Migration to BT

My current ISP is Eclipse but im looking to migrate to BT but when i
try to order online it says my line is not capable of having BB as it
is too far from the exchange! My line is far but i currently get a 1mb
connection on "up to 8mb", and ive had broadband for about 4 years now.

Also does anyone know if BT cap usenet speeds? I pay for a usenet
provider but im only getting 30kbps with eclipse since they started
capping so was thinking of going with BT. I dont download a huge
amount but i would like to get full speed any time of the day....

Thanks

On 28 Oct 2006 15:45:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>My current ISP is Eclipse but im looking to migrate to BT but when i
>try to order online it says my line is not capable of having BB as it
>is too far from the exchange! My line is far but i currently get a 1mb
>connection on "up to 8mb", and ive had broadband for about 4 years now.
>
>Also does anyone know if BT cap usenet speeds? I pay for a usenet
>provider but im only getting 30kbps with eclipse since they started
>capping so was thinking of going with BT. I dont download a huge
>amount but i would like to get full speed any time of the day....
>
>Thanks

When BT first started using Giganews it did seem to be capped
according to most users. I've just done a quick test and downloaded
14.7MB in 121 secs which is approx 124KB/s. I'm not sure how fast it
is at other times of day.

> My current ISP is Eclipse but im looking to migrate to BT

At a guess, you don't read much of this group - even going back as far
as a couple of days ago someone posed the question of who the worst ISP
was. AFAIK there was only one reply, but that said it all. Guess who.

"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> My current ISP is Eclipse but im looking to migrate to BT
>
> At a guess, you don't read much of this group - even going back as far
> as a couple of days ago someone posed the question of who the worst ISP
> was. AFAIK there was only one reply, but that said it all. Guess who.

The only way you migrate with BT is out not in.

"Digby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> On 28 Oct 2006 15:45:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>My current ISP is Eclipse but im looking to migrate to BT but when i
>>try to order online it says my line is not capable of having BB as it
>>is too far from the exchange! My line is far but i currently get a 1mb
>>connection on "up to 8mb", and ive had broadband for about 4 years now.
>>
>>Also does anyone know if BT cap usenet speeds? I pay for a usenet
>>provider but im only getting 30kbps with eclipse since they started
>>capping so was thinking of going with BT. I dont download a huge
>>amount but i would like to get full speed any time of the day....
>>
>>Thanks
>
> When BT first started using Giganews it did seem to be capped
> according to most users. I've just done a quick test and downloaded
> 14.7MB in 121 secs which is approx 124KB/s. I'm not sure how fast it
> is at other times of day.
>
>
Giganews (European server) currently pumps as fast as my BT connection will
support (400-500KB/s on a 6Mb ADSL Max line). It hovers around 200-300KB/s
during 6pm to 11pm, but I am assuming that is just normal 'internet busy' as
it goes up and down from this value during this period.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> My current ISP is Eclipse but im looking to migrate to BT but when i
> try to order online it says my line is not capable of having BB as it
> is too far from the exchange! My line is far but i currently get a 1mb
> connection on "up to 8mb", and ive had broadband for about 4 years now.
>
> Also does anyone know if BT cap usenet speeds? I pay for a usenet
> provider but im only getting 30kbps with eclipse since they started
> capping so was thinking of going with BT. I dont download a huge
> amount but i would like to get full speed any time of the day....
>
> Thanks

Don't do it - you've already had a taster of how crap BT are.
Tro