Help! upgrade from 512 to 1Mb

I am currently on bt's 500 home self install product which ive
been on for 2 years. I can upgrade to bt's 1mb product for
£40.99 per month but is there any decent alternative .The plus
side is only about half an hours downtime and i am happy
with the service. Can someone recommend a service provider
for a 1mb service. Also if i move to a different provider how
much downtime will there be. And why does bt offer an
upgrade with and without modem but at the same price , why
would you not take the modem if theres no charge even though
i allready have 2.

Andy.

FFS... don't pay BTs extortionate prices. There are plenty other providers
who can offer you a 1Mb service for less money.

I have a 2Mb service from Central Point for £35.49 a month.

Mind you, I had hellish problems with the changeover. It took 10 weeks from
ordering to getting a service that worked.

I have had no problems with it since, though.

Stu.

"A.J.B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c95lre$rc2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am currently on bt's 500 home self install product which ive
> been on for 2 years. I can upgrade to bt's 1mb product for
> £40.99 per month but is there any decent alternative .The plus
> side is only about half an hours downtime and i am happy
> with the service. Can someone recommend a service provider
> for a 1mb service. Also if i move to a different provider how
> much downtime will there be. And why does bt offer an
> upgrade with and without modem but at the same price , why
> would you not take the modem if theres no charge even though
> i allready have 2.
>
> Andy.
>
>

"Stuart Gibson" <no e-mail address> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> FFS... don't pay BTs extortionate prices. There are plenty other
providers
> who can offer you a 1Mb service for less money.
>
> I have a 2Mb service from Central Point for £35.49 a month.
>
> Mind you, I had hellish problems with the changeover. It took 10 weeks
from
> ordering to getting a service that worked.
>
> I have had no problems with it since, though.

BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now paying £38
for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second anyone?

Take it easy

Bowman

Bowman wrote:
> BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now paying £38
> for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second anyone?

I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully expensive
compared to the £75pa I'm paying.

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"nsj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bowman wrote:
> > BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now paying
£38
> > for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second
anyone?
>
> I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully expensive
> compared to the £75pa I'm paying.
>
> --
> Now Playing: Kanye West - Through The Wire [249kbps ogg]


Go on then enlighten us as to your ISP. £75 per year for 10 meg seems a
little toooooo good to me.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Paul
Landregan said......

>
> "nsj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Bowman wrote:
> > > BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now paying
> £38
> > > for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second
> anyone?
> >
> > I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully expensive
> > compared to the £75pa I'm paying.
> >
> > --
> > Now Playing: Kanye West - Through The Wire [249kbps ogg]
>
>
> Go on then enlighten us as to your ISP. £75 per year for 10 meg seems a
> little toooooo good to me.
>
>
>
Good question cos his PC has got a BT broadband IP.
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"Mugwump" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Paul
> Landregan said......
>
> >
> > "nsj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Bowman wrote:
> > > > BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now
paying
> > £38
> > > > for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second
> > anyone?
> > >
> > > I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully
expensive
> > > compared to the £75pa I'm paying.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Now Playing: Kanye West - Through The Wire [249kbps ogg]
> >
> >
> > Go on then enlighten us as to your ISP. £75 per year for 10 meg seems a
> > little toooooo good to me.
> >
> >
> >
> Good question cos his PC has got a BT broadband IP.
> --
> Mugwump
>
> Reply to 'usenetmail{at}discworld{dot}org{dot}uk

So thats where all the BW has gone. Though the net was a bot slow recently.
NSJ has all the BW on his 10Meg BT Broadband link.

On Fri, 28 May 2004 18:11:25 +0100 and in article <DUWwObNREHA.2548
@server1.thedragon.hopto.org>, Paul Landregan said...
: "nsj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
: news:(E-Mail Removed)...
: > Bowman wrote:
: > > BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now paying
: £38
: > > for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second
: anyone?
: >
: > I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully expensive
: > compared to the £75pa I'm paying.
: >
: > --
: > Now Playing: Kanye West - Through The Wire [249kbps ogg]
:
:
: Go on then enlighten us as to your ISP.

It's blatantly JANET. 10mbit speeds are *very* hard to achieve in my
experience of using janet in halls. 400-500k is more the figure.

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chris

chris wrote:

> On Fri, 28 May 2004 18:11:25 +0100 and in article <DUWwObNREHA.2548
> @server1.thedragon.hopto.org>, Paul Landregan said...
> : "nsj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> : news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> : > Bowman wrote:
> : > > BT are extortionate. I was paying £30 a month for 512k, I'm now paying
> : £38
> : > > for 2mb with Bulldog. I'm happy. Downloads at 200kbytes a second
> : anyone?
> : >
> : > I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully expensive
> : > compared to the £75pa I'm paying.
> : >
> : Go on then enlighten us as to your ISP.
> It's blatantly JANET. 10mbit speeds are *very* hard to achieve in my
> experience of using janet in halls. 400-500k is more the figure.

I can only suggest your halls network was badly planned and/or installed
and/or maintained, then.

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Mugwump wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Paul
> Landregan said......
>
>>"nsj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>I'm sure it's painfully slow compared to my 10Mb. And painfully expensive
>>>compared to the £75pa I'm paying.
>>>
>>Go on then enlighten us as to your ISP. £75 per year for 10 meg seems a
>>little toooooo good to me.
>
> Good question cos his PC has got a BT broadband IP.

No it hasn't.

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