Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas

2011-01-22 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
Re: Malcom's and Dilwyns recent references to Wales and broadband speeds. I pay for 'up to 8Mbps' About 20% of the time I get a reported (and experienced!) '8.1' This, I have enjoyed for about 15 months. Lucky me. '5.8' is the

Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas

2011-01-22 Thread Rich Mellor
On 22/01/2011 14:15, QL-MyLink (f/fh) wrote: Re: Malcom's and Dilwyns recent references to Wales and broadband speeds. I pay for 'up to 8Mbps' About 20% of the time I get a reported (and experienced!) '8.1' This, I have enjoyed

Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas

2011-01-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Rich, What amazes me is how they can still claim up to 8Mbps service when the vast majority of houses (except in cities) seem to get a lot less - Welcome to the worldo slightly unscientific claims. Much loved by the woo trade in health supliments, and Gillian McKeith, Patrick Holford etc -

Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas

2011-01-22 Thread Tony Firshman
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 22/Jan/11 15:50 | Jan22: Hi Rich, What amazes me is how they can still claim up to 8Mbps service when the vast majority of houses (except in cities) seem to get a lot less - Welcome to the worldo slightly unscientific claims. Much loved by the woo trade in health

Re: [Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas

2011-01-22 Thread Rich Mellor
On 22/01/2011 15:50, Norman Dunbar wrote: Hi Rich, What amazes me is how they can still claim up to 8Mbps service when the vast majority of houses (except in cities) seem to get a lot less - Welcome to the worldo slightly unscientific claims. Much loved by the woo trade in health supliments,

[Ql-Users] OT - Proposed cut to BT broadband charges in rural areas

2011-01-21 Thread Malcolm Cadman
Hi, This will be of interest to some of you in the UK, in rural areas ... including the most rural Wales. From ZN News: Ofcom proposes BT wholesale rural price cuts BT should cut its wholesale costs by between 10 and 14 percent in rural areas, where there is no wholesale broadband