Avi

I've been using

Nick Young

Go for it, its a good service(By the way i work for Telewest)

mutant_matt

AVI,

I use TeleWest's cable modem service and it <B>ROCKS!!!!!</B>

Seriously, I've got nothing but good things to say about it - I've been keeping my eye on the performance recently and it's never dropped below 150Kbps but usually it's around 2Mbits!!!!

The other night I even got 4Mbit It's been dead reliable also - it costs me £33 per month and it's worth every penny - makes working from home easy and viable....

Ta,

Matt

Steve Williams

Hi Andy

My Brother uses it and it is VERY QUICK....

I am thinking of changing over to it. Originally they charged £33 a month, they have just dropped it to £25.

He had a couple of 'teething problems', but now (after about 3 weeks) he is ecstatic about it. [well he doesn't get out much ]

ozzy

Yep, I use it as well. 24hr non-stop high-speed access. It's the dogs dangly bits and at £25 it's a bargain.

I've downloaded full images of CD's (500MB+) in about 90mins.

Don't know if it still applies, but you used to get charged £50 for the installation. They were doing a special whereby if you were recommended by a friend, the install only cost £25.

I'm sure there's plenty of people here who'll recommend you (including myself if need be).

The cable modem (I've a Motorola 4100i)should have a USB and a 10/100Mbps RJ45 network connection, so you can hook it up to your PC via a spare USB port or with a 10/100Mbps network card.

Since all my A/V stuff's in a cupboard, I ran my own cable from the PC to where I asked for the modem to be installed. Since I'd also re-cabled my TV equipment, the install Engineer only spent about 25mins installing the kit - and that included a few cups of tea and a natter - very nice bloke.

The Engineer asked how many STB's (set-top boxes) I had as apparently there can be some drop in performance if the main cable feed has been split several times.

I already had it split twice (STB and separate feed for terrestrial TV/Radio), but I've not had any problems with it being split 3 times now.

Hope this helps

Stefan

Avi

Cheers

<B>I think it's a definate now</B>

<I><B>Andy A</I></B>

boomer

ANdy,

do you already get TV/phone through the TeleWest wire? If not, see

Avi

Allready have Cable TV through Telewest

bob

I have been on the HSL for sometime now. My record for downloading is Napster Dark Side Of The Moon downloaded in 11 minuets.

boomer

Avi,

sounds like a no-brainer!!!!

mb

Avi

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>No Brainer<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>.. eh

.. anyway..

If i get this blueyonder cable modem installed, could i just connect the modem straight into a hub and then from the hub into the 3 PC's in my house?

Cheers

Andy

[This message has been edited by Avi (edited 10 May 2001).]

DazV

AVI, I've got BlueYonder and it rocks.

Also, I think they're doing a deal if you already have any of there other services (tv, phone) they offer internet for £25 instead of £33

-DV

Charlie H

Glad my hard work is paying off I work for Telewest, looking after the local and national transmission network. It's nice to hear good things for a change rather than the grief I get all day long at work. (Don't live in the franchise or I would get it cheap)

Oakley

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Avi:
<B>
I can put you in touch with a mate who's got a four-machine network set up in his house (brother's a comp sci stude) with an old P2-233 acting as a firewall and a server with a Blueyonder modem.

F1F3R

hi
ive had BLUEYONDER around 6 months now ..
BUT I HAVE HAD LOADS OFF CONNECTION PROBLEMS ,SLOW WEB ACCESS ,SLOW DOWNLOADS ,
i play online gaming quake 1 ,sometimes i've had a faster connection with my 56k modem
SO
dont only listen too all the good stories goto b/y forum and look at all the bad too
HOWEVER its a bargain for 33 pound / mnth soon 25 i think ...
fifer ( unhappy b/y user )