Re: HomeChoice - route to cheap(er) ADSL?

["James Traynor" <james@xxxxxxx>]

I have been using the homechoice service for a few weeks now, and so=20
far it has proved very good.  for =A320 a month + =A340 installation I=20
got a set top box with access to their pay per view film channel and=20
115k ADSL(that is around 14k/sec downloads).  I have the box plugged=20
into my win2k server running Internet connection sharing and it=20
distributes internet to my other PCs. The quality of the internet=20
seems so far to be good, its not as fast as BT's ADSL but its half=20
the price.  As far as the video goes the quality IMO is not great (=20
512kbbs - 115kbbs /8 =3D 49kb/s for video which is a 1/3 of Video CD=20
banwidth) but it is still very watchable. Having full control=20
certainly makes sheduled TV look very old hat.
My initial attempts at running a web server failed but I will keep=20
you all posted if I get it to work.
One last thing I got this thing installed 4 days after I called them=20
up, now if only BT were that quick

James

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@h...>
wrote:
> Hi all,
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> this morning I got some (more) junk mail that I very nearly threw=20
away=20
> without opening, however, since it mentioned "TV that you
control"=20
on the=20
> envelope, I though I'd take a look...
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> It's from a company called "HomeChoice" which is a Video On
Demand=20
service.
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> The bit that got me interested though, is that they provide a Video=20
on=20
> Demand service on BT ADSL. - from what I have read (including the=20
small=20
> print), their "minimum" TV package is just =A36 month,
(which gives=20
you just 1=20
> genre), BUT they also offer an internet service for a flat=20
=A320/month.
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> Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to me like it would be=20
possible=20
> to get an ADSL internet service for =A326 per month, with a free set-
top box,=20
> and a couple of VOD channels thrown in as well? (plus standard=20
installation=20
> charges of =A340)
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> Not sure how they can be offering it cheaper than BT charge for the=20
lines=20
> though (It definately uses BT's ADSL service, it says so in the=20
literature),=20
> also, I don't quite see how they can offer a VOD service without a=20
> guaranteed minimum bandwith? (50:1 contention of 512K is NOT enough=20
for a=20
> video channel at full contention!)
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> Has anyone heard of these guys? - it has definately peaked my=20
interest...
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> Paul G.
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