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Hi there, you might recognise me, I lurk on the MB every now on then. Soon, I should be upgrading from 28.8k modem to broadband, but I really want to know the best package! |
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Depends massively on what's available in your area. You amy well find that there is only one provider, and even within that, only one speed/sort available. |
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surpisingly id go for aol. it has one of the fastest / most reliable connections in the UK. & youll probably get a free modem. the browser is a bit shit but you can still use IE6 or mozilla if you minimize it. and its handy for email because its built into the software so you don't have to use another email client, and their spam filter is pretty good albeit not infallable. |
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What is BT Broadband like? You get a free Modem with them, also, or is that Freeserve? I think it's Freeserve, but those two are linked, aren't they? As in, you need a BT line to use Freeserve. |
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has your answers if you're going for adsl. I use Pipex and can't complain, although checking them now it looks like they have introduced some kind of bandwidth limit system (which SUCKS) to new signups. |
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my sound is not working for flash animations. how do i fix this? |
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Don't use AOL. |
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but connie is so hot! |
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I'm using BT. It works good. Make sure you have enough microfilters though. |
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i'm using NTLworld it's £35 a month for 1mb, and i've found it ok i've had my mail account go down a few times, but most of the time it's been ok |
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Snap. Props to them for not charging through the nose for extra microfilters. |
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I may have spoken to you =op |
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how do you mean, you may have spoken to me? do you work at their call centers or something? |
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Speaking of packages. I got my up-to-26Mbit VDSL modem today! Too bad I don't live closer than 300m from the phonestation to get the 26Mbit. I get about 8Mbit. |
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OMG! Lazy linkage has a life of its own. |
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01) What are microfilters? :D 02) oscillik - is that 1mb/second?! |
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yes that's 1mb a sec |
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Yeah I work on broadband tech support =o) I had a little nose to see if I'd spoken to you but no. My mate has though =oD |
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hehehe lol how do you know? you searching from my handle? oscillik is only ever me online - no-one else has that handle i'm quite pleased i chose a unique handle :) |
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Some BT broadbad operates through the phone lines (almost like dial up). However, it effectively shares the phone line by reducing the audio quality and using the "spare" to carry internet traffic. The bitrate is variable (officially I think it's 1mbs) and highly dependent on your distance from the local exchange. You need to put microfilters on each phone line access point in the house when using this technology. You get two included, but you have to pay for additional ones (about £6 each I think). So long as you don't have two dozen phone points in your house, it's not a problem. |
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yeah i got it from your hompage address in your personal page. Now I know where you live >=oD MWA HA HA HA HA I get my 1meg half price. |
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AOL broadband goes through ntl's networks cause AOL are scummy |
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I get about 8 mbit/sec to , everybody gets about 8 mbit hehe! I have bredbands bolaget. Who the hell lives 300 m from a phonestation anyways ??? Its so stupid. 8mbit is more then enough for now though , you hardly ever get to use the full speed anyways (Unless you visit the lovely swedish hubs at DC hehehe =)) |
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My average dowload speeds is about 120k/s |
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So, is 1mb per second about the UK norm for homes? |
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hehehe damn, erm...i better make sure that all valubles are kept with me when i go out iBook - check DeLorean - check Casio SK-1 - check you get half price??!! jammy sod!!!!! |
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1mb is the fastest in the UK at the moment as far as i know anyways |
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ohh damn actually, i think you can get up to 3mb a sec i'm sure my dad was on about getting a 3mb connection from blueyonder or something *is most possibly confused* |
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512k is "normal". and you can get much faster connections that 1mb in the uk. if you can afford it! |
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there arnt many UK ISP's that provide a residential connection for more than 1meg, most are buisness packages I think it's like less than 10% of ntl cmr's have a 1meg, so there's not enough demand for us to bring out a higher service level yet |
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What's wrong with the US and UK? Sweden might be full of meatballs and Swiss choclate and polar bears, but we seem to be lightyears ahead regarding connection speeds. I know 4 people at work who have 10Mbit (10mb or meg as you call it) connections in their houses, both up and down, on fibreoptics. I don't know anyone who still runs on modem. Maybe it's because I live in a bigger city, but still. Two ISPs here, Bostream and Bredbandsbolaget, both offer 10Mbit/26Mbit ADSL/VDSL in the major cities. I've had 5Mbit since february 2000. The best part: the prices are the same as in the UK or US. Telia is probably the only real bloodsucker here (compare to the UK prices/speeds mentioned here), but even they've had to clean up their act. Some smaller ISPs are like that, but they're essentially just hiring their business from Telia. |
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Polar bears hehe! =) You forgot to mention all the big breasted blonds who goes "ja! jaaa! Ja" with a weird german accent and are named Inga. |
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Yeah. They're starting to bloom this time of year :) |
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Our government sucks. They just don't want us to have the internet at proper speeds. If they did then we'd be getting some 10Mbit connections at proper prices too. They are available in the UK and faster but you'd have to get a leased line. |
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So much for our "all government agencies online by 200x" (I forget which year it was) promise from Tony... He didn't specify (anywhere) what constitued being "online" (presumably he meant to provide staff with internet access for work purposes and also for each organisation to have a webpage). Subsequently many smaller agencies simply spent the grant on a cheap PC with a dial up line and they just sat in the corner, unused and then used the rest of the grant on frivalous things. Another great use of the taxpayer's money :D |
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Shall I go for job? =o) Work's been sucking more than ever latley |
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DO IT! |
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fucking hell £50 an hour that's the bomb! |
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aol is good i got a free modem free help line and you can get up to 20mb in a single email |
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BRIGHTER THAN THE SUUUUUUUUUN ! |
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Best Broadband package is to get yourself a wireless network at home and try to hook into someone elses as they haven't encrypted their network. Great fun. |
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