[access-uk] Re: BROADBAND ENQUIRY
- From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:34:32 +0100
Ray wrote:
"That said, when we are all adicted to watching TV any time we like up to a
week or so after transmission, I wonder if 2Mbs will still be enough?"
It won't, 8mb is pushing the limits of ADSL down analogue copper wire (at
street level). For that kind of stuff you are probably going to be looking
at 15mb for starters, that's probably going to need optical fiber up to your
house/flat. That's not very, very far away but a few years yet. I have
read a fair amount of guff on this in recent past. Telcoms are likely to
mvoe to a situation of providing all of us data packages with conventional
telephone voice services thrown in as afterthough. In other words the
priorities will be the other way around with data being most valuable
traffic to them rather than voice calls as it is in the domestic market
today.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:25 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: BROADBAND ENQUIRY
I tend to think that Tristram is right in saying 2Mbs is plenty for the vast
majority of us. That said, when we are all adicted to watching TV any time
we like up to a week or so after transmission, I wonder if 2Mbs will still
be enough?
Anyway, I had a leaflet through the door about Bulldog Communications and
they appear to be very agressively cmpetitive. Take a look at:
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/provider.asp?ProviderID=4&kt=105
Just for starters. Wonder if anyone uses them or has investigated further.
Ray
Personal emails: Email me at
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristram Llewellyn"
| Plusnet major on consistency and reliability I think more than raw speed.
| You'll have to bear in mind 2mb rollout has only recently got started and
| not everywhere has that at the moment and sometimes not even broadband.
The
| availability of 4 and 8mb will be limited somewhat by geographical
proximity
| or lack of it to an exchange. Therefore a number of providers have sat on
| the sidelines to see how the customer experiences go with those provders
| that do, for example Bulldog do this in the South, but some customers have
| had major gaps in service. Take a look at somewhere like
| www.theregister.co.uk for more info.
|
| Personally for most of what you come accross today 2mb is fast enough for
| any one person.
|
| Regards.
|
| Tristram Llewellyn
| Sight and Sound Technology
| Technical Support
| www.sightandsound.co.uk
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Amro Bilal" <amro_bilal@xxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:03 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: BROADBAND ENQUIRY
|
|
| BROADBAND ENQUIRYVirgin.net is good as well. I've been with them for
around
| two years and haven't had any problems and there help line is good too.
| Though I might migrate to PlussNet when they start offering 4/8MB speed
| broadband if Virgin doesn't offer a matching service.
|
| Cheers,
|
| AmroB
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Ian Macrae
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:33 AM
| Subject: [access-uk] BROADBAND ENQUIRY
|
|
| Hi all,
|
| Having put up with their terrible customer service and lack of
proactivity
| for too long we're at last in the process of ditching NTL at home.
| Consequently we're looking at alternative broadband providers and I
wondered
| whether there were any which people would highly recommend from a VI point
| of view? Alternatively, are there any which should be avoided at all
costs?
| I remember, for example, that AOL was set to be not very good in terms of
| usability/accessibility.
|
| Cheers now.
|
| Ian
|
|
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/
|
|
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