Dialup

[DR]

I need a freephone dialup account for 1 month - anyone know of anyone doing 1 month contracts - I dont mind paying a fee for the month of course

[aidanjt]

I don't know of any ISP who provides freephone dialup anymore, they're all using special rate numbers such as 0845 now, even for the payed accounts
That includes Demon and Zen, the two main business heavy weights. :/

[geezerone]

Plusnet do a 1 month dial-up contract, either 'lite' (20hrs) or 'standard' (160hrs) which are £4.99 or £14.99 per month look : here for details.

There are options for Premier (280hrs) or Premier+ (400hrs) but cost £29.99 and £39.99 respectively

[aidanjt]

good call, the link you gave requires you to be authenticated
http://www.plus.net/products/residen..._standard.html
that works thou.

That's not cheap, you'd have to be either in the ass-end middle of nowhere or insane to go for it :/

[geezerone]

That's not cheap, you'd have to be either in the ass-end middle of nowhere or insane to go for it :/

£4.99 not bad though, and let's face it, who would want more than 20hours on dial-up?

[aidanjt]

you mean who could *stand* more than 20 hours on dialup? lol

[autopilot]

Wanadoo (now Orange)? Thats what i use.

Yep, stuck one dial-up, but it's not that bad. You just have to adapt (downloads over night etc). Onspeed really helps browsing too.

[geezerone]

Yep, stuck one dial-up, but it's not that bad. You just have to adapt (downloads over night etc). Onspeed really helps browsing too.

-- No way! Once you've had a taste of BB (not that junk TV show), it really is THAT bad!

[autopilot]

Yeah, i have had BB at my old house and use my friends and families connections plenty, so i know what i am missing.

Trouble is, i live in a cottage in the countryside and for some reason i am connected to the wrong exchange. There is a BB enabled exchange quite close, i have asked but BT wont switch me over. The one i am on has about 8 miles of poor line between my house it it.

If anyone has any ideas as to how i could get BT to sort this out, i would love to know!

[aidanjt]

bribes?

[kasavien]

similar situation really, me and my parents are stuck on dial up, can't get BB on our line due to a DACS device on the line which allows 2 phone lines on 1 cable. again if anyone knows of a solution to this that allows us to keep the 2nd line then i would love you long time

[aidanjt]

well, the problem is ADSL itself splits the signal between a telephone signal and data signal over 1 line, i don't think the two are compatable afaik. You could use a VoIP service like SkypeOut and have a second virtual phoneline, much cheaper too.

[kasavien]

well, the problem is ADSL itself splits the signal between a telephone signal and data signal over 1 line, i don't think the two are compatable afaik. You could use a VoIP service like SkypeOut and have a second virtual phoneline, much cheaper too.

Its the incoming calls we need too, not sure how thats handled on VOIP, and currently we have the 2 lines using the same phone number, and besides educating my parents on how to use VOIP sounds like too much hassle