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DaggaDagga 19-03-2006 21:08

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
NTL broadband doesn't work any more. It's broken.

If you get a place in an NTL area then you'll have to get BT broadband.

melopll 20-03-2006 00:16

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DaggaDagga
NTL broadband doesn't work any more. It's broken.

If you get a place in an NTL area then you'll have to get BT broadband.

Is BT broadband with cable or with phone line?

Are there any company offering satellite service?

Graham M 20-03-2006 10:49

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by melopll
Is BT broadband with cable or with phone line?

Are there any company offering satellite service?

BT Broadband relies on a BT Phone Line, and yes there are Satellite services around but they are prohibitively expensive, not very reliable, they require a dial-up connection for Up-Stream communication and you can get better, faster broadband for a lot cheaper over standard means (Cable, Phoneline)

melopll 20-03-2006 16:23

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph
BT Broadband relies on a BT Phone Line, and yes there are Satellite services around but they are prohibitively expensive, not very reliable, they require a dial-up connection for Up-Stream communication and you can get better, faster broadband for a lot cheaper over standard means (Cable, Phoneline)

Ok, it seems that the best solution is telwest....
I'll keep that in mind while looking for the place.

Thanks

Acropolis 21-03-2006 07:24

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph
BT Broadband relies on a BT Phone Line, and yes there are Satellite services around but they are prohibitively expensive, not very reliable, they require a dial-up connection for Up-Stream communication and you can get better, faster broadband for a lot cheaper over standard means (Cable, Phoneline)


With regards to the Satellite systems i am affraid sir you are misinformed. Granted they are expensive, normally somewhere around £300 ish for a 2mb connection per month. But they are reliable, from reading here more so than NTL it would seem ;) true some of them do require a dial for the Up Stream, but on a whole most of them transmit from the dish as broadband speeds. I know of a few companies which do 4mb down and 4mb up, and i have managed to get a 10mb down speed through a sat system which maintianed that speed nicely all day.

DaggaDagga 21-03-2006 12:53

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
Sorry, I was joking about NTL broadband being broken. It's fine for most although many have been complaining about reduced speeds lately.

For me, it works perfectly. 10Mb all the time.

Graham M 21-03-2006 14:55

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Acropolis
With regards to the Satellite systems i am affraid sir you are misinformed. Granted they are expensive, normally somewhere around £300 ish for a 2mb connection per month. But they are reliable, from reading here more so than NTL it would seem ;) true some of them do require a dial for the Up Stream, but on a whole most of them transmit from the dish as broadband speeds. I know of a few companies which do 4mb down and 4mb up, and i have managed to get a 10mb down speed through a sat system which maintianed that speed nicely all day.

Thats your experience, it's not so all the time.


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