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About to go broadband... advice please!
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 14.55
by Brad
I am due to be "activated" on Tuesday 24th August! Decided to go for the 1MB option with BT Yahoo! I do however have a couple of concerns... firstly, do I have to connect the modem and everything BEFORE activation? In other words, do the line testers or whatever have to detect I've set it up right? Secondly, it comes with Yahoo Browser, alledgely "an advanced version of Internet Explorer". Yeah right, like Windows is an "enhanced version of Mac OS"
Presumably I don't have to use this?
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 16.26
by Pete
The BT Yahoo! browser is a popup blocking shell for IE. It's not needed for functionality.
Some bits of the old BT site (less so with yahoo sections) don't like Mozilla though and force you to use IE. Otherwise you can use what you want.
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 18.32
by Chris
No you don't have to use that hideous piece of junk called the BT Yahoo browser.
Actually you don't have to install anything off the CD, expect the modem drivers if you use a USB modem.
Out of interest, why did you choose BT Yahoo?
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 18.53
by MarkN
Chris wrote:Out of interest, why did you choose BT Yahoo?
At least he didn't go for Tiscali...
http://tinyurl.com/6lvuw
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 18.59
by Brad
The price! The 512KB or whatever offer was only £3 less a month than the 1MB! I'm dialling up on Freeserve and their 2GB a month limit on 512KB for £17.99 or whatever seemed crap.
Could be even worse... could be "AMERICA" On Line.
Well, I'm terribly sorry, I happen to be British.
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 19.18
by Chris
Brad wrote:The price! The 512KB or whatever offer was only £3 less a month than the 1MB! I'm dialling up on Freeserve and their 2GB a month limit on 512KB for £17.99 or whatever seemed crap.
Could be even worse... could be "AMERICA" On Line.
Well, I'm terribly sorry, I happen to be British.
The Freeserve (cue record sfx ... sorry Wanadoo) limit is paltry!
BT Yahoo will become capped at 30Gb a month for 1Mb customers and 15Gb a month for 512Kb customers early next year. You could have went with 1Mb with Plusnet at the same price, without
any cap!
Oh, and you're also tied into a 12 month contract with BT Yahoo as well.
Posted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 19.51
by MarkN
Chris wrote:You could have went with 1Mb with Plusnet at the same price, without any cap!
PlusNet also have a much more reliable service than BT, and are "Best ISP on the Planet" according to Internet Magazine.
http://www.plus.net/awards/