After serious thinking [email protected] wrote : > > In a message dated 03/02/2010 17:17:19 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Have you tried getting an I-Plate from BT > > > Thanks for the reply Graham, > > No I haven't considered this option, experimentation has shown that I have > to remove the lower plate of the master socket and plug into the main > socket behind to get any internet connection at all. In such a case I don't > know if an 'I' plate would help. Also I am not a BT Total Broadband > subscriber, I pay BT for the line rental and AOL for Broadband and 'phone > calls and am one year into a new 18 month contract with AOL. Breaking the > existing contract, taking up a new deal and getting an 'I' plate seems a > bit extreme, though it may have to come to that. However a 1.5Mb increase > on my present nominal 'best possibe' 256kb (but actual 150kb) is not to be > sneezed at. Sceptic that I am, I doubt that this kind of increase would be > nothing less than miraculous. What an I saying, a reliable 150kb link > available during the daytime and early evening would be a great improvement > on my present service. > > Footnote: It doesn't mean much to me but there are mumblings in the > village about the lines from the exchange being aluminium rather than copper > - does this explain anything to the experts? > > Arthur Naylor Have you actually contacted AOL/BT in writing, officially about this problem?
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