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17 January 2001, 01:08 PM
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AOL although not brilliant costs £14.99 per month, and 0800 access. Good thing is that they don't kick you off after an hour or 2, like some of the others I looked at!
17 January 2001, 01:20 PM
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BT have an 0800 service, weekends and 6pm to midnight. I've never been chucked off it, even though the blurb says you will be, it's only if you're not actually doing any surfing or whatever.
Oh, yeah it's £9.99 a month I think.
Oh, yeah it's £9.99 a month I think.
17 January 2001, 01:25 PM
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BT are just launching a 24/7 version for 14.99 per month as well.
I use the 9.99 version, and its ok, but Im a little unsure about the lag for online gaming after last weds UT session, so Im going to look into it.
robski
I use the 9.99 version, and its ok, but Im a little unsure about the lag for online gaming after last weds UT session, so Im going to look into it.
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17 January 2001, 01:45 PM
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I also have the BT Evening & weekends package. With a teenage son it ensures that my evenings and weekends are spent without interruptions from the phone!
However, he does report that he always gets cut off every 2 hours (usually downloading from Napster
).
However, he does report that he always gets cut off every 2 hours (usually downloading from Napster
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17 January 2001, 02:54 PM
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I suppose I will have to put up with sh1tty lag. I do play online games, but obviously I don't want to pay for the dail up time.
Looked at AOL but don't want there cr@ppy software.
Looked at AOL but don't want there cr@ppy software.
17 January 2001, 05:43 PM
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Other option is NTL, where you have to buy their little dialler box, and as long as you use £10 per month on voice calls (price rise to £15 in Feb) you won't have any other charges.
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17 January 2001, 07:48 PM
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One problem I've just remember with BT is that they don't support 56k speeds on older (i.e. non V90) modems, so they only connect at slower speeds.
18 January 2001, 01:18 PM
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Maybe I haven't been chucked off coz I'm on the ISDN connection and it's not so busy?
Funnily enough downloading doesn't seem to be considered "activity" presumably because no guff is being fired back down the line to indicate it's in use.
Funnily enough downloading doesn't seem to be considered "activity" presumably because no guff is being fired back down the line to indicate it's in use.
18 January 2001, 01:35 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by sgould:
<B>Looked at AOL but don't want there cr@ppy software.[/quote]
I personally, just use their software to dial up, and then I use MS IE (Internet Explorer) to take over all surfing requirements. I don't use the inbuilt browser because although they make it easy for first time users, it's cack for people like us!!!
Email is picked up from anotehr source, so it's no issue to me!!!
<B>NTL</B> tried it briefly, but couldn't get a connection over 31k/sec. I knew it wasn't the modem as the connection to the office was a consistant 44k/sec!!!
Email'd them, but they said it must be the line or modem. I emailed back my answer, and they didn't reply!! (Ever!!)
Tried others but they were rubbish, and BT weren't offering the 24/7 access then. Also at the time I was the £14.99 was for the 24/7 access, but would still need to pay £4.99/month for an ISP!!! Double check that, as they may have changed it since AOL went £14.99/month all in!!
Cheers
Andy
<B>Looked at AOL but don't want there cr@ppy software.[/quote]
I personally, just use their software to dial up, and then I use MS IE (Internet Explorer) to take over all surfing requirements. I don't use the inbuilt browser because although they make it easy for first time users, it's cack for people like us!!!
Email is picked up from anotehr source, so it's no issue to me!!!
<B>NTL</B> tried it briefly, but couldn't get a connection over 31k/sec. I knew it wasn't the modem as the connection to the office was a consistant 44k/sec!!!
Email'd them, but they said it must be the line or modem. I emailed back my answer, and they didn't reply!! (Ever!!)
Tried others but they were rubbish, and BT weren't offering the 24/7 access then. Also at the time I was the £14.99 was for the 24/7 access, but would still need to pay £4.99/month for an ISP!!! Double check that, as they may have changed it since AOL went £14.99/month all in!!
Cheers
Andy
20 January 2001, 05:08 PM
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I just signed up today to BT Internet £10/month with free access evenings and weekends, so we'll see how it goes.
I've been with TFI (the free internet) for the last year and had lots of trouble getting a connection, usually give up after 20 or so tries, so it will be cancelled.
Stuart
I've been with TFI (the free internet) for the last year and had lots of trouble getting a connection, usually give up after 20 or so tries, so it will be cancelled.
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22 January 2001, 09:47 AM
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Use ntl at home - what a palaver - (including installation software with hidden click boxes). They seemed damn keen to grab all your telehone business, less keen to give you the internet access.
Anyway now we've got it most of the the time their DNS and POP3 server are down, or overloaded, or inaccessible for some other reason.
If it don't get better in a week or so we'll dump them
JD
Anyway now we've got it most of the the time their DNS and POP3 server are down, or overloaded, or inaccessible for some other reason.
If it don't get better in a week or so we'll dump them
JD
23 January 2001, 10:33 AM
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BTInternet aren't supporting 24/7 via surftime-anytime yet or in the future..
I use demon for 24/7 via the surftime package, costs quite a bit more tho, I've been connected since before xmas via my ISDN and have yet to be kicked off.
Demon assign you your own IP address, great if your want to host your own web/email site..
I use demon for 24/7 via the surftime package, costs quite a bit more tho, I've been connected since before xmas via my ISDN and have yet to be kicked off.
Demon assign you your own IP address, great if your want to host your own web/email site..
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