RE: Bit the bullet...

["Kenneth Watt" <kennethwatt@xxxxxxx>]

Phil,

I have studied this in depth of late after BT changed their pricing and it
equates to this:

BT Surftime package (evening an weekend access) = £19.99 a month with ALL
local calls (unlimited) under 60 minutes duration included and your line
rental.

BT Surftime package (evening an weekend access) = £14.99 a month with line
rental and some discounts.

Extra PSTN line = £9.59

So a PSTN x2 inclusive of all local calls off peak and weekend as well as
net access would cost £29.58 per month as opposed to £45.98 a month for a
similar package using HH and that's without the local unlimited calls.

In other words HH is £48.00 a quarter more expensive than standard lines
and
I think that is too expensive for what it is! Yes it does have advantages
and is better than two standard lines, but BT charge £39.99 a month, for
that kind of money I want DSL not some muffed up half-way-house between
true
ISDN and a standard line. If BT want an extra £200 a year out of me they
are
gonna have to do better than HH.

I will miss HH for convenience, but I won't miss the bill!

K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 March 2001 02:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bit the bullet...


Agreed ... if we eventually get Cablemodems or ADSL in my area then I'll be
there waving my chequebook but given that I currently only have one
analogue
line in at home then this isn't a bad deal at all for me.

£40 a month gets me HomeHighway (effectively two phonelines) plus 6pm to
8am
weekday and all weekend internet access (which was going to cost me £15 a
month via BT for a modem based service). There's a call allowance included
and I won't be tying on the only phone line into the house all weekend,
plus
of course the quick dialup times are a real draw given that I can't get an
"always on" service yet. I have been finding that my modem takes
about 1.5
minutes to dial up and log on and then I get between 1.7 and 2kbytes a
second transfer rates. HH isn't ideal but it's the best solution I can find
at the moment.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 March 2001 09:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bit the bullet...
>
>
> > A router would be nice, (in fact I have an Ascend Pipeline
> kicking around
> if
> > I ever get it working!) because I wouldnt have to have a
> particular PC
> > turned on, but using ICS does give you the ability to use
> <Mark - insert
> the
> > name of that dialler program here please!> to automate dialups
to
> different
> > numbers at different times.
>
> Dialer 2000?
>
> I have to add after the negative post that personally I LOVE
> HH.  Of course
> I would prefer broadband access but where I live it's not an
> option.  Like
> Keith I was lucky to get connections in the mid 40s.  HH
> gives me over 7K/s
> on most downloads.
>
> Another big plus over a modem is the speed of connection,
> especially if you
> need multiple re-dials when your ISP is busy.
>
> M.
>
>
>
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