Dialup Internet
Nope. Not me at least. Next question?
Yep.
I was informed by BT on Monday that I cannot receive broadband because they can't be asked to bother upgrading their shitty 1920s copper wires on decaying telegraph poles.
Broadband is only available to those lucky enough to live within 3 miles of the nearest exchange or have cable.
I have neither, because BT is a shitty and disgraceful monopoly which should be crushed and the entire telecoms network opened up!
I was informed by BT on Monday that I cannot receive broadband because they can't be asked to bother upgrading their shitty 1920s copper wires on decaying telegraph poles.
Broadband is only available to those lucky enough to live within 3 miles of the nearest exchange or have cable.
I have neither, because BT is a shitty and disgraceful monopoly which should be crushed and the entire telecoms network opened up!
Actually the 3 mile thing is *way* out of date now Jamez. It's provided to anyone with a line good enough to receive it, though 1 and 2 meg are limited to certain line stats.
Any by opened up do you mean that any adsl or voice supplier can use BT's network? If so then it, er, already is.
Any by opened up do you mean that any adsl or voice supplier can use BT's network? If so then it, er, already is.
Knight knight
As I understand it, here in NI if you are too far from the exchange, BT will offer you a subsidised satellite broadband system. This allowed them to declare NI the "first European region to have 100% broadband access" when what they really meant was "we've converted all our exchanges".Jamez wrote:Yep.
I was informed by BT on Monday that I cannot receive broadband because they can't be asked to bother upgrading their shitty 1920s copper wires on decaying telegraph poles.
Broadband is only available to those lucky enough to live within 3 miles of the nearest exchange or have cable.
I have neither, because BT is a shitty and disgraceful monopoly which should be crushed and the entire telecoms network opened up!
From the end of the month BT will start moving everyone onto 8Mbps broadband, but the speed you get will depend on the distance from the exchange.
It's a bit pointless if they impose strict low caps on data transfer though. What's the point in having an 8 meg connection when you've got to be "clock-watching" to make sure you don't go over your limit. There's not much point in having an 8 meg connection to load the BBC News site 0.8th of a second faster.From the end of the month BT will start moving everyone onto 8Mbps broadband, but the speed you get will depend on the distance from the exchange.
I do agree with Jamez somewhat about their monopoly in places where LLU and cable do not reach. Pretty much every provider which is not LLUed MUST purchase a BT wholesale product, and therefore are tied to whatever they are offering.
Agreed about caps on hi-speed broadband. A few weeks a go "Freedom2Surf" introduced a budget 8Mbps broadband
service, but with a ridiculously unrealistic usage of 500MB per month. And that wasn't a typo with the last 0 missing!
What the hell is the point of that? A connection up to 8Mbps, yet you can only download half a gigabyte per month!
service, but with a ridiculously unrealistic usage of 500MB per month. And that wasn't a typo with the last 0 missing!
What the hell is the point of that? A connection up to 8Mbps, yet you can only download half a gigabyte per month!
I'm well over 3 miles from my exchange and I get 1mbit. moo tells me I shall be getting more soonSput wrote:Actually the 3 mile thing is *way* out of date now Jamez. It's provided to anyone with a line good enough to receive it, though 1 and 2 meg are limited to certain line stats.
Any by opened up do you mean that any adsl or voice supplier can use BT's network? If so then it, er, already is.
"He has to be larger than bacon"
I might be on one of those rural exchanges but at least my line is short and capable of 2mb now, and 8mb when it comes (or thereabouts - 7.9mb sync). I'm enjoying my 34dB SNR and 20.5dB loop attenuation.
On a more serious note - try re applying when the ISPs roll out 8mb as there are no line limits to those products - you'll get the best speed the line can take and it will be very variable. I would recommend one with a 1month contract in case the line is really bad and keeps dropping.
On a more serious note - try re applying when the ISPs roll out 8mb as there are no line limits to those products - you'll get the best speed the line can take and it will be very variable. I would recommend one with a 1month contract in case the line is really bad and keeps dropping.