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  1. Sep 5th, 2001, 11:00 AM #1
    chrisjk
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    Why is BROADband so expensive??

    150 smegging squid to get installed...
    £39.99 a month

    Think i'll stick to my single channel ISDN at £14.99/month..bastards!
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  2. Sep 5th, 2001, 11:22 AM #2
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    Where the hell are you Chris?

    NTL - £25 installation (free at the moment - on promotion)
    £39.99 per month (including phone line and cable tv)

    Get in!!!

    I'll be having that at my new house....!
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  3. Sep 5th, 2001, 12:15 PM #3
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    Here it's a little too rural for cable...exchange was only upgraded to ADSL last month, that's how high we are on the list of priorities.
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  6. Sep 5th, 2001, 12:59 PM #5
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    Originally posted by chrisjk
    150 smegging squid to get installed...
    £39.99 a month
    Let me guess....... BTopenworld?
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  7. Sep 5th, 2001, 01:01 PM #6
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    yep...b'stards.
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  8. Sep 5th, 2001, 01:11 PM #7
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    Sheet!

    Free Install, and $39 a month (Canadian), which is about 15-20 quid.

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    Or you can rent the rock group Heart for about 64$ an evening (probably). And they're a Broad-band

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  11. Sep 5th, 2001, 02:25 PM #9
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    Originally posted by chrisjk
    yep...b'stards.
    You're telling me! I'm on their "service" .. and you're lucky if you get a connection, and don't expect to get anything over 25kb/sec...

    Their excuse? "We're aware of our recent problems, it's caused by Code Red"...

    Believe that and you'll believe anything! They've been as **** as this since about March time!
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  12. Sep 5th, 2001, 03:38 PM #10
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    damn here in nj(us) they charge $50 a month for cable!!!!!!! thats the cheap package....dsl starts around 40-45
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    Originally posted by SurfDemon
    Or you can rent the rock group Heart for about 64$ an evening (probably). And they're a Broad-band

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    Keep up the good work!
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  14. Sep 5th, 2001, 04:23 PM #12
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    ntl put up 3 large billbords advertising broadband within a 5 min. walk of my house, then say "Nop, not in your area" when you try to sign up.
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  15. Sep 5th, 2001, 04:24 PM #13
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    Maybe there's some small print at the bottom of the billboard - "Coming Summer 2005..."
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  16. Sep 5th, 2001, 04:35 PM #14
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    While I was a student & couldn't afford broadband, it was available where I lived. They outdid the quackers about 3-1 in the door to door department, and made short work of Reader's Digest's long held "junk mail king" title
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  17. Sep 5th, 2001, 04:35 PM #15
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    Originally posted by chrisf
    ntl put up 3 large billbords advertising broadband within a 5 min. walk of my house, then say "Nop, not in your area" when you try to sign up.
    Exactly the same here!

    It says something like ntl:, Telewest: Building Broadband Britain

    But when I go to register it says I live in a non-cable area! (That billboard is in the next street to me too - still non-cable area!)
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    Originally posted by j2k


    Exactly the same here!

    It says something like ntl:, Telewest: Building Broadband Britain

    But when I go to register it says I live in a non-cable area! (That billboard is in the next street to me too - still non-cable area!)
    One of the billbords is actually ON MY STREET.
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  19. Sep 5th, 2001, 04:41 PM #17
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    I thought if they wanted to get sales they had might as well promote their services in an area where they could get customers, not make potential-customers think they can get it, just to be disappointed by the fact that the billboard that is in your area is promoting a service which is not available
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  20. Sep 5th, 2001, 04:47 PM #18
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    Perhaps if I spent a day or so on their website, typing in my postcode to check if it's in my area they'll think there's an unusually high demand and do something about it.
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  21. Sep 5th, 2001, 05:03 PM #19
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    Re: Why is BROADband so expensive??

    Originally posted by chrisjk
    150 smegging squid to get installed...
    £39.99 a month

    Think i'll stick to my single channel ISDN at £14.99/month..bastards!
    60£ a month (250£ setup) for a 128k leased ISDN its gonna cost me... and you think that is expensive?!?!!
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  22. Sep 5th, 2001, 11:51 PM #20
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    Post You are still Lucky

    Better than me... I'm currently living in Little Rock, AR, USA. We have no DSL, or Cable here...

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  23. Sep 8th, 2001, 11:44 AM #21
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    Chris, who do you get your ISDN off? and is it a 24/7 connection??!?!
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  24. Sep 8th, 2001, 02:24 PM #22
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    well ...

    I paid 12000 BEF (which is around 200 £) for installation and pay 1500 BEF (around 25 £) each month for a 24/7 broadband connection.

    Fast and easy but the f*****s set a download limit of 10 gigs and an upload limit of only 1 gig.

    Still, I'm quite happy about it so there !
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    Originally posted by DWillems
    download limit of 10 gigs and an upload limit of only 1 gig.
    Per day/week/month?
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    month !!

    The bastards
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  27. Sep 8th, 2001, 05:41 PM #25
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    I'm using DSL for $50 a month. Cable isn't available here.
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  28. Sep 9th, 2001, 06:59 AM #26
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    thats stupid, i would download 10Gig in a day.... I can download 4Gig a month on my modem!!! (which I do no joke)
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