[Date Prev][Date
Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date
Index][Thread Index]
RE: Bloody BT!
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: RE: Bloody BT!
- From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:33:06 +0100
- Delivered-to: mailing list ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact
ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
- Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>
>How much more expensive would it be to install an ADSL-enabled analogue
>line
>alongside your ISDN line?
Not certain, but I imagine it will be the cost of purchasing an ADSL line,
which I believe is now about £35/month minumum.
>>you don't have to worry about receiving one of BTs 'special'
letters. It
>really is a hell of a lot faster than ISDN - when performance drops
it's
>pretty well always because of problems elsewhere in the network.
>
I'll look into it again, and give it some serious consideration...
>You could add an analogue line with ADSL to your existing setup. That
way,
>you'd retain the benefits of HH, get the connection speeds of ADSL and
have
>yet another telephone line available - perhaps hang a RAS server off
it!
>Cost wise, you'd pay for the analogue line installation + line rental
over
>and above what you'd pay if you could convert your HH line to ADSL.
>
*really* not an option! - I had a hard enough time convincing SWMBO that we
needed to switch to HH from the single analogue line we had previously...
There's no way she'll stand for *ANY* extra cost over and above what we
currently pay (£55/month)
>Oh, yeah, ditch the Proxy Server (MS Proxy 2?) and install Win2K (or
even
>98) and ZoneAlarm Pro. I used to use Proxy Server before ADSL and I
really
>don't miss it!
>
Yup, currently Proxy 2.0, but I plan to give ISA a whirl, as I run MS Small
Business Server (currently on SBS 4.5), and I've got a set of SBS 2000 CD's
ready and waiting....
Paul G.
_________________________________________________________________
Home |
Main Index |
Thread Index
|