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

[Mick Furlong <dorsai@xxxxxxx>]

The Homechoice VOD service can offer Internet connection out of the
back off the set top box but it is limited to 115k or thereabouts I
believe.

In effect it is piggy backing on the VOD service which uses most of
the bandwidth so it isn't true ADSL Internet connectivity and you
won't get anything like true adsl speed.

That said it is always on and flat rate charging for Internet  Access
:)

Mick

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:34:21 BST, you wrote:

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