################
220-
220- Welcome to upload.ntlworld.com
220-
220-##################################################################
220-
220 upload.ntlworld.com FTP server ready
User (upload.ntlworld.com: (none)):

That proves my theory wrong. If you do get it, just hit Enter and it will say you need to put in a username and close the connection. Then type quit and you're done, you can close the window using the x at the top or type exit.

Right, mum's tested it and gets same as me but we can both get the Tiscali one working and are both customers - you are right

Am I ever going to be able to use stupid NTL's space for her or not

Thanks again for all your help - you are a star spending your time helping me

Well take 10 points for being to explain to your mum how to do ftp, my mum refuses to so much as look at my step-dad's computer

If this does mean I am right, it seems like one way or another either your client or one of us NTL customers is going to have to upload for you, neither is very convenient is it? (Worth mentioning that as with using SmartFTP, NTL's webspace is not intended for commercial use - at least I assume so).

You could write a script for her that would automate the process of uploading the files or show her how to do it herself, but it depends on your client feeling happy about doing that.

You could find some free space somewhere else, like Yahoo Geocities, or have a look here - I just Googled for 'free web space').

I'm sure others will have some other ideas, I did wonder if running her NTL software on your machine (which I thought would register your computer's address as belonging to account holder) might work, but dh thinks unless you are actually connecting using NTL equipment, that won't work. Might be worth a try though.

My mum is clever with this stuff. Some stuff I know more about, most stuff she knows about - we help each other but actually, I learnt most stuff from my mum and dad!! We've always been into computers as a family

The lady who website I'm doing has no idea about computers (so she says) so I think I'll get some free webspace for her - I have a sneaky way to get more from Tiscali

Thanks so much for your help! Bloody NTL , my family can't stand them due to tons of problems in the past!

I loathe NTL as well but I had so much grief (in fact, on going) with PlusNet when I moved house, that I had no option but to go to cable as the house was already wired for NTL. I merely await the problems that must be to come with NTL broadband, in fact I am toying with keeping the BT line alive solely for when that happens, plus the fact I can make super-cheap calls using Call 18866 .

I can't get NTL where I am but don't want it anyway due to everyone I know having something bad to say about them - you'd think they'd sort it out wouldn't you!

I've just switched my phone to Tiscali too so I get my calls free without paying anything else to my old provider - just £10 a month to BT. No more waiting til 6pm in the week to call people! yippeee!

Is that the £7.99 a month deal? With Call 18866 I could make 266 calls for that price (My average quarterly bill with them is about £2.50).

It is really nice to be able to call people in the day, though - esp as I work from home quite a lot and so am around.

do you not have to pay a line rental though?

Nope, just the standard line rental to BT, £10.50 a month.

Oh well I don't pay that at the mo, it's with talk talk. I currently pay £19.99 for my broadband (can't have cheaper option coz of where I live) and they are now doing free calls with that if you pay the line rental. Therefore, I'm going to now be paying the £10 to BT for the line rental and no call charges (unless mobiles etc).

Your deal sounds good too!