In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Daniel Kendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: lazy question Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:59:13 +0000
Avoid BT like the plague...They've dropped Mac support completely
"Oh not again! How many times have we gone over this on-list?!
I'll write it nice and big so everyone can see...
BT BROADBAND IS LIKE ANY OTHER BROADBAND, THE TECHNOLOGY REMAINS THE
SAME THROUGHOUT, IT JUST MEANS THEY'RE NOT PREPAIRED TO HOLD YOU HAND
AND TELL YOU WHAT TO CLICK ON YOUR SCREEN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET A
ROUTER OR USB MODEM WHICH DOES SUPPORT MACS AND SINCE THE ORIGINAL PLAN
WAS A ROUTER WITH AIRPORT ANYWAY I DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS! THATS
THE POINT IN ROUTERS, THEY'RE COMPLETELY PLATFORM INDEPENDENT.
"
Nope, since teaming up with Yahoo, they require you to use the Yahoo tools to manage your account settings (they switched my Mum's BT dialup account last year without telling her. It went into spam overload within a week and filled her mail box on the server so they blocked her account). Unfortunately the Yahoo tools are PC only so if you get a problem you're stuffed.
The *line* itselfis the same as all the other ISPs rent off BT, however the service is very much 3rd world. As far as the Mac 'specific' ISPs are concerned, there are some very good broadband providers who don't just rent the lines off BT, they actually go out of their way to make sure that all their extras are properly Mac compatible (some even host your free webspace on Mac servers).
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