RE: Bloody BT!

["Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 September 2001 13:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bloody BT!
>
>
>
> ...Another of which is that I will lose my additional phone
> numbers, one of
> which is currently used as my home FAX number, so once again I would
be
> losing functionality.
>
> All in all, apart from being potentially faster (and even that's not
> guaranteed because of the contention ratios), DSL is, point for point,
in
> every way an inferior offering to HH/ISDN...

I'll be honest Paul, I still have ISDN 2e (because I have an ISDN cordless
PBX) as a backup, but I haven't looked back since going to DSL. It may be
that takeup is particularly low at my exchange but I have never seen speeds
of less than 400k, and I test it regularly. I would keep the HH, AND get
ADSL. Its worth it for the speed advantage alone.

It is now possible to get it without any equipment whatsoever and supply
your own DSL router - so that solves the NT4 problem!


>
> Oh, and did I mention it would also be more expensive, because my
> HH charge
> includes £15/month inclusive calls, which I'll lose by
> "upgrading" to DSL...
>
Go for DSL and keep HH, at least you don't have to ever worry about being
kicked off!

> Paul G.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bloody BT!
> >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:55:47 +0100
> >
> >Thing is, I would, of course, swicth to broadband in a *second* if
they
> >would get their fingers out and install it anywhere other than
> in run-down
> >housing schemes full of junkies....
> >
> >Whoever planned BT's rollout on ADSL in Scotland is a complete
fool. As I
> >have commented previously, three of the areas so far enabled are
Govan,
> >Easterhouse and Halfway, which between them have enough
> disposable income
> >to
> >buy half a bottle of buckfast tonic wine a night...
> >
> >Ian.
> >
>
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