Anyone use BT ADSL? Is it good - bad - don't do it.

Any views?..... :eek:

Take a look at this:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/isps.asp?action=index

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BTopenworld Home500:Replaced ISDN64/128kbps.
Installed on scheduled date & time.
Staightforward software/driver setup.
Able to continue receive old ISP E-mail.
No annoying 'clicks'from 'Highway'wallbox.
Modem a horrible luminous green !!
Logged-on 24hours a day-bliss.
Best of all runs @<hidden> 576000 bps.
Altogether very pleased. :D :D

Moleslayer, a couple of Q's if I may.

With Highway, you would have had two PSTN (analogue) lines as well as your ISDN line. Did you have to give up those PSTN lines and come down to one? With my Highway, I use one PSTN for my Fax and all outgoing calls and one for incoming calls. I would miss the second PSTN and it is this, and the cost of the change, that is holding me back from changing.

What do you now pay overall comapred with what you paid before?

Also, see this:
http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=35&t=001281

fobotcso,

You are correct in your assumption......
The narrowband digital line is converted to a normal single PSTN phoneline and then upgraded to broadband.The 'Highway' wallbox is replaced with a splitter allowing voice calls whilst online fulltime.You would therefore lose your fulltime fax facility,as it would be shared with voice calls.BT offer a second PSTN line for other dedicated purposes.

COSTS:Pretty horrendous!
1. Removal of ISDN £100
(There would be a charge for cancelling narrowband contract-if applicable)
2. BTopenworld installation £150
3. Second PSTN line around £100-£150
4. My monthly useage charges down by about 50%
:D :D

All said and done outragiously expensive,but personally i think its worth having.So much for Mr.Blairs 'Broadband For The Masses'
:mad: :mad:

I have just had BlueYonder broad band cable modem installed for £25 a month from NTL-Telewest.

Superb, and I mean superb, 0800 tech support.

Gauranteed 512k connection, fastest I have timed so far in 1.8 Meg i.e. between a T1 and a T2 connection in my living room :D

Joy.

WWW

[ 07 October 2001: Message edited by: Wee Weasley Welshman ]

Good innit WWW :)

H

Sadly, I don't think the underground 'cable boys' will ever be interested in my out-of-the-way location (dirt track:6 houses).So whilst I envy you guys your Telewest Connx'n.
some of us will have no choice but to rely on the good old BT 'overhead wire' monopoly rip-off :mad: :mad:
There,I feel much better now....

Had Openworld for 3 months now, couple of teething problems sorted out with up to date drivers , and a powered USB hub
Generally good service, IE6 download (12Mb) in 6 min, dont think I could go back to 56K modem !!!
Only problem is cost was £150 installation and is £40 PM but no other complaints.

If you're "Always On", can you be your own Web Site Host?

If so, do you have to pay someone and how much?

You can host your own web via ADSL. Best advice is to have it on a seperate machine - thus protecting your main machine from hackers.

Just put in my order for BT Openworld last week. Installation on Oct 18th. I'll feedback on how it goes. Cable not an option here. Local planning regs mean it'll be years before the roads can be dug up. If its anything to to with NTL they can s*d off! NTL have arbitrarily decided to shut down the Cable and Wireless ISP CWCOM which I've been on for ~2 yrs. Basically the plug is pulled on 30th Nov with no migration to NTL offered. So C& W customers basically just binned. :mad: The worst bit is NTL never told me. Not so much as an email. Learnt about it by accident.

I'm using Freeserve Plus ADSL at the moment and again I have no gripes about the quality of the service but they've put the cost up to £50 a month. They're honouring my 1 year contract at £40 a month at the end of which I want to ditch Freeserve and move to BT to save the extra £120 a year, question is does anyone know what BT will charge me as I already have the modem but supposedly it belongs to freeserve, I don't really want to have to pay £150 installation just for some chap at the exchange to swap me my line from the Freeserve card to the BT one.

Any ideas? Anyone tried it?#

D8

driver 8 have a look at this: http://www.adslguide.org.uk/isps.asp?action=index
You can see from this the organisation that offers you the best deal.

Because ADSL is so new no one (or very few) people have had a contract renewal. I would think that as BT own the line and modem that switching to Openworld would be as cheap as chips as no work needs to be done other than re-route your connection at the exchange onto the Openworld ports and give you a new IP address.

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