[SWLUG] Introduction/ ADSL in cardiff

[Plod]

Huw

One other thing to consider with the ADSL route is where you are in Cardiff.  The BT infrastructure is old in parts and cannot support it.  I cannot get ADSL, but my neighbour across the street can.  In fact another friend who runs a shop has ADSL, but on behalf of the business next door.  His shop can get it but right next door can't, and he is located right on death junction. (City Road/ Albany road.

I have NTL and I echo the other views regarding the service.  Up times very good, and I have never been aware of any limits, although that is probably because I have never reached them.

Paul 

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at swlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at swlug.org] On Behalf Of Huw Lynes
Sent: 24 February 2006 12:06
To: discuss at swlug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Introduction

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 12:02 +0000, Chris M. Jackson wrote:
> On 2/24/06, Huw Lynes <H.Lynes at wesc.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Sorry I should have been more specific. Accounts in the 
> > 25-30GB/month range seem to be reasonable in terms of 
> > price/performance. I don't mind paying for bandwidth I'm using. 
> > Decent service levels are more important to me than cost.
> 
> For all their flaws, NTL have supposedly removed the 1GB/day cap from 
> their 1Mbit and 2Mbit services, the cable modem is 100% hardware (no 
> funky firmware drivers required) and has an Ethernet connection, which 
> is handy if you want to have a reasonable degree of control over 
> firewalling, NAT, etc. without spending huge amounts of money on good 
> kit.  While their customer service is somewhat lacking, once 
> everything is working the uptime is generally good (typically >99%).

Getting cable into my second-floor flat might be more hassle than I'm willing to go through. ADSL + router is an easier solution.

Thanks,
Huw


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