New user... NTL or Telwest?

[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.

[melopll]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.