broadband

[Joe_Fox]

I want broadband in my house.

Here's the situation:

- I haven't got a BT landline (there's a line but we don't have a home phone set up)

- We have two weird cables that run in parallel and look like cable wires.

- We will only be living in the house for 6 months so don't want some long contract.

- we want unlimited downloads and pretty quick braodband.

What do you suggest?

 

[Steven]

What do you suggest?

We start charging for the advice we give. :icon_wink

 

[MKFox]

did you end up buying a house with your 3 mates Joe?

 

[Joe_Fox]

Everyone asks for advice, that's the whole point of forums.

The main question is about the BT landline - all the broadband services say that one is required but does that mean that the line actually has to be connected?

MK - no I didnt buy the house thank god

 

[City Fan]

As far as I know, if you want Broadband without a BT line, it will have to be through Virgin (I think).

 

[fcukcov]

Have you thought about getting it through a mobile connection like 3 mobile/vodafone or someone, you don’t need a phone line then.

 

[Macky]

The main question is about the BT landline - all the broadband services say that one is required but does that mean that the line actually has to be connected?

Yes, it has to be an active phoneline to have BB enabled on it

 

[Jeff]

Have you thought about getting it through a mobile connection like 3 mobile/vodafone or someone, you don’t need a phone line then.

He wants unlimited downloads, you won't get that with a mobile broadband.

I have a three mobile contract, I get 3GB a month, and a reasonable speed, for £15 a month, but that's no good for downloading a lot of videos etc.

 

[fcukcov]

He wants unlimited downloads, you won't get that with a mobile broadband.

I have a three mobile contract, I get 3GB a month, and a reasonable speed, for £15 a month, but that's no good for downloading a lot of videos etc.

Oh right didn’t realise that. So even on the top deals it limited? Right, I was thinking of moving over to a mobile one as well.

 

[Jeff]

Oh right didn’t realise that. So even on the top deals it limited? Right, I was thinking of moving over to a mobile one as well.

With three the top package gives you 7GB a month for £25.

But if you go over the 7GB limit it is relatively expensive - 10p per MB.


I looked at the other networks a few months ago and decided three was the best value.

 

[Macky]

He wants unlimited downloads, you won't get that with a mobile broadband.

He won't get it with fixed line broadband either.
He might get something like unlimited (T&Cs will apply) but he will be paying through the nose for it.

 

[Jeff]

He won't get it with fixed line broadband either.
He might get something like unlimited (T&Cs will apply) but he will be paying through the nose for it.

I think Virgin Media do unlimited with no "acceptable use policy" (although obviously it's limited by the speed you can achieve). There are others too, can't think of the names at the moment though.

 

[FryattFox]

The Be Unlimited/Value packages are quite good. Obviously you would have to pay the £11 BT phone line fee as well, but you can cancel at any time as long as you give 3 months notice, and the service for our Unlimited package has been excellent so far. We run it in a student house with 6 pcs and an Xbox online with no problems. Internet is very quick and pretty much seems to be unlimited. They also lend you a wireless router.

 

[Matt_B]

The Be Unlimited/Value packages are quite good. Obviously you would have to pay the £11 BT phone line fee as well, but you can cancel at any time as long as you give 3 months notice, and the service for our Unlimited package has been excellent so far. We run it in a student house with 6 pcs and an Xbox online with no problems. Internet is very quick and pretty much seems to be unlimited. They also lend you a wireless router.

I had BE but they make you use their SMTP server to send emails through outlook and it was constantly down.

Skys is much better.

 

[Jeff]

I had BE but they make you use their SMTP server to send emails through outlook and it was constantly down.

*Geek alert*

Usually when they do that they're just redirecting traffic on port 25 to go to their own server, so it's fairly easy to bypass it by using a different port - assuming the server you want to use will let you do this.

 

[Matt_B]

*Geek alert*

Usually when they do that they're just redirecting traffic on port 25 to go to their own server, so it's fairly easy to bypass it by using a different port - assuming the server you want to use will let you do this.

I suppose I could enquire, it's not a huge deal now Sky's works. With our .net hosting at work we have to use port 30 as port 25 is blocked by the internal firewall.

 

[fludie]

With three the top package gives you 7GB a month for £25.

But if you go over the 7GB limit it is relatively expensive - 10p per MB.


I looked at the other networks a few months ago and decided three was the best value.

Have got the 7gb deal.

 

[bocadillo]

I want broadband in my house.

Here's the situation:

- I haven't got a BT landline (there's a line but we don't have a home phone set up)

- We have two weird cables that run in parallel and look like cable wires.

- We will only be living in the house for 6 months so don't want some long contract.

- we want unlimited downloads and pretty quick braodband.

What do you suggest?

Move next door to Wetherspoons and connect to their free wifi.

 

[fludie]

Move next door to Wetherspoons and connect to their free wifi.

From Saturday im guessing you are making a plan :icon_wink

 

[Hammond Organ]

Try Newnet, who offer a monthly contract option. You will need a BT land Line, but that can be sorted relatively quickly.