Hi guys,
I along with 3 of my other friends are moving to eastham,london in a
few days and want to apply for a broadband connection. We need your
help in finding the right service provider for us.As far as our
requirements are concerend
1) No contract
2) No download limit
3) Cheapest

Also is there any way of getting broadband without a phone line as all
of us have our own mobile phones and dont want to pay extra for the bt
phone as well.

Cheers

manujg@gmail.com wrote:
1) No.
2) Several, shop around..!
3) Again, shop around.
4) Only if you already have cable.

Ivor

hi,
well actually virgin provides broadband without contract but there
price is the problem.24.99 for 512 kbps line :-(
can u recommend some broadband provider with phone line please.

cheers

hi,
well actually virgin provides broadband without contract but there
price is the problem.24.99 for 512 kbps line :-(
can u recommend some broadband provider with phone line please.

cheers

manujg@gmail.com wrote:

try central point at 12-99 a month , you only need a 3 month contract .

On 6 Dec 2004 10:54:21 -0800, "six-toes" <sixty_toes@hotmail.com>
wrote:


I signed up with CP on their 1Mb service. After a number of glitches
to begin with, it seems to have settled down and is rather good.
Speeds almost as fast as BTYahoo 1Mb, and a little variable, but
nothing really to complain about and it is £5 a month cheaper, with no
capping at all.
John
In limine sapientiae

That's for 150kb/s. It's doesn't deserve to be called broadband !
Proper 512kb/s is £18.99 ~ you can do better then that !

Regards,
Martin

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:05:08 UTC, "Martin²" <never@give.one> wrote:

But it *is*.

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On 8 Dec 2004 07:50:18 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:

Indeed.

"The term broadband Internet access, often shortened to "broadband
Internet" or just "broadband", generically refers to last-mile
Internet connections exceeding the bandwidth capabilities of standard
analog modems and of ISDN connections."

Mind you, it only just exceeds the specifications of dual-bonded ISDN.

Oliver.

Try Talk Talk's broadband.

www.talktalk.co.uk

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:44:42 UTC, Oliver <oliver341@bigfoot.com> wrote:

Well, that's an incorrect, OfCom-like, non-technical definition of
broadband Intrenet access. The correct meaning of 'broadband' has
nothing to do with that, of course.

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On 8 Dec 2004 17:50:12 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:

If you're going to criticize me, then you should offer your own
definition.

Oliver.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:37:04 UTC, Oliver <oliver341@bigfoot.com> wrote:

I wasn't critricising you, but the definition you gave. It was in
quotes, so I didn't think it was yours..! I was in a hurry, and it's
been discussed many times. But anyway...

Broadband is essentially a technology that uses multiple frequency
carriers to transmit/receive information. ADSL uses multiple carriers,
so it's a broadband technology.

Compare (say) 10BaseT Ethernet, which uses a single frequency, thus is
baseband (hence the name). But that runs far faster than most (if not
all) ADSL in use.

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On 8 Dec 2004 19:09:54 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:

You are correct in saying it's not my definition.

True. However, "broadband" is one of those words which is being
re-shaped by common usage. If you asked a cross section of people what
"broadband" means, many more will say "fast internet" than something
involving "carriers" and "frequencies".

"Bandwidth" is another word which has been changed by common usage.

Oliver.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:35:26 UTC, Oliver <oliver341@bigfoot.com> wrote:

There are attempt to reshape it, and some people are resisting the
corruption of well-defined technical terms. If they were just
descriptive words, fine; but they have a definite technical meaning.

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I was thinking of geting pipex broadband as they dont have any contract
obligation and no download limit.
Kindly suggest

In article <odler0h0ajtsr9ssejj4ipud6mn6akp091@4ax.com>,
Oliver <oliver341@bigfoot.com> wrote:

Surely, while most wouldn't be concerned with "carriers" and
"frequencies", they would agree that the essence of broadband is an
Internet signal carried on a phone line in addition to phone calls.

If you asked: "fast Internet, leased line or broadband?", surely most
would know the difference and answer correctly even if they didn't know
the technical differences.

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John F Hall