Re: Metronet-bad news

On Tuesday, in article
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oldcodger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Old Codger" wrote:

> sarah wrote:
>
> > ADSLguide may be your friend -- assess the
> > company's strategy, pay your money, take your chance. Remembering
> > that you lose x days/weeks of broadband each time you change.
>
> You shouldn't lose any time if you migrate. In theory, your connection
> stops working, you replace with the new ISP's details and reconnect. Of
> course, if it goes wrong .....

Trouble is, there are two different ways of supplying an ADSL
connection, IPstream and DataStream. One uses BT-supplied connections
all the way to the ISP facility centre, the other used an ISP-supplied
connection from your exchange. Migration is easy using the BT-supplied
system, difficult otherwise.



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