Can you get broadband [Archive] - Wireplay Community Forums

Ace.dd

11-01-2003, 19:01

I get cable from NTL in my area, but its prolly the worst place to have cable anywhere in the UK.

Since July I've had a 200 ping almost 24/7 and NTL are constantly telling me that its being fixed, evidently lying *******s :)

addiction

11-01-2003, 19:03

You're missing out peeps (http://home.btconnect.com/tompion2000/tbh/ping.gif) :D

Adsl here.

Ronaldo

11-01-2003, 19:03

I was wondering, if you live in an area where both ADSL and cable are available.....

Would ADSL be the best choice. Assuming most people go for cable given the choice. Surely you would have more bandwidth to hog on the less busy ADSL service?

Or does the contention ratios sort this out?

addiction

11-01-2003, 19:05

As long as you choose a decent adsl service... for instance i'm on BT Connect Business ADSL 512k with a connection ratio of 50:1 rather than the lower home user ratio. So my pings are usualy the same as good cable connections as you can see :D

GreyWolf

11-01-2003, 19:34

no.

Gokou

11-01-2003, 19:36

Blueyonder BB and BT ADSL : Birmingham
NTL BB and BT ADSL : Nottingham

:O

Mercutio

11-01-2003, 19:47

Smee

11-01-2003, 20:07

BT ADSL
Blueyonder Cable and 1mbit

I'm in Plymouth.

SilentBear

11-01-2003, 20:09

In Chelmsford, yus got adsl

At uni super connection and 1mbit at my house next year

Minim

11-01-2003, 20:25

I can't but bigger places near me can :{

-[ND]-Morgoth

11-01-2003, 20:30

Nope, but then I live in Ireland so it's no surprise! :E

-DoNz-

11-01-2003, 20:37

Nope, i live in Birmingham aswell :o

Wes

11-01-2003, 20:37

only get blueyonder 512 and 1 meg here

im in Torquay

south west

Arachnamus

11-01-2003, 21:13

ADSL, yep, Cable, nope. Burnley (near M'chter). ADSL been fine for me for 2 years now. Quite ironic really, as the 56k I was on before gave me 3k+ pings, and yet as you can see I signed up for this account in sept 00. I was part of the WP TFC community for 3+ months before I even started playing TFC :-P

Mercutio

11-01-2003, 21:37

Infact i just inquired about having ADSL installed and was told that if there was enough demand for it then it would be looked in too, i then asked what was classed as "enough demand" and BT replied "roughly 250 people"well there arn't even half that amount of people that live in my hamlet.

Denied.

[DW]LoneGun

11-01-2003, 22:07

skeg is just as bad merc, BT set the target unrealisticaly high because all the local villages are connected to skeg telephone exchange, the forgot to take into the equation that these people all live outside of the range adsl will work over though.

Defragmentor

11-01-2003, 22:30

Arbroath (small town near Dundee) and yes, the exchange is ADSL enabled (much to my surprise.)

mYth

11-01-2003, 23:37

Can't get anything. South-east England, into the country a little bit.

34 people registered for ADSL on my exchange. Cable would never be laid down here.

Jiveman

11-01-2003, 23:43

At home I could get ADSL, here in london most people have ADSL but can't get cable.

Predator

12-01-2003, 00:37

Cable: yes (ntl)
ADSL: yes
Area: Luton

hilly

12-01-2003, 00:54

telford fine for brodband, server by blueyonder

MadMaxMatt

12-01-2003, 00:56

no :( (Diss, Norfolk) :*

get isdn tho :)

dragz

12-01-2003, 01:26

No, and it will never happen.

Just one of the many advantages of living in Haytons Bent.

But luckily I get the use of Janet when I'm at Uni in Stafford.

SbS

12-01-2003, 02:48

South Birmingham Area

No

Cardiff

NTL/BT adsl

SbS

12-01-2003, 02:55

http://www.broadband1.bt.com/across_the_country/index.asp?t=2

Just found out that Barnt Green area has *finally* had enough interest, after er about two years of waiting.

Looks like i'll be upgrading for Broadband hopefully from ISDN. Anyone know how much it costs and what the steps are to do it?

Mongrel

12-01-2003, 10:26

Live in NW London and can now get ADSL, do have an NTL teev box but apparently can't get a data connection in this area until NTL remove their finger from the oriffice into which they've inserted it :angry:

Recently moved (liek 15 minutes walk down the road, so still NW London) and ADSL was a no no because BT won't upgrade the exchange.

Makes me sick when all you people who live in the arse end of nowhere can get it but people who live in the capital are told to shove it :P

RinseAid

12-01-2003, 11:41

I live in sunny old knebworth and i have a nice ntl pipe running up my street with apparently 80 people on it (capacity = 200) so thats nice and fast.
I also pretty much back onto the local telephone exchange, so i can get ADSL upto speeds of 2meg according to BT :p
Which isnt bad for a lil village made up of mostly old ppl

Dr.Tom

12-01-2003, 12:03

by cable, and anyones adsl, in birmingham

Brizie

12-01-2003, 12:22

no cable , no DSL, btw when BT say 250 "requests" they up it to 500 as my bro-in-law found out when he applied for it :mad:
got 2 w8 ages now to get my 3 nephews into clanned tfc
BT=BasTids

Refugee

12-01-2003, 12:34

Bitty has a T1 line :O

Monie

12-01-2003, 13:01

Originally posted by Mongrel

Makes me sick when all you people who live in the flibbyflobby end of nowhere can get it but people who live in the capital are told to shove it :P
Yeah, Londeners are so screwed out of everything... :P

Tonster

12-01-2003, 14:22

South West London: ADSL and BY Cable.

-IST-Jobabob

12-01-2003, 14:50

ADSL up here at lancaster (uni house)
Sweet FA down south in Rutland (parents house)

Big-Chief

13-01-2003, 00:24

apart from about 3 streets the best you can get in ireland is isdn :(

Lt. Sex Machine

13-01-2003, 00:27

Nope, my exchange (on the opposite side of town) is enabled for DSL but the cables running across Bletchley were spun by spiders so I am out of reach.

Fluffy Bunny Feet

19-01-2003, 14:31

So still many cannot get it:(

I am waiting for our exchange trigger level to be reached, its currently 395 out of 400 so we are close, apparently BT have done away with confirmation process, so as soon as the trigger level is reached, they check over the info they have and go straight into the build process which takes 6-7 weeks to go live.

Seems also thay are now offering it free to connect now and a modem and installation for £50:)

Anyone wanting to check out their exchange go here
http://www.broadbandleague.org/percent.html

Lt. Sex Machine

19-01-2003, 14:35

Are you sure about that FBF? I ask cos it would be very easy for somebody to go around a few ISPs and sign up people on the same exchange as them to reach the trigger level...

...now there's in idea for BT abuse in a good cause ;)

Fluffy Bunny Feet

19-01-2003, 14:44

Our local campaign site took that info from Bts own site
http://www.torquay-broadband.co.uk/

quote:

Notes from B.T. Broadband Site

With immediate effect BT Wholesale will start the build process to upgrade any exchange reaching the trigger - removing the 42 day confirmation process. From January 15 a new order process will be in place by which service providers will be able to take orders from.. people wanting broadband after an exchange demand trigger is hit.