[SWLUG] Moving to Cardiff

[Jonathan Kaye]

Gerald Davies ha scritto il 15/05/2012 14:24:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Specifically, are there any recommendations concerning ISPs?
> 
> If you are living in Cardiff then I would check a few things:
> 
> Firstly, whether or not you can get cable and/or DSL.
> 
> Secondly, if you're looking at DSL, check the telno and area and/or
> see what speeds you're looking at.  There are a few areas of Cardiff
> that are still black spots in terms of broadband - areas of Penylan
> and Cyncoed do not have cable and are far enough from their exchange
> (Roath) that the line length causes problems.
> 
> I'm not sure if this is still used and up-to-date, but it may help
> avoid this problem:
> 
> http://www.broadband-notspot.org.uk
> 
> I'm sure others have recommendations - I'm with Zen, but hear that
> Andrews & Arnold are good (?).
> 
> http://www.zen.co.uk
> http://aaisp.net.uk
> 
> You may also want to look at who is providing your phone line, e.g.
> whether it's a cable provider, such as Virgin, or British Telecom
> (BT), and look at them too.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gerald
Cheeers for that, Gerald. It's very helpful. I've made a note of it.
Ciao,
Jonathan