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# yeah..
but the stupid aol supplied bb modem just gives up if i leave the aol browser...
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:34, archived)
# You got AOL broadband?
May I ask why?
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:36, archived)
# as they told me
that i could pay 19.99 a month instead of everybody elses 27.99
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:37, archived)
# oh dear lord
(I helped save b3ta! fassit is old, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:39, archived)
# yes
i pay 19.99, my friend with the same aol bb package, pays 27.99
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:41, archived)
# for £18.99 you could of got broadband from PlusNet (p2p is blocked)
or £21.99 for everything (no blocks). I'm on the 21.99 package, and it's fantastic.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:44, archived)
# you try
getting that up in Nairn, Scotland..i dare ya


/edit, i just read (no blocks) as (no bollocks)
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:45, archived)
# If you can get AOL broadband
you can get PlusNet broadband. They all run on BT's infrastructure, so if your exchange is activated (which it obviously is, for AOL to work) then you can use any ADSL provider. You can see what I mean here. Enter your phone number and it will say your exchange is ADSL activated.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:48, archived)
# yesss, but
some services don't like being used in scotland. and i hate switching to another ISP as i have had the same aol email addy for the last X years
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:50, archived)
# All of the services SHOULD work, in theory anyway.
I know what you mean about the email though, my dad was in the same predicament. We just downgraded to their cheapest dialup package, thus keeping the email address, but still not paying too much.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:53, archived)
# i would....but
they changed our contract, and now if i want to use the dial-up, it costs me about 20p a minute, because they are assholes....

/edit, if i moved to glasgow (fuck off) i could get any isp i want, but i live in the highlands, i leave the rest to be filled in by your imagination
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:55, archived)
# Ah, but the loveliness is
we don't USE the dialup. We use our ADSL connection. Then we just check the email accounts through AOL.com (or using the AOL software in TCP/IP mode), so we only pay the £4.99 or whatever it is per month for the fee, and no actual phone costs (because we're not dialling up into their network).

Don't wanna sound like I'm having a go, just suggesting an alternative :)

(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:57, archived)
# There's a reason for that,
much the same as there's a reason a mini costs less than a Jag.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:42, archived)
# lol
(I helped save b3ta! fassit is old, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:43, archived)
# hahaha
so true
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:44, archived)
# i pay
£32.99 and i have 1meg adsl

tis luverly! im rather pay this than £20 into aol's pockets for a SHIT service!! damn motherfucking aol...... cnuts!
(I helped save b3ta! Lord_Munkee, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:43, archived)
# please....
take that 1meg adsl modem, and "stick it up your ass" horizontally....




joking, of course
(alexnessie \o/., Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:45, archived)
# hah
i get that a lot

but a lot of people can get the same deal with Eclipse.net internet! its WONDERFUL!
(I helped save b3ta! Lord_Munkee, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:48, archived)
# where are you
i didn't think you could get 1mb adsl yet here through bt's network?
(I helped save b3ta! e.parsley, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:46, archived)
# You can get upto 2mb on their network*
*depending on your proximity to the local exchange
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:49, archived)
# see above message
its via a BT line, heck even BT are offering 1meg adsl packages now (it might still be the test package tho, but its on offer)
and its fabbotastilicious!
(I helped save b3ta! Lord_Munkee, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:50, archived)
# They offer 1mb and 2mb at 20:1 contention
those are not trials.

But they recently started offering 1mb and 2mb at 50:1 contention (meaning you could easily upgrade from regular 512 to 1mb without a lot of hassle) - but it's still in trial (all orders must be placed manually, the automated system is still in development).
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:52, archived)
# well
im getting my 1meg with eclipse and their automated system is ok as i have friends who have ordered via it and got it installed 10 days later....

viva la eclipse internet!
(I helped save b3ta! Lord_Munkee, Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:58, archived)
# The system I mean is with an ISP placing an order with BT for a line upgrade or regrade, it's the same for all ISPs.
It sounds like you got the new trial 50:1 package (32.99 - the 20:1 was a lottt more expensive).
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Fri 31 Oct 2003, 0:00, archived)