Re: ADSL Price Increased!

["Timothy Morris" <timmorris@xxxxxxx>]

512K? must be the slowest downstream ADSL in the world!

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grimshaw Stuart [mailto:stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 November 1999 11:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: ADSL Price Increased!
>
>
> Isn't it funny that this follows the demise of Nortel's Digital
> Powerline in the UK? Come on OFTEL, do your stuff!!
>
>
> "andrew roberts" <andre-@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/ukha_d/?start=1360
> > According to Internet Magazine today
> > BT have just increased price for ADSL service
> > in London from £30 to £49.99 a month
> > and slashed the bandwidth from 2Mbps to just 512kbps.
> >
> > Speculation is that it is to protect BT's leased line market
> > which is worth £194 million annually.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Andrew Roberts (Technical Sales Manager)
> > Comfort Home Controls
> > (New Sales Line 44(0)1244 680675)
> > (New Tech Line 44(0)906 3004444)
> > Manufacture, Distribution & Support
> > =============================================
> > Home Page: http://www.comfort.org.uk
> > email: andrew@xxxxxxx
> >
> > ---- Original Message -----
> > From: Brendan
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Sent: 23 November 1999 09:49
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Digital TV
> >
> >
> > Raymond,
> >
> > Once true ADSL ((i.e. >4MB QoS capability) becomes available
and, in
> > parallel,
> > once the various Cable networks have been upgraded to fibre with
QAM
> modems,
> > you'll see some interesting true broadband multimedia service
> offerings
> > including
> >  VoD, multiple-TV channels, time-shifted TV, Audio, fast
Internet,
> > e.Commerce
> > (shopping, banking, etc.), excellent quality video-telephony,
etc.
> offered
> > as pack-
> > aged services into any home with a POTS line or Cable
connection.In
> the UK.
> > These likely to start rolling out shortly e.g. Kingston's
offering.
> > See attached re BT's ADSL.
> >
> > Regards
> > Brendan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Raymond <Reb.barnett@xxxxxxx>
> > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx' <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: 23 November 1999 09:05
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Digital TV
> >
> >
> > To break the deathly silence:
> >
> > It had to happen one day - one of the adverts on the bottom of an
> > egroups message actually appeared interesting. Have a look at
> > http://www.replaytv.com if
you're interested in what is essentially a
> > digital VCR, recording to hard disk - meaning you can play back
whilst
> > still recording.
> >
> > The best bit is the price is approx £450 if the dollars translate
> > directly to pounds. Sadly though, the site doesn't state whether
it
> > works with PAL, which presumably means it doesn't. I've mailed
them to
> > find out though...
> >
> > REB Barnett
> > Systems Developer
> > Trojan Consultants
> >
> >
> >
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