Carphone warehouse to offer free broadband?

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...90&p=y7884yx96

Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently £29.99 for
2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)

Noman

"Noman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...90&p=y7884yx96
>
> Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently £29.99
> for 2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)

Yup - I laughed when I heard the news ;o)

I know exactly who's hosting their kit, and how much it's costing per month.
The "free broadband" will come with a huge "BUT".

Gizmo wrote:
> "Noman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...90&p=y7884yx96
>>
>> Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently
>> £29.99 for 2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)
>
> Yup - I laughed when I heard the news ;o)
>
> I know exactly who's hosting their kit, and how much it's costing per
> month. The "free broadband" will come with a huge "BUT".

What is that but?

"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Gizmo wrote:
>> "Noman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...90&p=y7884yx96
>>>
>>> Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently
>>> £29.99 for 2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)
>>
>> Yup - I laughed when I heard the news ;o)
>>
>> I know exactly who's hosting their kit, and how much it's costing per
>> month. The "free broadband" will come with a huge "BUT".
>
> What is that but?

A very tight download limit would be my guess. They will be paying the same
rates as the rest of the ISPs and will not be able to afford 10gb+ a month
users.

On 10 Apr 2006, "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>What is that but?
>
Unless the poster identifies who is suppling the service, I'd be
likely to ignore any if's or but's because they could be vapour,
rather than based on any facts. Past posts have indicated that
service from TalkTalk blocked or throttled peer-to-peer and if
that remains the case I foresee a number of kiddies being far
from happy with Mum and Dad switching to free CW/TT ADSL (*)
It might mean they have to buy CDs/rent DVDs again :-)

(*) That rather assumes the rumours come true. TT has been doing
their ADSL free for the first three months, then 4.99/month which
is perhaps quite tempting, but having them for phone line rental,
as well as the possible blocking of indirect access services, may
make the overall costs of using TT/CW for a home line lots *more*
costly than sticking with BT/others for the voice calls. However
with the price of ADSL (and perhaps VoIP) one might do OK with TT
(but they might have a 12 month contract, so a potential reason a
user should consider them very carefully before signing up). PGM.

Noman wrote:

> Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently £29.99 for
> 2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)

are you on one of the LLU exchanges they might use, or on one of the
other 4,000 odd they won't bother with ?

Free broadband from talk-talk is value for money, but I'll stick to
paying £24.99 to someone else which is also value for money.

Phil

"PhilT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Noman wrote:

> Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently
> £29.99 for
> 2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)

are you on one of the LLU exchanges they might use, or on one of the
other 4,000 odd they won't bother with ?

How do you find this out?

steeler <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> A very tight download limit would be my guess. They will be paying the same
> rates as the rest of the ISPs and will not be able to afford 10gb+ a month
> users.

It's not quite that simple - non LLU ISPs pay some 80p/gb (I forget the
exact number) effectively, for the connection from the users to their
machines.

If the company has their own network, then the cost can be much, much
less.

However, with a 'free' service, of course, even if it's a tenth of that,
they won't want 10Gb+/mo.

In message <4439938b$0$9264$(E-Mail Removed)>, Beck
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>> I know exactly who's hosting their kit, and how much it's costing per
>> month. The "free broadband" will come with a huge "BUT".
>
>What is that but?
>

Essentially, you'll get the service you pay for (and the service you
deserve for falling for it)
--
Clint Sharp

"GwG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "PhilT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Noman wrote:
>
>> Here's hoping for £14.99 a month inc phone and calls! (currently £29.99
>> for
>> 2 meg unlimited + phone/calls)
>
> are you on one of the LLU exchanges they might use, or on one of the
> other 4,000 odd they won't bother with ?
>
> How do you find this out?

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