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From: "Hugh Watkins" <>
Subject: Re: [SoG] Computer help at the Fair
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 02:33:33 -0000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Ainsley" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:28 AM
Subject: RE: [SoG] Computer help at the Fair


> Tim commented:
>
> > So, if you are going for ADSL broadband, you should get rid of the old
> > modem-based phone lies. ADSL seems reliable enough not to need a backup
> > line for modem access.
>
> Tim - I'm afraid you are incorrect there. As a supplier of broadband
> (ADSL) services I /strongly/ advise my customers NOT to abandon
> their ISDN or other connections if their communications are vital to
> their businesses precisely /because/ of the unrelaibility of many
> broadband services. For instance - BT had a major hiccup over the
> weekend which meant that about half or customers were without
> services for a number of hours - and this is far from the first time -
> some sort of problem crops up about every ten days.
>
> Furthermore, if you avoid BT because of this, a number of the cable
> suppliers - NTL being a particular example - will sell you a 1Mb
> connection, which is can be throttled to as little as 128k at their end -
> if you read their T's & C's carefully you'll see that they are entitled to
> do this - but who reads T's & C's! This is not a matter of the 20:1
> contention ratio that is part of the "normal" 1Mb ADSL service - its
> their own way of keeping their costs down.
>
> If you have an ISDN connection - keep it - and get a router that has
> ISDN fallback - chances are they you'll need it from time to time.


thank you "Hugh A"

the real point of a group is to gte the expert lizards out of their holes intoi the sun

cheapest is not best

I keep my old dial ups on my machine just n case

I have only used them once since ADSL
when I kicked a connection loose ---
untidy cables on the floor ;-((


Hugh W


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