Good ISPs in hertford area?

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

Good news! The checker indicates that ADSL Broadband is available in your area and that the preliminary check on your postcode suggests that you should be able to receive ADSL Broadband services at speeds from 512kilobits per second to 2Megabits per second downstream and 256kilobits per second upstream.

Most people get that. When you insert a BT phone number the checker will tell you which BT exchange you are using (unless you already know) then you can look at the trigger level & see/check how populated it is.

[Neil]

That's not guaranteed, the only way you will know for sure what level of service you can/can't receive, is to enter your BT phone number.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

Im assuming that the "should be able" part is to protect themselves from people who think its definate, then find out its not. Just legal armor.

Speeds look ok, don't they? I know the downstream should be good, but I dunno what a good upstream is.

upload speed is 256 if its ADSL your going for, around 30kb/s is the norm.

Once you have registered your interest with Pipex etc.. and you have paid your activation fee BT will test your BT line for the quality if you have a good quality line (minimal line noise) & BT give the all clear then you can choose an ADSL service upto whatever your local BT exchange supports.

[Death Jester]

Originally Posted by DrAwesome

upload speed is 256 if its ADSL your going for, around 30kb/s is the norm.

Once you have registered your interest with Pipex etc.. and you have paid your activation fee BT will test your BT line for the quality if you have a good quality line (minimal line noise) & BT give the all clear then you can choose an ADSL service upto whatever your local BT exchange supports.

Paid activation fee? To whom? Pipex (or whoever I choose)?
Do they have to be at my house to test the line? If so, could they do it once they reconnect me?
The thing is, I have a good price with ntl, with regards to the TV/Phone, so if I get BT, then find out I cannot use ADSL, then I don't want the line!

[poolking]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

Paid activation fee? To whom? Pipex (or whoever I choose)?
Do they have to be at my house to test the line? If so, could they do it once they reconnect me?
The thing is, I have a good price with ntl, with regards to the TV/Phone, so if I get BT, then find out I cannot use ADSL, then I don't want the line!

No they test your line at the exchange.

[Neil]

Set up normally takes about 7-10 days (depending on the ISP), & each ISP will have different costs, just make sure you get them to tell you of all costs involved.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

Paid activation fee? To whom? Pipex (or whoever I choose)?
Do they have to be at my house to test the line? If so, could they do it once they reconnect me?
The thing is, I have a good price with ntl, with regards to the TV/Phone, so if I get BT, then find out I cannot use ADSL, then I don't want the line!

Yes you pay it to the ISP you have choosen along with the first months subscription, the activation fee is a one off payment.

BT do the line test before your phone line is ADSL activated if the line quality is bad then unfortunaly you cant have ADSL (as a forum member recently found out).

Unfortunatly thats the way it works you pay and find out later.

A friend of mine she decided to choose BT as her ADSL isp she had no BT phone line installed & she managed to get a refund from BT when it was found after BT installed her new phone line she couldnt have an ADSL service because the BT phoneline was so poor.

May i suggest if you are getting a phoneline installed by BT (not an old BT line re-activated) before asking BT to come and install the new line ask BT if they will give you a re-fund if the new BT line they install cannot be used for ADSL as that is the prime objective of having the line installed in the first place.



phew!! i hope i dont have to type all this out again.....

[Death Jester]

some of the ISP's have free activation, don't they?
I think Pipex is free, or £17.50 if you want the modem and stuff.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

some of the ISP's have free activation, don't they?
I think Pipex is free, or £17.50 if you want the modem and stuff.

yup usually USB
free modem sometime means it is a trade off even with the best of isp's

[Death Jester]

Originally Posted by DrAwesome

yup usually USB
free modem sometime means it is a trade off even with the best of isp's

Yeah, I think the modem is USB.

I think F2S has free activation, but no stuff. Which is kind of what I want, because I can then buy the modem I linked earlier

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

Yeah, I think the modem is USB.

I think F2S has free activation, but no stuff. Which is kind of what I want, because I can then buy the modem I linked earlier

Did you read my thread about the good & bad of signing/choosing ADSL supplier?

[Death Jester]

Originally Posted by DrAwesome

Did you read my thread about the good & bad of signing/choosing ADSL supplier?

Nope, can you link me please

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

Nope, can you link me please

link should answer all your questions what you have to go through when signing up to an ADSL isp, the next bit to be added to that thread will be migration which will probably complete the thread.

[Death Jester]

Ok, thanks for that.

I got to go out in a minute to get some Coaxial Cable, and some Co-ax sockets. Im going to hook all the TVs in the house up to the arial in the loft, then get rid of the stb.

While im out, can someone please explain the differences between static IP and... ummm.... non-static?

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by Death Jester

While im out, can someone please explain the differences between static IP and... ummm.... non-static?

One has an electrical charge the other doesnt