cheapest ADSL/other broadband

Iain Dingsdale

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May 28, 2001, 5:42:23 AM5/28/01

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what is the cheapest ADSL service in the uk? i can get adsl as far as im
aware, btu i dont want to spend a fortune. how fast are the cheepy 115k
services likely to be?
are other services like europeonline worth considering?
also, does anyone know id eurobell do a cable modem service?
thanks for any advice to a novice! :-)

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MikeB (not Mike B)

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May 28, 2001, 6:56:39 PM5/28/01

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NTL (if you can get it) is the cheapest deal I know of at £10 a month
on top of your NTL phone/cable TV subscription. The 64Kb/sec service
runs quicker than a modem, but more important, its always on and very
reliable in my experience.

Cheers,
MikeB

Dan

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May 29, 2001, 5:14:01 AM5/29/01

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"Iain Dingsdale" <ding...@madasafish.com> wrote in message
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> what is the cheapest ADSL service in the uk? i can get adsl as far as im
> aware, btu i dont want to spend a fortune. how fast are the cheepy 115k
> services likely to be?
> are other services like europeonline worth considering?
> also, does anyone know id eurobell do a cable modem service?
> thanks for any advice to a novice! :-)
>

The best deal I've found is Telewests Blueyonder 512kbps for £25/month if
you subscribe to any of their other services. NTL was about the same I
think....not sure....but I'm not even sure I can get that here.

Dan

Dave

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May 29, 2001, 12:38:04 PM5/29/01

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He said he wanted ADSL and he was in a Eurobell area. Therefore there is no
point in quote details of NTL or Telewest!

As far as I know, there is no Eurobell service (yet). Looks like your only
option is the £20/month service from Homechoice
http://www.homechoice.co.uk/revolution/fastinternet.html

Dave

Iain Dingsdale

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May 29, 2001, 1:29:18 PM5/29/01

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so what sort of downloads can i expect from that?
its considerably slower than the the likes of BTO, but thats obviously
reflected in the price. are 15-20k/sec downloads unrealistic?
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Mark

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May 30, 2001, 9:42:26 AM5/30/01

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On Tue, 29 May 2001 17:38:04 +0100, "Dave" <da...@peilow.demon.co.uk>
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I seems that you only get 115kbps and you still have to pay your
existing phone bill. I don't think it would work out significantly
cheaper than the BT ADSL.

Mark.

Dave

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May 30, 2001, 11:19:07 AM5/30/01

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> so what sort of downloads can i expect from that?
> its considerably slower than the the likes of BTO, but thats obviously
> reflected in the price. are 15-20k/sec downloads unrealistic?

It is 115kbps as you originally said for a "cheapy". This will offer you
~14K bytes per second. It is about the same as 2 channel ISDN, but costs £20
for an always on service.

Your other option, depending on where you live, might be Tele2. This is
150kbps for £20 per month, ie slightly faster. Have a look at
www.tele2.co.uk

Dave

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May 30, 2001, 11:21:06 AM5/30/01

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> I seems that you only get 115kbps and you still have to pay your
> existing phone bill. I don't think it would work out significantly
> cheaper than the BT ADSL.
>

It may be a quater of the speed but in practice you are unlikely to get 512k
all the time with the other services.

You have to pay your phone bill in addition to other ADSL costs too, ie £50
for the ADSL and another £10 for phone line + calls on top of that.

Dave

Mark

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May 31, 2001, 6:10:05 AM5/31/01

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On Wed, 30 May 2001 16:21:06 +0100, "Dave" <da...@peilow.demon.co.uk>
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Ah. I was told before that the ADSL fees replaced your BT line rental.

Mark