A method in a communications network for connecting to the network a subscriber apparatus from amongst a plurality of subscriber apparatuses to a respective network portal apparatus from amongst a plurality of network portal apparatuses. The method includes providing a portal aggregation server (7) storing a plurality of network portal addresses associated with the plurality of the network portal apparatuses (12, 13, 14) and a plurality of subscriber identifiers which each identify a respective one of the plurality of subscriber apparatuses. The method further includes the step, performed at the portal aggregation server, of receiving from a subscriber apparatus (2) a connection request to connect to the network. The request comprises a subscriber identifier associated with the subscriber apparatus. The method includes mapping the received subscriber identifier to a network portal address, and redirecting the connection request to the network portal address so mapped.