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moz

27-01-2003, 16:47

for the dollar?
i have no ntl or b/yonder in my area,
my budgets about £30?
any sugestions

Mark

27-01-2003, 16:53

Looks like your stuck with BT or AOL broadbands, shame really, i'm on blueyonder 1Meg and its the dogs danglies :D

moz

27-01-2003, 17:01

thats almost twice as fast as aol,
is there anyone else?

Ant

27-01-2003, 17:19

I pay £23.44 per month with Pipex for 512kbps.

www.pipex.net

golders

27-01-2003, 17:22

NILDRAM: www.getadsl.co.uk (£22 a month and fastest service and best reports)

Check out: The ADSL guide for proof.

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=946

STiMPY

27-01-2003, 18:23

I'm with Pipex as well. I went with them 'cause there was no setup fee whatsoever when I signed up, plus they didn't force that Alcatel modem on me. I went off and bought the much better rated Fujitsu modem.

Ant

27-01-2003, 18:26

Originally posted by STiMPY
I'm with Pipex as well. I went with them 'cause there was no setup fee whatsoever when I signed up, plus they didn't force that Alcatel modem on me. I went off and bought the much better rated Fujitsu modem.

Same here, I bought and installed my own internal modem.

_Rob_

28-01-2003, 00:13

Nildram here, 512k £22.99 a month, excellent service and very fast!:)
Rob
p.s they are doing a half price connection if you are interested and i have an alcatel usb modem going for £46 if your interested!

Dave_S

28-01-2003, 00:25

Another vote for Nildram :)

Can't go wrong with them :D

Dave

moz

28-01-2003, 06:30

that sounds like a good deal,
whats the speed with the pipex,
im gona invetigate,
rob i may contact yuo
thanx to all;)

STiMPY

28-01-2003, 07:09

I always get 576 kilobits without fail on my Pipex connection.

_Rob_

28-01-2003, 11:08

Nildram gives me 576 too!
Feel free to give a mail about the modem, that inlcudes postage BTW. But no pressure!
Rob

Maverick

28-01-2003, 17:47

Just got connected with Virgin. The reason that I went for them is that there is no yearly contract. You just give 30 days notice to cancel. It costs me £25 a month, no activation fee and I can buy my own modem or router. I went for the Thomson 510 V4 because I wanted a built in 10/100Mbs switch.

moz

30-01-2003, 06:29

sound very good,
whats the conection fees and what they asking for the modem?
are these all on 12mnt contracts?
what does a 10/100mbs switch for?
is it better to get your own modem
thanx

Dave_S

30-01-2003, 07:03

Nildrams connection fees are half-price at the moment (£29.38)

This is a 12 month contract although if you pay more a month you can take out a 3 month minimum one (I believe)

All routers will have some kind of 10MB hub built in, some only 1 port (if you have a 4 port hub already for instace) or some 4 port etc. It's unusual for them to have 10/100MB as you don't even need 10MB because DSL is only 512k anyway ;)

It's better to get your own modem so you can choose, if you're uncertain, speak to the tech support Im sure they could recommend something (or us on here :) )

Dave

Maverick

30-01-2003, 09:43

I purchased a router with a built in 4 port 10/100 switch because I use a computer as a file server and want a fast home network. Have a look at
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/
for details of all the service providers, hardware and a description of ADSL and terminology.

These boys
http://www.dslsource.co.uk/
sell the modems and routers at a good price.

moz

01-02-2003, 19:25

:cool:
is there any products offering over 650k for the same sort of price?(i dont have ntl or blue/y in my area)
does it make any difference the type/quality of the modem that is used?:confused:

Jezz_S13

01-02-2003, 19:39

I just got NTL 600kbs, it's £24.99/month.
Tested it yesterday at 622kbs.

Tested it lots of times actually, lowest has been 597kbs (just now).

i might be lucky and be the only one on the node or however it works but I'm as pleased as punch with it. :)

moz

01-02-2003, 19:45

Jezz
is it only available in ntl areas?
coz its been under constuction for years here
wat do they charge for connection & modem?

Jezz_S13

01-02-2003, 20:27

Originally posted by moz
Jezz
is it only available in ntl areas?
coz its been under constuction for years here
wat do they charge for connection & modem?

yup only aeras with cable, got www.ntl.com and put your post code in.

there is no charge for equipment & I got free installation as they do offers every now and again. Normally £50, but there is no equipment charge.