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![]() hi all, i have just finished at uni, where i was used to a 10mbit connection, so as u can imagine we downloaded films non stop. ive finished now tho and am back to my broadband at home - zen, 512kbs, no limits, £27 a month. i dont use it to download any more though, just to provide good, fast internet access for browsing and email accross my wireless network. therefore i am considering changing to BT's £19.99 basic broadband, 512kbs but 1GB limit before extra charges, which is fine. one problem: it says on their site he http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_info.jsp that the basic broadband can only be used on one pc. as i wont be physically splitting the signal but sharing it with XP on my network, can i get around this. are they just trying to get people to get the more expensive version??? thanks robert ps. are bt generally good for broadband, my reason for change is to merge my home fone, mobile and internet into one bill, get a decent email address now my uni one has expired and zen gives rubbish random numbers, and have an always on connection that doesnt need to be dialled.thanks again |
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![]() In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Robert wrote: hi all, i have just finished at uni, where i was used to a 10mbit connection, so as u can imagine we downloaded films non stop. ive finished now tho and am back to my broadband at home - zen, 512kbs, no limits, £27 a month. i dont use it to download any more though, just to provide good, fast internet access for browsing and email accross my wireless network. therefore i am considering changing to BT's £19.99 basic broadband, 512kbs but 1GB limit before extra charges, which is fine. one problem: it says on their site he http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_info.jsp that the basic broadband can only be used on one pc. as i wont be physically splitting the signal but sharing it with XP on my network, can i get around this. are they just trying to get people to get the more expensive version??? thanks robert ps. are bt generally good for broadband, my reason for change is to merge my home fone, mobile and internet into one bill, get a decent email address now my uni one has expired and zen gives rubbish random numbers, and have an always on connection that doesnt need to be dialled.thanks again The general consensus in this NG is that BT Broadband is to be avoided like the plague! There are plenty of other suppliers providing equivalent or better services for much less money. For example, PlusNet's 512k 1GB per month service costs 14.99 compared with BT's 19.99 [This won't give you one bill for everything - but what's that worth? I'm not sure you'd get that from BT anyway, because I think BT Broadband is a separate company from the bit that provides the line]. You can *certainly* share this connection between a number of PCs if you have a wired or wireless router, without contravening any of PlusNet's T's & C's (although they don't specifically *support* it). It's precisely what I'm doing as I write this! [I don't see why you can't do the same with BT if you really want to, because a router will present itself to the line as a single device with a single IP address - and will use NAT to share that address across your LAN. It may or may not contravene BT's T's & C's - I don't know] -- Cheers, Tim ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. |
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![]() ps. are bt generally good for broadband, my reason for change is to merge my home fone, mobile and internet into one bill, get a decent email address now my uni one has expired and zen gives rubbish random numbers, and have an always on connection that doesnt need to be dialled.thanks again You have'nt looked at previous threads on here then ? www.adslguide.org Dave -- Some people use windows, others have a life. |
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![]() On 30 Jul 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, "Robert" wrote: are bt generally good for broadband, depends whether you are happy to pay premium rate for tech support (if needed)... they might simplify billing a little, but even the extra GB penalties are higher than others. If you hit high levels you could pay as much as 12 pounds while PlusNet charges 21.99 for their uncapped Premier account, and 19.99 would cover you for 4 GB I think... so if you are sure it will be a lower usage level, the cheaper option might be with some other ISP... get a decent email address now my uni one has expired and zen gives rubbish random numbers, Get your own domain, so you can switch ISP forever more with no ties to their mail address... certainly works for me! Peter. -- PlusNet http://tinyurl.com/24ymz - I recommend them and save some cash. Depends on account that is opened by new customer, but good value ISP IMO. |
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![]() Robert wrote: hi all, i have just finished at uni, where i was used to a 10mbit connection, so as u can imagine we downloaded films non stop. As someone who works for a University who transfers legitimate research data over the JANET network (which Loughborough University is part of) and pays for broadband at home myself so that I can read a few newsgroups in my own time, I find this sort of thing very very irritating, as it only takes a irresponsible (yes it is I'm sorry to say mostly students) few to jeopardise the whole network, albeit indirectly. I hope that now you've graduated and start to pay for things yourself you'll grow up and act more responsibly in the future Jon |
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![]() sorry jonty i think you misunderstood, we tranferred files internally. robert "Jonty" wrote in message ... Robert wrote: hi all, i have just finished at uni, where i was used to a 10mbit connection, so as u can imagine we downloaded films non stop. As someone who works for a University who transfers legitimate research data over the JANET network (which Loughborough University is part of) and pays for broadband at home myself so that I can read a few newsgroups in my own time, I find this sort of thing very very irritating, as it only takes a irresponsible (yes it is I'm sorry to say mostly students) few to jeopardise the whole network, albeit indirectly. I hope that now you've graduated and start to pay for things yourself you'll grow up and act more responsibly in the future Jon |
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![]() thanks for the advice, i am very confident i wont be needing more than 1GB - but to have 4GB allowance would be good for comfort. i will check out the adsl guide site. "poster" wrote in message ... On 30 Jul 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, "Robert" wrote: are bt generally good for broadband, depends whether you are happy to pay premium rate for tech support (if needed)... they might simplify billing a little, but even the extra GB penalties are higher than others. If you hit high levels you could pay as much as 12 pounds while PlusNet charges 21.99 for their uncapped Premier account, and 19.99 would cover you for 4 GB I think... so if you are sure it will be a lower usage level, the cheaper option might be with some other ISP... get a decent email address now my uni one has expired and zen gives rubbish random numbers, Get your own domain, so you can switch ISP forever more with no ties to their mail address... certainly works for me! Peter. -- PlusNet http://tinyurl.com/24ymz - I recommend them and save some cash. Depends on account that is opened by new customer, but good value ISP IMO. |
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![]() Robert wrote: sorry jonty i think you misunderstood, we tranferred files internally. robert Indeed I had - apologies for seeing red mist!! BT Basic will be very good, and if it suits your requirements then go for it, however I suspect that you may have a problem with using it on a network, but this could be overcome by buying a dedicated router (I got the cheapest 4 port one from Dabs around £30) which usually allows you to spoof the MAC address. But there are other alternatives, I was on pipex for 2 years which had been rock solid (only ever had one outage for 1/2 day), thus for £23.44 you could download till your hearts content. More recently due to our usage (always less than 1Gb / months) we switched to plus.net (1Gb cap, £1.50 extra Gb) at £14.99, again its been rock solid so far. I think that both these accounts allow networking, P2P etc. I guess the problem with plus.net is that you have to pay the activation fee and get your own modem / router. The good thing about ADSL is that their is competition so each year if you wished you could migrate to another provider (usually for free), thus I'd suggest that you get a fixed email address, I have my own domain which costs around £3 a year to service and use that for my email, alternatively you could get a free one (and hope that the company stays around!!), I've got one with uk2.net (which allows pop3 downloading) which over the past 5 years has been fine. Hope this helps Jon |
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![]() "Robert" wrote in message ... thanks for the advice, i am very confident i wont be needing more than 1GB - but to have 4GB allowance would be good for comfort. i will check out the adsl guide site. If you are such a light user you may also want to have a look at Metronet's range.. Regards Sunil |
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![]() Sunil Sood wrote: "Robert" wrote in message ... thanks for the advice, i am very confident i wont be needing more than 1GB - but to have 4GB allowance would be good for comfort. i will check out the adsl guide site. If you are such a light user you may also want to have a look at Metronet's range.. Regards Sunil They have a decent service and they have just had a network upgrade and reduction in prices. http://metronet.co.uk/adsl/paygo Remeber to add VAT to the prices. ed |
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