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MovedGoalPosts · 25-03-2004, 22:57

Sky or Freeview if you want TV?

If you look at the equation overall you need to consider that if you have ntl TV you get the phone line free. Get a BT phone, needed for ADSL by any ISP, then you have the monthly line rental charge to pay, in addition to the ISP based charges.

If your only using / need the 150k bandwidth, I doubt moving to ADSL would be worthwhile. If you want faster speeds then you want to look carefully at all suppliers and bear in mind the ADSL 512k gives usually 256k upload compared to ntl's 600k giving 128k upload. That might be important.

Dont forget to build into your calculations any installation / reconnection costs. And remember that with ntl the modem / STB is hired, so ntl replace / repair if it goes up the spout wheras the BT / Sky systems you are usually buying the kit so if it breask you fork out again.

25-03-2004, 22:57	#2
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: My Options (Long) Sky or Freeview if you want TV? If you look at the equation overall you need to consider that if you have ntl TV you get the phone line free. Get a BT phone, needed for ADSL by any ISP, then you have the monthly line rental charge to pay, in addition to the ISP based charges. If your only using / need the 150k bandwidth, I doubt moving to ADSL would be worthwhile. If you want faster speeds then you want to look carefully at all suppliers and bear in mind the ADSL 512k gives usually 256k upload compared to ntl's 600k giving 128k upload. That might be important. Dont forget to build into your calculations any installation / reconnection costs. And remember that with ntl the modem / STB is hired, so ntl replace / repair if it goes up the spout wheras the BT / Sky systems you are usually buying the kit so if it breask you fork out again.