RE: [OTish] BT Midband OR 128k ISDN Service Recommendations?

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx>]

I too feel your Broadband pain....

Satellite still seems the only option here.

Our exchange has about 100 registrations. It really does p*ss me off that
we
are within walking distance of Cranfield Aeronautical University, one of
the
most hi-tech places in the UK, but still BT does not deem us worthy.

There is a sat provider www.silvermead.co.uk that are providing a 512meg
download speed for about 30ukp per month, they do also provide 1meg
packages. After some initial bad publicity there seems to be quite a few
good reviews http://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk
I took the plunge and upgraded
my dish/lnb etc. in readiness for this service, but am still not ready due
to building work.

This plus HH does not end up being too costly.

It may not be a pretty solution, but its the only one available.......

If only i had line of site to the University and a Pringles can :(

Dean.



-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 June 2003 17:08
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OTish] BT Midband OR 128k ISDN Service
Recommendations?


Midband is Home Highway, pure and simple + a £10per month ISP, with lousy
call allowance, and mediocre features.

We are in the same situation James,  and opted to install a second Highway
installation: the Low Start package gives you £249 installation charge,
then
a quarterly £93, with no call allowance (because all your calls will be
FRIACO or Surftime)

I am on Demon Internet (again) and can recommend the service (if not the
company!). It costs £25 a month for Surftime 24/7, and £19 a month for 64K
unmetered, but you have no cut off (I am currently on hour 49 since
connecting last) and a static IP address with no port blocking.

128k is either charged (different number) or you have to pay an extra
£40pcm.

The other best option imo, is Quik Internet, with 128K unmetered, and a 420
hours allowance (210 at 128k) for £35 a month. except there, you have no
static IP.

It's all very, very depressing, especially when you have people busily
discussing how 256k upload just isn't enough. The UK rollout of Broadband
is
more about politics and nepotism than sound commercial sense, and this is
just the crap we have to live, or move house to one of the quasi random
areas blessed with broadband.

I.




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