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Title: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: quandam on Jun 04, 2009, 10:17:26
This may be of some interest?http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1190629/BT-roll-super-fast-broadband-5million-customers-extra-cost.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1190629/BT-roll-super-fast-broadband-5million-customers-extra-cost.html)
Title: Re: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: kinmel on Jun 04, 2009, 10:29:48
They are simply offering WBC on enabled exchanges without charging the £12.65 setup cost, BUT will require a new 12 month contract.

The "up to 8Mb" now becomes " up to 20Mb" and the throttling stays as it is now.

Not very tempting.
Title: Re: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: Sebby on Jun 04, 2009, 10:32:50
I agree with you, Alan.
Title: Re: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: Rik on Jun 04, 2009, 10:39:51
It's an interesting admission about their own network that they've decided not to 'offer' 24M, isn't it.
Title: Re: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: kinmel on Jun 04, 2009, 10:43:46
Quote from: Rik on Jun 04, 2009, 10:39:51
It's an interesting admission about their own network that they've decided not to 'offer' 24M, isn't it.

Elsewhere they have said the full 24Mb would only be achieved by very few customers and the 20Mb offer will avoid confusion
Title: Re: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: Sebby on Jun 04, 2009, 10:44:36
Save them money more like!
Title: Re: High Speed Broadband For Everyone?
Post by: colonelsun on Jun 04, 2009, 20:31:49
It's like i'm living in outer Mongolia....a century behind the rest of the world and where hot, milky coffee comes straight from the goat sharing your yurt.....and yet i know they get better broadband speeds out there. Still, the coffee tastes better here.