Tiscali Internet UK Information

information on the UK Internet Service Provider, Tiscali, now owned by the Carphone Warehouse

 

Tiscali Acquired by Carphone Warehouse In 2009, Tiscali’s Internet, Phone and TV services were acquired by Carphone Warehouse.  In January 2010, Tiscali customers became TalkTalk customers, and Tiscali in the UK is no more. If you’re looking for information on TalkTalk Broadband, please see our TalkTalk Help and Advice page, or go to talktalk.co.uk This page of Tiscali information will remain in place on our site for reference, but is no longer current. Want to switch away from Tiscali? If you’re looking for a low-cost alternative to Tiscali, consider Plusnet (just £6.49 a month). You may also want to consider BT Broadband who also offer their on-demand TV service, BT Vision.

 

 

Information on UK Broadband Provider Tiscali

Tiscali
(formerly known as ‘Lineone’) offers a range of Internet options:

• Broadband – Fast, always-on Internet access. Monthly subscription.

• Pay as you go – A dial-up service, where you get charged by the minute when you access
  their service.

• Anytime – A one-off monthly fee for access to the Internet whenever you want. 150 hours a month, and no call costs.
  

 

Summary of Tiscali benefits:

Members are allowed
6 email addresses, and 100 Megs of webspace, and you can import emails
from other POP3 email accounts. You can also send 10 free SMS
text messages a day, and access your account on the move.

• Six
  email accounts
• 100MB of
  webspace for your own website
• Webmail
  that you can use from any online PC
• Speeds up to 8 Meg
• FREE Broadband
  modem

 

Looking for TalkTalk? You can get TalkTalk broadband and phone for £6.99 a month (plus £11.49 line rental). Details on our TalkTalk page or at www.talktalk.co.uk

 

Tiscali Tariffs:

Here is a summary of the tariffs on offer from Tiscali prior to the TalkTalk re-brand in 2010. For details of the current TalkTalk tariffs, see our TalkTalk page, or go to www.talktalk.co.uk

Package	Monthly fee	Details
Broadband	From £14.99	Speeds of up to 8 Meg available. Currently with FREE connection and FREE modem. UK Broadband Advice.
Dial-up Pay as you go	None	Connection time appears as a local-rate phone call on your normal phone bill
Dial-up Anytime	£14.99	Unmetered Internet day and night, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

 

Tiscali webpages

Homepage:
www.tiscali.co.uk
Webmail: www.tiscali.co.uk/commscentre/email/
Service status: www.tiscali.co.uk/cgi-bin/status.cgi
Support forum: www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1

Tiscali Server Information

	Tiscali	Lineone
Username / login name	yourusername@tiscali.co.uk	yourusername@lineone.net
Incoming (POP3) server	pop.tiscali.co.uk	pop3.lineone.net
Outgoing (SMTP) server	smtp.tiscali.co.uk	smtp.lineone.net
Website (FTP) server	ftp.myweb.tiscali.co.uk	ftp.website.lineone.net
Users homepage	http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/username/	http://website.lineone.net/~username/
WAP portal	http://mobile.tiscali.co.uk	n/a
News (NNTP) server	news.tiscali.co.uk	news.lineone.net

For help with Tiscali email settings, see our UK Email Settings page

Tiscali Dialup numbers

Tariff	Current	Old / Alternative
Pay-as-you-go	0844 057 5000	0845 661 4681 / 0845 3530222
Anytime	0808 993 3031	0845 353 0220
Off-peak	0808 993 3050	0845 353 0220
Daytime	0808 993 3151	0845 353 0220
ISDN	0845 661 4682	0845 353 0229
Surftime	0844 040 4102	N/a
Tiscali 50	0809 993 3030	0845 353 0220
Tiscali 100	0808 993 3030	0845 353 0220
Lineone Pay-as-you-go	0844 057 5000	0845 700 2299, 08457 576144 or 08457 576180

 

Tiscali
over WAP

Tiscali
provide access to their services over WAP (the Mobile Internet), from
mobile phones with a WAP browser. If you are already have WAP set
up on your phone, you can just go to http://mobile.tiscali.co.uk/
with your existing WAP settings.

Tiscali’s WAP service on a Nokia
7650 (Details)

 

Tiscali also offer their own WAP gateway. Below you’ll find their
WAP settings. Note that you should check with your network operator
to find out what rate you will be billed for using Tiscali’s Gateway.

Tiscali WAP dialup settings: Homepage: http://mobile.tiscali.co.uk/ Dialup number: +44870 743 9109 Gateway (IP) address: 212.001.134.054 Username: wolwap Password: wapwol Session type: Continuous / permanent Port number: 9201 Authentication: Normal / PAP Connection security: Normal / Off

For
more on WAP, see our dedicated WAP page

Frequently
asked questions

How do I get an account?	It’s no longer possible to get a Tiscali account in the UK. Tiscali has been acquired by TalkTalk. To get a TalkTalk account, go to the following web address: www.talktalk.co.uk
Status check	To check the status of Tiscali’s network and services, see Tiscali’s Status Page.
Check mail online	You can check your Tiscali email online using their webmail service. Go to the following address: www.tiscali.co.uk/commscentre/email/

Got a question? Ask in our Broadband forum

 

Tiscali Contact Details

• By email:
  Tiscali’s site . Note that they don’t publish their email addresses, you have
  to follow the "Service support" links to an online form

• By phone: From August 2007, Tiscali introduced one number for all technical support, billing and customer care enquiries.. This is 0871 222 3311. Calls will be charged at 10p a minute. The older numbers are as follows:
  
  • Tiscali
    Support / Customer Services: 0906 300 6633. 7 days a week 8am
    to Midnight (50p per minute)
  • Billing:
    0870 744 9966.
    8am to 8pm Mon to Fri, 9am to 2pm on Saturdays.(National
    rate)
  • Registration
    Helpline: 0845 660 1001. (Local rate)

• Postal address:
  Tiscali Customer Service, PO Box 7206, Kiln Farm, Mk14 6XG

  For other contact details, see Tiscali’s site.