BT have been laying lots of new copper over the last week or so in the
Village
My question is, after the exchange is enabled how long does it take to get
my (or any) ISP to set up the broadband service,
I am at present with NTL for telephone services as well and wonder if its
worth staying or looking around. The advantage of staying is all email
addresses stay the same! I still have accounts I cant access after my last
change of email address!!!

I quite like the complete package for phone and internet access, though I
still have BT for the link to the exchange.

Also what PAYG dial up service can people advise for those times when
broadband goes tits up....

Des

It took my service provider 10 days to get the exchange enabled for me but
they did say 10 -15 days to start of with and of course depending on which
service provider you go with. Each may have different time scales to work
to.

Krystian

"Des" <descanawayspamfree@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:3_PEe.12571$Fx3.7809@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...

Des wrote:
Just because BT is putting new copper in the ground doesn't mean that the
exchange is being upgraded, for that they would need (above all) a fibre
link, but you may in possesion of other information which is telling you
that your exchange is being enabled at a certain date..

Normally it's only a matter of days after the exchange goes live, it would
depend heavily on how fast the ISP you chose push the order thru after it
has gone over...

Tell me about it, I made a list before I left NT(hel)L, yes it was that bad
honest (a story for another time). I left last September & I'm still
running into accounts/ sites which are still holding my old details mind you
I'm not getting half the spam I was getting
In the time since I went active last september I have only had one outage,
lasting 5 hours, which was in the late/early hours so didn't really affect
me. DSL if set up properly both on your property & the BT network should be
that good but if the DSL service did go down the chances are you wouln't be
able to use a dial up anyway (many cases have the DSL working although the
telephone line is dead as well). PlusNet offer a 0845 dial up included with
some of their DSL services so you may want to give them a look see......

:

Or perhaps BT have got too much fibre (of the TPON variety) in the OP's
area, which might explain why he is excited about them laying new copper?

--
Graham.



%Profound_observation%

Graham wrote:
True......

On Sunday, in article
<3_PEe.12571$Fx3.7809@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net>
descanawayspamfree@ntlworld.com "Des" wrote:

10 working days quoted in the initial letter of confirmation (which is
probably 2 weeks by the calendar).

The modem arrived 8 days later, and by then the line was active.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."

"kraftee" <kraftee@spamoff&die> wrote in message
news:42e3de18$0$24484$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
Sorry I should have just said cable! showing my age... I know that the
exchange is fibre-optic enabled as I had an aquaintence in BT when it was
upgraded in the early 90's and he told me the exchange was capable of film
transmission just BT wouldn't/couldn't set it up, something to do with
copyright?
The date for enabling claims to be 27th July and on checking there seem to
be no delays?

Thought so
I would agree with spam , I enabled my sons name (gaelic spelling and
unusual) within seconds of being set up he was getting spammed big time

tried NTL and the web application said no way go to Virgin? would like
something better than 512Mb (trades description to call that broadband) I
will have a look at Plusnet.

Des

"Des" <descanawayspamfree@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:nKTEe.15502$vv6.3030@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
Speedtouch modem and the service has been excellent
Blair

""David G. Bell"" <dbell@zhochaka.org.uk> wrote in message
news:20050724.2128.104647snz@zhochaka.org.uk...
I am in exactly the same position as Des but also have the problem of a
microwave link from the exchange to our island. BT of course cannot tell us
what the bandwidth is of the microwave link. The link serves 15 phones and
of those 3 are definite for broadband with 3 dithering. A phone call to NTL
to order the full package including all phone calls brought the response
that no order taken until the exchange is activated and then upto 4 weeks
for activating.
I have sorted the phone call side out as 18866 seem extremely cheap for
calls which just leaves the broadband side.
If I decide not to use NTL for broadband can I downgrade my subscription
with them from the freedom package to just p.a.y.g and retain my email
address's?
Do all ISP's charge for changing bandwidth packages as if the microwave link
is only a total of 2Mb it could be a waste of time ordering anything over
the 512Kb.
Looks like I might have to wait for the other two folk to get on and see
what happens. One is going with AOL and the other always uses BT.

Mick

On 25 Jul 2005 05:50, "Blair" <darrach@coille.com> wrote:

Have you looked at <http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post>
...
When including text from a previous message in the thread, trim it
down to include only text pertinent to your response. Your
response should appear below the quoted information.
...

People who take a bit of time before adding their comments are far more
appreciated, and more likely to get answers when they post a query.

| The advantage of staying is all email
| addresses stay the same! I still have accounts I cant access after my last
| change of email address!!!

I would strongly recommend to anyone that they separate their email from
their ISP. I use these people

http://tinyurl.com/b4rg8

But there are many others.

Gaz.

On 24 Jul 2005 17:12 GMT, "Des" wrote:

I'd suggest getting a domain of your own. Loads of firms to choose from, (eg
123-reg.co.uk, ukreg.com for some .co.uk / .org.uk ) and others from under
US$10/year for a .com / .org domain... As low as $2.99/year for a .info if
you look around. Some services, such as RegisterFly.com offer mail handling
and webspace at no extra cost, and they've a free option to protect registrant
mail addresses from being spammed, too...

Forget ISP-based addresses as there's no guarantee it won't be scrapped one
day (after 8 years with one in the USA, they were taken over, and my rather
short mail address was forever lost - I now use ISP-based mail infrequently)

--
runbox.com - 1000 MB of mail storage and 100 MB for files...
30 day free trial... <http://web.vfm-deals.com/runbox/>
Can accept mail for your domain and apply filtering...
Point your MX record to mx.runbox.com and use POP/IMAP...