Broadband future

Hey folks,

I came back from canada last week. Was feeling really jealous to know
the facts about the broadband my cousins got there.
They are getting 3mb down and 800k up for only 25 canadian dollors pm,
ie £11 pm. My cuz said that its promotional offer and get has to pay 45
dollors for last 5 months of the year.still 25 pounds! he also said that
there is another ISP(rogers.ca) offering 5mb/800k at the same price (£25
pm)
SHAME !! i mean i m in uk and paying £35 pm for 2mb cable internet and
still only get 256k up
why cant we get simmilar sort of broadband services (if not better) here
in UK? are we BEHIND ??
i know about the 8mb service for £40 pm by ukonline.net, but they even
give 400k up

what sort of bandwidth we people will get in recent future and at wat
prices?

"cAm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hey folks,
>
> I came back from canada last week. Was feeling really jealous to know
> the facts about the broadband my cousins got there.
> They are getting 3mb down and 800k up for only 25 canadian dollors pm,
> ie £11 pm. My cuz said that its promotional offer and get has to pay 45
> dollors for last 5 months of the year.still 25 pounds! he also said that
> there is another ISP(rogers.ca) offering 5mb/800k at the same price (£25
> pm)
> SHAME !! i mean i m in uk and paying £35 pm for 2mb cable internet and
> still only get 256k up
> why cant we get simmilar sort of broadband services (if not better) here
> in UK? are we BEHIND ??
> i know about the 8mb service for £40 pm by ukonline.net, but they even
> give 400k up
>
> what sort of bandwidth we people will get in recent future and at wat
> prices?

Blame bloody BT for the behind the times service that we in the UK have
access to (

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "cAm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:41ebbe61$0$15407$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I came back from canada last week. Was feeling really jealous to know
> > the facts about the broadband my cousins got there.
> > They are getting 3mb down and 800k up for only 25 canadian dollors pm,
> > ie £11 pm. My cuz said that its promotional offer and get has to pay 45
> > dollors for last 5 months of the year.still 25 pounds! he also said that
> > there is another ISP(rogers.ca) offering 5mb/800k at the same price (£25
> > pm)
> > SHAME !! i mean i m in uk and paying £35 pm for 2mb cable internet and
> > still only get 256k up
> > why cant we get simmilar sort of broadband services (if not better) here
> > in UK? are we BEHIND ??
> > i know about the 8mb service for £40 pm by ukonline.net, but they even
> > give 400k up
> >
> > what sort of bandwidth we people will get in recent future and at wat
> > prices?
>
> Blame bloody BT for the behind the times service that we in the UK have
> access to (
>
>
>
14.90 euros for 8meg here in France...
Dave

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:csgiup$lve$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "cAm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:41ebbe61$0$15407$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > I came back from canada last week. Was feeling really jealous to know
> > > the facts about the broadband my cousins got there.
> > > They are getting 3mb down and 800k up for only 25 canadian dollors pm,
> > > ie £11 pm. My cuz said that its promotional offer and get has to pay
45
> > > dollors for last 5 months of the year.still 25 pounds! he also said
that
> > > there is another ISP(rogers.ca) offering 5mb/800k at the same price
(£25
> > > pm)
> > > SHAME !! i mean i m in uk and paying £35 pm for 2mb cable internet and
> > > still only get 256k up
> > > why cant we get simmilar sort of broadband services (if not better)
here
> > > in UK? are we BEHIND ??
> > > i know about the 8mb service for £40 pm by ukonline.net, but they even
> > > give 400k up
> > >
> > > what sort of bandwidth we people will get in recent future and at wat
> > > prices?
> >
> > Blame bloody BT for the behind the times service that we in the UK have
> > access to (
> >
> >
> >
> 14.90 euros for 8meg here in France...
> Dave

Any cap?

P

>
>

"Peter Hayward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:csgiup$lve$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > > "cAm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:41ebbe61$0$15407$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Hey folks,
> > > >
> > > > I came back from canada last week. Was feeling really jealous to
know
> > > > the facts about the broadband my cousins got there.
> > > > They are getting 3mb down and 800k up for only 25 canadian dollors
pm,
> > > > ie £11 pm. My cuz said that its promotional offer and get has to pay
> 45
> > > > dollors for last 5 months of the year.still 25 pounds! he also said
> that
> > > > there is another ISP(rogers.ca) offering 5mb/800k at the same price
> (£25
> > > > pm)
> > > > SHAME !! i mean i m in uk and paying £35 pm for 2mb cable internet
and
> > > > still only get 256k up
> > > > why cant we get simmilar sort of broadband services (if not better)
> here
> > > > in UK? are we BEHIND ??
> > > > i know about the 8mb service for £40 pm by ukonline.net, but they
even
> > > > give 400k up
> > > >
> > > > what sort of bandwidth we people will get in recent future and at
wat
> > > > prices?
> > >
> > > Blame bloody BT for the behind the times service that we in the UK
have
> > > access to (
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 14.90 euros for 8meg here in France...
> > Dave
>
> Any cap?
>
> P
>
Don't think so www.cegetel.fr has details, my French is not very good at the
moment !

Dave....

On 17 Jan 2005 in uk.telecom.broadband, "Dave" wrote:

>14.90 euros for 8meg here in France...

URL for the ISP, please ?



--
PlusNet <http://tinyurl.com/24ymz> - I recommend them and save some cash.

My other ISP : UK Free Software Network <http://www.ukfsn.org>
UKFSN passes all profits to Free Software projects in the UK.

"Peter M" <us-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 17 Jan 2005 in uk.telecom.broadband, "Dave" wrote:
>
> >14.90 euros for 8meg here in France...
>
> URL for the ISP, please ?
>
>
>
> --
> PlusNet <http://tinyurl.com/24ymz> - I recommend them and save some cash.
>
> My other ISP : UK Free Software Network <http://www.ukfsn.org>
> UKFSN passes all profits to Free Software projects in the UK.

www.cegetel.fr as above......

Dave

www.cegetel.fr as above......

Dave

> They are getting 3mb down and 800k up for only 25 canadian dollors
> pm, ie £11 pm. My cuz said that its promotional offer and get has to
> pay 45 dollors for last 5 months of the year.still 25 pounds!

Last time I checked, the Canadian services looked really cheap on the
surface but came with things like 10 GB/month caps. If you're capping data
transfer, then you could offer a 100 Mb line to your customers without it
costing you any extra.

Peter M wrote:
> On 17 Jan 2005 in uk.telecom.broadband, "Dave" wrote:
>
>
>>14.90 euros for 8meg here in France...
>
>
> URL for the ISP, please ?

Also neuf.fr (who a friend of mine is with) are currently offering the same:

http://www.neuf.fr/offres/adsl/

I believe it is only available in major cities (maybe even just Paris)
and is on unbundled lines (degroupage)...