| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 5 May 2001 at 21:01:17 |
| Subject: | Re: ADSL (was Networking options) |
Dave Fisher said,
> Hi Neil,
>>> Try http://www.adslguide.org.uk :)
>> No thanks, I hate reading web based forums.
> LOL :) I do aswell but thats one of the few I like for some strange reason.
> If you are considering ADSL (I don't mean you Neil, I mean in general), I'd
> stongly suggest at least taking the time to browse over the site and forums
> once. There is a lot of usefull information on there, and a lot of people
> that have ADSL already, from which you can get some good feedback and
> experience.
I've had a look, but I really dislike reading discussions on the web.
It's bad enough reading newsgroups at Google :(
> Its not just forums, there are links to sites to visit once
> you've got ADSL,
I've followed all of those :)
> Actually, might be worth mentioning the site in AA if you've got space Neil,
> its got a lot of information etc on it.
If we do a broadband feature, I'll definitely mention it. It's a very
useful site.
> [BT Poxy Proxy]
>> Very odd. It was bad enough when I used a dialup BT account.
> Mmm, well most of the people seem to say that sites that update regularly,
> like the BBC Weather site, BBC News etc, are always out of date when they
> load the page. Thats certainly not the case for me, and I also visit a lot
> of sites with regularly updated content, and I've never *noticed* it's been
> out of date.
It's not just the way it can go out of date, it's the way their proxy
servers fall over. When it's transparent, there's no easy way to get
round it, so sites become accessible. You can skip the proxy, by adding
a "? to the end of the URL, preferably with a fake variable assignments
too.
>> I've all but decided who to go with, and it ain't BTO. None of them will
>> let me order it until I've moved into the new house, because they need
>> to do a line check. Why they can't check it now is beyond me, the house
>> is occupied and the line is active.
> hehehe, sounds about right :) Make sure its tested on a dry day or your line
> length will go up :-p
Well, BT have already screwed up. I asked for my Home Highway to be
disconnected on Friday and a new line to be installed at the new house
on the same day. They only booked the first part. Then I asked for the
home line's number to be transferred to the existing line at the new
house. They arranged that, but have to send an engineer round to do it.
They booked him for the morning, despite my telling them we wouldn't have
access until the afternoon.
Now they say they can't book an engineer to install the new line at such
short notice (I placed the order two weeks ago). When I asked why the
engineer that was already attending couldn't do it, they said "umm".
The good part is that as a HH customer I get £27 compensation for each
day I'm without service. Instead of coming Friday afternoon they'll come
early Monday morning. I don't need the phone line at weekends anyway and
I'm getting £81 compensation! That's half the ADSL install paid for :)
Cheers
Neil
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