Re: Cheap broadband was Re: VIRUS ????

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"Bill (Adopt)" <adopt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <9a6bd5374f.jess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jess <phantasm_39@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <4f37d35b99adopt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"Bill (Adopt)" <adopt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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my monthly telecoms bill is about 20 gbp (line rental ADSL and all
landline calls) I could save about a further 3 gbp, by doing away with
inclusive daytime calls. The higher quality services are generally 10
- 20 gbp pcm in addition to line rental and that is before you add
calls or a call package.

Well, there's a lot of competition in the marketplace,
so if all you're paying is 20.00gbp pcm for unlimited
everything, adsl and calls, then you're certainly onto
a winner!

40 GB and calls limited to 70 minutes, before they cost I think.

..and at that level most should be able to afford even
premium rates for the help that might occasionally be
needed from a droid.

Those calls are free if made on Network. The only calls I've made were
to do with the delay in connection, was about three months instead of
the 5 weeks quoted.

They were poor, but after experiencing Tiscali thursday night, the
memory doesn't seem so bad. Anyway my friend created such a fuss with
customer services about his treatment by their technical "support" the
offered him a 30 gbp goodwill gesture, which we spent at a night club
last night :) He has no connection yet though.

Talktalk's service is pretty well set up. The DNS used to be slow, so
I was using an alternative, but is fine now. The connection speed
(with my friend's router) is 7.5 meg (with mine only 6.5 :( ) Tiscali
to round the corner only manage about 2.5. It works with PPPoA and
PPPoE (solving one possibility of error). The user name is
yourphoneno@xxxxxxxxxxxx If you log in with the wrong passwaord, it
lets you in, but redirects you to a page with a telephone number to
phone (only from your line) to be given your password.

Having bought a good quality router (Draytek) I have yet to need to
call techincal support (after I finally got the service. It appears
that certain locations are really slow to get plugged in, I have a
friend who has been waiting since february, and another who got
connected in just a few days.)

It looks like whoever set up the system knew the quality of the call
center, so made sure that the only people who really regularly will
need to call it are idiots using windows with the free modem.

There are limits though. Transparent web proxy (which I think
sometimes gives delays) and throttling on peer to peer. But these are
to be expected on a budget service, if you don't want them you pay for
a premium service.

I say well done ..and more power to your elbow..! :))

And less tennis elbow.

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