Kent(uk) broadband advice please.

From August 28th,broadband will be available on my local exchange,so anyone
living in the South-East of England who has any pro's or con's about which
ISP to use for broadband,your advice would be appreciated. I'm looking at
several options at present,BT,Glow Internet & Nildram being the most
likely,but am willing to hear of any other suggestions or experiences anyone
may have had,good & bad,with any of the aforementioned,or alternative ISP's.

Price will not be THE deciding factor for me,as quality of service,speed etc
is of more importance.

Thanks in advance.

Bert B.


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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:29:39 UTC, "BERT B"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> From August 28th,broadband will be available on my local exchange,so anyone
> living in the South-East of England who has any pro's or con's about which
> ISP to use for broadband,your advice would be appreciated.

Given that you can get broadband at all, and that cable etc. aren't
options, then choice of ISP is location-independent I would think.

> I'm looking at
> several options at present,BT,Glow Internet & Nildram being the most
> likely,but am willing to hear of any other suggestions or experiences anyone
> may have had,good & bad,with any of the aforementioned,or alternative ISP's.
>
> Price will not be THE deciding factor for me,as quality of service,speed etc
> is of more importance.

Depends what else you want too...static IPs? Being able to run your own
DNS and other servers? I use A&A and am VERY happy.

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Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
P70, PC/AT..

Loose exchange got ADSL at beginning on 4th June. Plus Net running with no
interruption ever since.
They have choice of packages to suit your requirements at best prices.
And you can earn discounts for referrals (HINT..)
Regards,
Martin

> > From August 28th,broadband will be available on my local exchange,so anyone
> > living in the South-East of England who has any pro's or con's about which
> > ISP to use for broadband,your advice would be appreciated.
>
> Given that you can get broadband at all, and that cable etc. aren't
> options, then choice of ISP is location-independent I would think.
>
> > I'm looking at
> > several options at present,BT,Glow Internet & Nildram being the most
> > likely,but am willing to hear of any other suggestions or experiences anyone
> > may have had,good & bad,with any of the aforementioned,or alternative ISP's.
> >
> > Price will not be THE deciding factor for me,as quality of service,speed etc
> > is of more importance.
>
> Depends what else you want too...static IPs? Being able to run your own
> DNS and other servers?

You say broadband, I take it that you are specifically refering to ADSL.

Look at performance of the larger ISPs regularly reported by
www.adslguide.org.uk

Web space, number of pop3 mail accounts, dialup backup, News Server,
Length of Contract, equipment offers are other factors that you may wish to
consider.

BT offer two types of service BT Broadband and BT Openworld


Michael Chare

"Michael Chare" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

[snip]

> BT offer two types of service BT Broadband and BT Openworld

<perhaps a stupid question>

What's the difference between BT Broadband and BT Openworld ADSL services?

</perhaps a stupid question>

Not that I'm planning on jumping ship of course! Happy where I am
ThankYouVeryMuch.

Stephen.

"Stephen Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Michael Chare" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>
> [snip]
>
> > BT offer two types of service BT Broadband and BT Openworld
>
> <perhaps a stupid question>
>
> What's the difference between BT Broadband and BT Openworld ADSL services?
>
> </perhaps a stupid question>
>
> Not that I'm planning on jumping ship of course! Happy where I am
> ThankYouVeryMuch.
>
> Stephen.
>

Hi,
the difference is that they are seperate companies (at least on paper),
and BT Broadband officially supply only the connection. So you get no
official access to a news server, no pop3 access to your mail and no SMTP
server for sending mail. That said, most people can currently access the
BTO SMTP server, and access the BTO news servers, but that could change at
any time.

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Martin