[Wylug-help] ADSL Recommendations?

[Dan Walker]

Homecall. I realise the is related to Phones4U and their terrible
adverts, but there you go.

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=1888

It was the unlimited calls that attracted me, but in retrospect we don't
actually make that many, so YMMV.

Dan

Amit Sattar wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Who did you go with in the end? I followed most of the thread but cannot
> find who you opted with. I am in a weird situation at the moment the new
> house I am moving to if I had of bought the house either side of me then I
> could have had telewest but for some unknown reason my house is excluded.
> So need to find a reliable  adsl provider.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> Amit
>
>
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Dan Walker wrote:
>
>
>>Anne Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 21 Oct 2004 17:32, Dan Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>However, they seem to be having terrible trouble convincing BT that I
>>>>actually want to do this, so I can't comment on performace yet, and Im
>>>>pretty sure it's a dynamic IP.
>>>>
>>>
>>>It would be interesting to hear of your experiences once it settles down.
>>
>>Report as promised:
>>
>>Once BT gave up rejecting the line transfer, the ADSL was actually set
>>up quite quickly, although the phone line transfer only actually became
>>active today.
>>
>>A couple of points:
>>
>>The 'free' ADSL USB modem only arrived yesterday; I had no intention of
>>using it, so my ADSL line has been useable since last Thursday, but it's
>>pretty slow response if you *do* need the freebie. It does come with two
>>microfilters, which is nice.
>>
>>The intro letter says the Tech Support is open 8am to midnight; actually
>>it's only open until 9pm. I am charitably assuming they've changed hours
>>between the posting of the letter and my phone call.
>>
>>Having said all that, when I did ring Tech Support, I said "Hi, I
>>haven't got my ADSL modem yet, but the line's up, I can see it on my
>>existing ADSL modem, what's the username/password/other settings?" and
>>the chap checked my ID and then told me what I needed to know without
>>telling me to reboot Windows or run the supplied CD. He wasn't at all
>>phased by the "And is is PPPoE or PPPoA?" question, either. Good show!
>>
>>The actual connection has been nice and speedy. I haven't noticed any
>>outages yet.
>>
>>Dan
>>
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