I Hate British Telecom

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abcdzx

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British Telecom have decided to reward its workers (eg. my dad) with no free internet access. The new 0800 free weekend on btinternet is not available for british telecom employees, THE BASTARDS, means i still have to pay the phone calls.

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mookie

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hey al, we ALL hate BT in here..
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[GA] Shovel

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Cable, Ca-a-able, cable, cable.......

Oh, and Cambridge Cable is owned by NTL so I may even see a cable modem in the not so distant future...

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bigt

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I'm with Yorkshire Cable (Telewest) who've yet to come up with a Cable Modem 'plan'. BTW Microsoft have just bought around 29% in Telewest. Is this good??

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mookie

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i'm with telewest, and they _say_ 4th quater 99...

as for the microsoft question, yes and no..
its good because microsoft are all for the internet and will pump shitloads of cash into the project, and no, becasue its microsoft...
 
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frankie

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I live in a land where nothing like "cable modems" ever happen, just plain old BT for me, and a remote comapny that does cable TV and telephone called EUROBELL, and they are actually quite crap. I doubt very much if they ever would do cable modems, but if anyone would differ please let me know.
thank yee all, the sons of barrysworld
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[SMEG]Kryten

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my cable company, Comtel has just changed its name to NTL
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so now get me cabley modem in july...

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ShaggyDA :)

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Well, call me what u like, I GOT BT's little toy 0800 service and what can I say

Connection 52000 (using V90)

Quake2 Ping on Clara CTC - same as BW connection

Download speed - as good as it gets 5.6 is average speed i suppose.

Lets be honest - I tried X-Stream's so called 0800 number. Heh, now thats a joke
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Dont belive me? TRY IT!
I dont care who brings the 0800 services around - like DR F, we, the southwesters - aint gonna get shite until they next century.... so I'm all fer supporting anyone who will bring me a free phone number
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ShaggyDA

P.S Good Luck Tro
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Monyet

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i just got a btinternet account too, i'm just wondering whether or not i've made a mistake.....ok, pings are fine and download speeds are good - and web browsing is nice (once you setup the proxy).

i just get the feeling that other ISPs are going to follow very very soon.......

let's just hope that they do......

Shags where are you these days? hardly ever see you around anywhere :p

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Sres

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I think AOL's descision to do 0800 + the monthly charge is fine...

Only problem is it's AOL
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If Nildram was to bring out an 0800 number at weekends, I would use that, would be willing to pay upwards of 25quid for the priveledge a month.

But I'm waiting for LocalTel Screaming Net at the moment. I shall inform on the quality as and when
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So far I have heard nothing but rave reviews - 150-170 ping - not bad for a free number
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gremlin

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I wouldn't expect comtel users to have cable modem access anytime soon. As you may know, NTL are doing cable modem rollouts in different places at different times. Personally, knowing how shit comtel's network is (it's *really* bad) then it'll take NTL a while to refit the network to provide their new services.
 
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Monyet

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ADSL in the next couple of months!!?!?!

!!?!??!!!!!!

really? who's doing it? BT or some other company? where can i find out more? why wasn't this posted on BW news?

you're just pulling our legs aren't ya?

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TedTheDog

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ADSL will be available within the next couple of months with 2 choices. 2mb download or 512k download.
Dont know the upload speeds.
The 2mb option should be £50 a month.
 
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Rumpy

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Ted is that a UK wide rollout??? I'm in Yorkshire cable land too and the Cable modem option isn't gonna be there for AT LEAST 12 months I'm informed. I even have Cable TV and phones...........

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abcdzx

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i have to use bt, cuz my dad works 4 them, and why do bw have these weird passwords, i can't remember my isp one or this msg board one, how have i posted this msg, ??????
 
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Imprezzed

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Please dont mess with my mind TTD, living in brissol i got more chance of getting laid by Denise Van Outen than getting cable modem - so wheres this 2 months come from? Hum?

/Imprezzed waiting impatiently...
 
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.virt

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A name like abcdzx and you find your barrysworld password a problem?!!

Frankie mate, that "remote company" Eurobell I think is fairly big and owned by Deutsch Telekom (think thats spelt right) so I wouldnt count them out completely

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[GA]KillMachine

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ADSL will be released by BT very soon, except i was never aware that it would be so cheap. I read a little while ago of huge prices (like £500 per month) as it would be for business users. But hey, if its that cheap im getting it, Loads better than cable modems no matter what the speed.


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dworrell

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Right. I've had a scour 'cos I didn't know what ASDL was. I now know it's over copper and can download at speeds approaching 2Mb and upload at speeds of about 64K (although the BT trial says 384K).

BT have a trial running about 20 miles to the east of me, but according to their site (http://www.isntrial.bt.com) they have no commercial plans at this time.

Kingston Comms in Hull also have some sort of trial.

Stateside ASDL retails at about $65 per month with an initial connection of $150. No idea how much the modems will cost.

When I contacted NTL they say that cable modem rollout isn't happening yet and that existing subscribers to their ISP service will get preference with limited availability for the first 12 months. This service will cost £40 per month. A cable modem will set you back about £150, but you get permanent 512K connection to the internet at no additional cost.

So basically, don't hold yer breath for ASDL or Cable Modems in the UK. Highway still seems the fastest option. I'm just going to plump for a second cable telephone line with upped gain and wait the course.

I'll gladly stand corrected to any of this of course and have my direct debit form signing pen poised for action. Let's have a URL for the nationwide ASDL rollout in two months!

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mckerney

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A country where they have to pay for the phone calls to dial up isp, don't have cable modems, and have probably never heard of ADSL. Sad
 
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abcdzx

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says the boy from the country where the minimum drinking age is 21, it bombs its own soldiers and is over run by weirdo people, eg. Jerry Springer show.
 
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abcdzx

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says the boy from the country where the minimum drinking age is 21, it bombs its own soldiers and is over run by weirdo people, eg. Jerry Springer show.
 
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C4

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LOL. Well said.
Listen Mckerney, are you just trying to infect every thread on this message board or what?
Why don't you just fuck off?

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[GA]KillMachine

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OK, the reason i was questioning the goings on with BT and ADSL is because ADSL is better than cable modems.

Cable modems do not have a set bandwidth, if your whole street (say 50 ppl) has a cable modem, you will NOT get the max speeds than NTL say (and there minimum speed is looking optimistic) whereas ADSL will give you a constant, the speed they say will be the speed you get, and as it's a flat rate service, it will be better, and will mean you don't have to have new wires and things coming to your house (at least I don't think you do
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Thats my little bit over and done with, oh, is that little prick still spamming this board, BW, can't you BAN him? There must be a way
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dworrell

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I think mckerney is an inspiration to us all - for vasectomy*. Pleasant fellow, always willing to offer his 2p worth, never shy of offering an opinion. Definately... vasectomy*.

P.S. I don't have to know everything about everything to be a great human being. Shit! Do I?

(* Please replace with the preferred sterilisation technique of your gender)
 
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