Sorry, pressed the button before I was finished ...(posted 9823 days ago)Anyway, that film was original East German (GDR) manufacture ORWO NP22 - using Ilfosol at 6 mins (20C) I get passable negatives.
The point I am trying to make is this: Your first concern should be to learn to produce good negatives - the film as such is not as critical in the beginning (the above film is already 3 years ouf of date!) Once you find that a particular exposure/film/developer combination gives the results you want stick with it.
Unfortunately, most labs that will do B&W will not give you what you want.