on 29/1/03 7:46 pm, Andrew Crystall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 29 Jan 2003 at 18:41, William T Goodall wrote: > >> In the UK most people who have a phone line can use any dialup ISP >> from anywhere. And if you are in range of an ADSL enabled exchange [1] >> you can use any broadband ISP to provide your service. With cable >> broadband it depends which (if any) cable company has wired your area. >> [2] > > Actually, as I recall it's ~60% have ADSL but another 15% odd have > access to broadband via cable internet (not including the overlap > zones) for an overall somewhere between 70 and 70 percent.
I was just quoting the figure given at http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ I don't where they got it from. > > And let me restate - all the "home" deals for dial-up access in the > UK kick you off every 2 hours, and they kick you off the *ISP > entirely* if in any 24 hour rolling period you're connected for more > than 12 hours. The ONLY exception is AOL. Demon doesn't either. See http://www.demon.net/products/access/standard.shtml "Unlike an increasing number of ISPs, Demon does not cut your connection off after an hour or two online so there�s no need to lose your position in any game! " > > There's also the slight fact as well that dial-up ISP's are �15 or > less a month, and while broadband can be had for the ~�25 range, > there are activation costs (�60) and hardware (from �40 for a ADSL > PCI card to �120 for a nice ethernet ADSL router and 4-port switch) > to consider, plus likely 2+ microfilters at �7.50 each.... Demon are doing free setup at the moment. Monthly fee �24.99 inc VAT. Combined modem / ethernet routers start under �60 inc VAT. Microfilters are �3.99, but I got three thrown in for free when I bought my kit. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Misuse of IMPs leads to strange, difficult-to-diagnose bugs. - Anguish et al. "Cocoa Programming" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
