Re: Which unlimited broadband?

[Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For my rural Hampshire exchange: "21CN WBC status: Not
available"

I guess that means "no time soon"...
:-(

Tim.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Simon Coates <simon@xxxxxxx>wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Fatpipe capacity from exchange to ISP can vary, also concurrent number
of
> o2 customers on your exchange will obviously affect your piece of the
pie.
> If it's a 'cheapy' service that means lots of chavs on bittorrent
etc...
> downloading videos, music, games, all the high bandwith stuff.  The
internet
> has changed so much over the last couple of years.  Even simple
surfing
> nowadays involves loading webpages with embedded video - you can't
avoid it
> - and most web designers seem to think everyone's got 4mb/s bandwidth.
> Personally, I can't wait for 21CN to appear at the bottom of our road,
> hopefully this time next year.
> Have a look on samknows.com and check when your exchange is getting
> upgraded - might cheer you up a bit (or make you more upset!!!)
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Peter + Jane
>  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  Sent: 08 February 2010 23:31
>  Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Which unlimited broadband?
>
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>  Mark
>  I assume you were on an exchange that is not
>  unbundled. Hence everyone is selling BT service,
>  so why is O2 any worse (or even different) from
>  any other reseller? Hence my question "do
>  different resellers have different contention
>  ratios? Guess they must, as the kit is the same,
>  so what else can vary? In which case I wonder if
>  O2 can beat up BT for better capacity to meet a guaranteed service?
>  Rgds
>  Peter
>  At 17:35 08/02/2010, you wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > > Hmmm.. I'm moving house and was thinking of
>  > going with O2.... now I'm not so sure. Has
>  > anyone had a good experience of them?
>  >
>  >Great price, awful bandwidth - just got out within 30 day
'happiness
>  >guarantee' otherwise would have been locked in for a miserable
year.
>  >
>  >M.
>  >
>
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