Ian,
I
pointed out the change in the "Terms & Conditions" several months ago
and
there has been frequent mention that it is
BT
Internet ANYTIME
not
BT
Internet ALL THE TIME ie 24/7
Its
not just BT that get upset about permanent connections, its any ISP that
uses
dialup access. The problem comes from you tying up a port on their rack of
modems for long periods of time thereby depriving other users of any access
to
the system.
Its
a CATCH 22 situation.
1.
We WANT to be permanently connected, not neccesarily at a mega fast speed
but
it would be nice.
2. A
mechanism exists for permanent connection called ADSL
3.
Most of us CANT HAVE ADSL either because we live too far away (although
Rate
Adaptive ADSL should cover a few more people) or like me, live in a town
where
despite there being in excess of 30,000 customers on the exchange, the
exchange has not yet been ADSL enabled and is not on the list of exchanges
to
be done in 2001/2002 :-(
For
the providers there is another problem. Many of the people prepared to pay
out
for ADSL if its available in their area, do so because they are heavy
bandwidth users and then hog loads of bandwidth on the
backbone.
I'm
hoping someone will realise that there is a need for permanent connections
without a need for high bandwidth, and release an ALWAYS ON 64K or 128K
service. At 64K you can fit 32 customers into the space of ONE 2Meg ADSL
customer. I'm certain that thousands would leap at the chance of a service
like that.
Lets
hope one materialises soon.
What
I'm worried about is Winroute Pro.
When
I am not using the PC but it is left idle, one or more of the other
machines
is causing it to connect to the net. After 10 minutes it disconnects, only
to
connect again 5 minutes later. Drop after 10, connect after 5 etc. During
the
10 minute connection there is virtually no data transfer and the "Traffic
Cop"
at BTI might see that as unattended connection.
Anyone know what is causing
it?
Keith
Hi All
Not sure how many of you out there are on BT
Anytime, but I use it with Home highway to allow me to view the HA camera's
and switch X-10 etc on and off when I'm at work. If the connection drops
the
server simply re-connects, a DNS services makes sure to point to the new IP
address. It all works great......
I was wondering if any of you out there had
received an email the same has shown below ? It would seem that BT do not
like me using there Anytime service Anytime I want too ! If anyone as any
suggestions I would be interested. I spoke to them on the Telephone for
over
an hour and have since sent them an email, so I will have to wait to see
what happens.
Before someone mentions ADSL, I live in a
village in Nottinghamshire and they can not provide the service here. I
will
be moving in March next year and the new address is within range. Having
read the recent posts about Sparkies I'm a little concerned, I go to see
the
builders this weekend to submit my HA wiring details for the new house if
the outcome is similar to the other posts I'll let you know !!!
:-( (I will not be able to afford the ADSL after paying the
sparkies !)
When I spoke to BT it was the inactive times
they were concern about, I have since modified the server to go get a few
WebPages and throw them away every couple of minutes. That means instead of
a line tied up they will have a line tied up and more bandwidth problems.
If
1000 people got emails and did the same 64K x 1000 means 64M of backbone
bandwidth for data to be destroyed just to keep BT happy ! The server
checked for mail every two minutes anyway, I also have a webcam that is
live
for anyone to view (streaming video with audio), yesterday it took 120
hits so I do not know how they get there inactive figures !
Thanks
Ian
here is what BT said to me :
Dear Customer
We refer to our previous email regarding your
BTinternet Anytime
account.
As advised, under the terms and
conditions of the BTinternet Anytime
service, customers are not
permitted
to leave their internet connection
maintained whilst not using the
service (please refer to paragraph 7.4
of the BTinternet terms and
conditions).
Our records have identified that your account continues
to be used in
this manner. We wish to advise that should this practice
continue, we
reserve our right to suspend or terminate your account
without further
notice to you.
BTopenworld does offer an "always
on" product, BTopenworld Broadband,
which may be more suitable for your
internet needs. To check if this is
available in your area and to find
out more about BTopenworld Broadband,
please visit:
http://www.btopenworld.com/broadbandIf
you have any questions with respect to our unattended use policy,
please
email the BTinternet team at
userhelp@xxxxxxxor
call us on 0870 241 6307 (4.00pm - midnight, daily, national
rate).
Yours sincerely
BTinternet
Customer Services
British Telecommunications plc
Registered
office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ
Registered in England no.
1800000
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