If you can get AOL broadbandyou 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.
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dogsbollocks,
Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:48,
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yesss, butsome 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
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Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:50,
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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.
( dogsbollocks,
Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:53,
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i would....butthey 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
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Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:55,
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/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
Ah, but the loveliness iswe 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 :)
(Don't wanna sound like I'm having a go, just suggesting an alternative :)
dogsbollocks,
Thu 30 Oct 2003, 23:57,
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