BT broadband package help

I have a home office that is part of a business and was wondering what the
best BT Broadband package would be. I have 4 machines that would need to be
connected, I read somewhere that I would have to pay more for multi
connections. If anyone has any experience with business packages from BT I
would appreciate any help.

thanks
ritch

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Ritch bashed at the keyboard and said:

> I have a home office that is part of a business and was wondering
> what the best BT Broadband package would be. I have 4 machines that
> would need to be connected, I read somewhere that I would have to pay
> more for multi connections. If anyone has any experience with
> business packages from BT I would appreciate any help.
>
> thanks
> ritch

Hi Ritch,
Do you have to buy the Business Package???, I see this as a bit of a con.
You are allowed to connect more than one PC to a broadband connection, from
http://www.bt.com/homenetworking/index.jsp

" With a home network you can share your ADSL broadband connection with up
to 10 home computers - so everyone can get online without the family
squabbles."

This (IMO) says that you can connect 4 PC's as you have, on a home
connection.
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> > Ritch bashed at the keyboard and said:
> >
> > > I have a home office that is part of a business and was wondering
> > > what the best BT Broadband package would be. I have 4 machines that
> > > would need to be connected, I read somewhere that I would have to pay
> > > more for multi connections. If anyone has any experience with
> > > business packages from BT I would appreciate any help.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > ritch
> >
> > Hi Ritch,
> > Do you have to buy the Business Package???, I see this as a bit of a con.
> > You are allowed to connect more than one PC to a broadband connection,
> from
> > http://www.bt.com/homenetworking/index.jsp
> >
> > " With a home network you can share your ADSL broadband connection with up
> > to 10 home computers - so everyone can get online without the family
> > squabbles."
> >
> > This (IMO) says that you can connect 4 PC's as you have, on a home
> > connection.

> the guy i work with said BT wont give a non business connection if they know
> you are a business, once they know this they then charge extra for each
> machine they connect, i just found this out. I see what you mean about it
> being a con, the cost would come to around £70 a month. I might be forced
> to pay this unless I can work something else out, they now know the package
> would be for a registered business.
>
But why do they need to know how many machines you are connecting? Hide
the other machines in a cupboard, get a single connection, and when the
engineer's gone replace that PC with a router and clone the MAC address
- they're unlikely to ever notice.

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:44:14 +0100 and in article
<(E-Mail Removed) >, Rob Morley said...
: But why do they need to know how many machines you are connecting? Hide
: the other machines in a cupboard, get a single connection, and when the
: engineer's gone replace that PC with a router and clone the MAC address

Sorry, you're way off the mark here. What you are talking about applies
to cable products *not* DSL. DSL uses PPP to auth, Cable uses your MAC
address.

Also, do you think the engineer could give a flying monkeys?

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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:40:17 +0000 (UTC) and in article <bgj3c1$eut$1
@sparta.btinternet.com>, Ritch said...
: I have a home office that is part of a business and was wondering what the
: best BT Broadband package would be.

BT Broadband indeed. Pfff. Go with Zen or Andrews and Arnold. Both
supply as many IP address as you want and with very competitive prices.

Stay as far away from BTopenworld or BTBroadband as you can.
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I'll check them out

thanks
ritch

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> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:40:17 +0000 (UTC) and in article <bgj3c1$eut$1
> @sparta.btinternet.com>, Ritch said...
> : I have a home office that is part of a business and was wondering what
the
> : best BT Broadband package would be.
>
> BT Broadband indeed. Pfff. Go with Zen or Andrews and Arnold. Both
> supply as many IP address as you want and with very competitive prices.
>
> Stay as far away from BTopenworld or BTBroadband as you can.
> --
> CB

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> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:44:14 +0100 and in article
> <(E-Mail Removed) >, Rob Morley said...
> : But why do they need to know how many machines you are connecting? Hide
> : the other machines in a cupboard, get a single connection, and when the
> : engineer's gone replace that PC with a router and clone the MAC address
>
> Sorry, you're way off the mark here. What you are talking about applies
> to cable products *not* DSL. DSL uses PPP to auth, Cable uses your MAC
> address.

I stand corrected :-) But the principle of using a NAT router still
applies.

>
> Also, do you think the engineer could give a flying monkeys?
>
>
The bit about hiding was an attempt at humour :-\