Help in HULL. Any BB on 0800/0808?

Sick and tired of Kingston Communication. Are thee any alternatives
that deliver either on a freephone line or to a non-BT number?

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Jerry

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:02:41 +0100, Jerry
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>Sick and tired of Kingston Communication. Are thee any alternatives
>that deliver either on a freephone line or to a non-BT number?

Not the last time I checked, we have a client in Hull that needed ADSL
but unfortunately had to use Kingston instead of our usual, and the
same as all the clients other offices, ISP.
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SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:23:59 +0100, Lurch
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>On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:02:41 +0100, Jerry
><(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
>
>>Sick and tired of Kingston Communication. Are thee any alternatives
>>that deliver either on a freephone line or to a non-BT number?
>
>Not the last time I checked, we have a client in Hull that needed ADSL
>but unfortunately had to use Kingston instead of our usual, and the
>same as all the clients other offices, ISP.

Hmm. Do you know any dial ups or a site to look at?

Is OnStream any good?

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Jerry

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:32:09 +0100, Jerry
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>Hmm. Do you know any dial ups or a site to look at?
>
>Is OnStream any good?

Unfortunately we never bothered looking for an alternative, we just
used Kingston as it needed to be ADSL for the VPNs to work.
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SJW
A.C.S. Ltd

Jerry wrote:

> Sick and tired of Kingston Communication. Are thee any alternatives
> that deliver either on a freephone line or to a non-BT number?

How are Kingston Communications still able to hold a monopoly in Hull?

AOL offer genuine 080[0|8] access with no cut offs. I've been very pleased
with their service in the past.

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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:28:24 +0100, nsj <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> How are Kingston Communications still able to hold a monopoly in Hull?

Because no-one else is prepared to compete with them and offer service.

BT have had a licence to operate in Hull for *years*, they choose not to
offer service to residential customers there - mainly because they
can't/won't compete with the low line rental, unmetered local calls etc.

Indirect access operators have done the same in the past too, they also have
had theoretical access to KC lines (Mercury AKA CWC was one of the few
exceptions to offer access from the outset) but have declined to do so, even
with lots of prompting by KC customers seeking service.

Gareth Babb wrote:
> BT have had a licence to operate in Hull for *years*, they choose not to
> offer service to residential customers there - mainly because they
> can't/won't compete with the low line rental, unmetered local calls etc.

I thought BT had a mandate to supply anyone who wanted one with a PSTN line.
Have I been misinformed or not been told the full story?

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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:36:02 +0100, nsj wrote:
>
> I thought BT had a mandate to supply anyone who wanted one with a PSTN line.
> Have I been misinformed or not been told the full story?

They are obliged to supply every household with a phone line... except
in Hull.

K

"K" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:36:02 +0100, nsj wrote:
> >
> > I thought BT had a mandate to supply anyone who wanted one with a PSTN
line.
> > Have I been misinformed or not been told the full story?
>
> They are obliged to supply every household with a phone line... except
> in Hull.
>
> K

Whats up with Hull, is it some kind of Hell dimension?

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:04:53 +0100, "Mr Wizzo"
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>Whats up with Hull, is it some kind of Hell dimension?
>
Never been to Hull and back? I have, several times! <shudder>
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SJW
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