Obviously Graham has broadband hence his comments!
As someone in the same boat as John I can sympathise with him totally.
My line length is 5.3km but even with the new extended reach limits my line
is still unacceptable which must be down to the quality of the line,
something that I feel BT should put right.
What we need is another company to challenge BT in the providing of
broadband because then you can bet your bottom dollar that BT WOULD be able
to tweak the lines.
The trouble is at the moment that company is a long way off.
The current attitude of BT and users like Graham don't help those of us in a
situation where we want broadband of some sort but cant get it because BT
cant get there act together
"Graham in Melton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BB9B9CD5.14EDF%(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 27/9/03 6:13 pm, in article Wyjdb.10763$(E-Mail Removed),
> "John Lowe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I have just been advised by BT that my line cannot support Broadband
even
> > though it showed "Amber" when doing the line test. (I am currently using
> > Home Highway, and have agreed to sign up with them if it passed. I am
> > looking at their Extended Reach ADSL)
> >
> > Firstly, can I find out what my line test result is, if so how? Also,
are
> > there more "beneficial" ways of testing my line, e.g. from my home as
> > opposed from the exchage, in different weather, times of the day, etc.
> > If I have only just failed the test , is it possible that on another
> > occasion it would pass??
> >
> > Am I likely to get better success if I go through another ISP and not BT
> > Broadband? Are they able to "pull strings", or accept a slightly higher
s/n
> > figure for the line? Can I bribe someone!!??
> >
> > If the line loss was just outside the recommended would that affect
> > performance unduly?
> >
> > I am very disappointed at this outcome and would like to try almost
anything
> > to get ADSL.
> >
> I am sure you are, and who wouldn't be.
>
> Stop flogging a dead horse and learn to live without it imo - harsh but
if
> BT won't do it, nobody will.
>
> Somebody has to be outside of the limit ... And tbh, you can't run a
> telecomms system if every line has to be tweaked and adjusted etc.
>
> If you've failed you've failed - you'd be the first to complain if one day
> it worked and another it didn't - if it fails, and you're outside the
normal
> range, then the probability is that you're not even close.
>
> If you ask BT nicely they might give you some results, but they wouldn't
> really want to as you'd be on at them asking all sort of questions, trying
> to get them to spend time and money just to get a single line working ....
> which they can better spend on getting another whole exchange enabled.
>
> The BT 6km limit is well beyond the standard set for the transmission
> system, so it might work one day and not the next , and again, you'd be on
> at them complaining.
>
> Sorry, but flogging a dead horse whilst good for the soul, is usually a
> waste of time.
>
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