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Hi, i'm getting BT Broadband soon and wanted to know whether they are better than Blueyonder?

Also, i've got Xbox Live and I need to know what to do when I change my ISP because when I set up my Xbox Live Account I had to get a MAC address from Blueyonder, do I have to do that with BT?

I'm getting Sky Digital too!

Cant wait, the last time I had Sky was about 2 years ago. I've really missed the movie channels.

:-(

How do I use up my Gb on Xbox Live?

The Ghost wrote:
> Well, it isn't my decision so even if it's a bad idea theres nothing
> I can do about it.
>
> :-(

Don't get me wrong, aside from the download limit, they're a great service.

If you reach your 15Gb limit within the Month, your connection speed will be reduced drastically. You'll have to pay stupid prices per Gb to go back to full speed.

15Gb is better than most limits, but it's still easy to reach.

ßulle†† wrote:
> I'd avoid BT Broadband if I were you - especially if you're using Xbox
> Live.

Well, it isn't my decision so even if it's a bad idea theres nothing I can do about it.

:-(

> They're introducing a 15GB limit. Not good.

What does that mean?

How will it affect my Xbox Live?

I'd avoid BT Broadband if I were you - especially if you're using Xbox Live.

They're introducing a 15GB limit. Not good.

As soon as my contract expires (this Nov) I'm moving to Plusnet.

Oh, cheers.

:)

phi11ip wrote:
> BT = ADSL
> Blueyonder = Cable

I used to have Blueyonder, someone told me something about them having a different connection to BT, do any of you know what hes talking about?

I have to wait till wednesday to get ADSL, thanks for the info PlusNet...

phi11ip wrote:
> it depends on how far away from your exchange you are.

That has no effect on the ping, has an effect on whether you can actually get ADSL at all or what speed but not pings. Hardware is the most important factor in getting good pings. A USB modem would likely to be a couple of ms slower than a router. So a USB modem might ping 20ms to a server where as a router would ping 18ms. The router also provides a more constant ping rate where as the ping on a USB modem could change ie. 20ms one go 23ms the second where as the router would probably stay at the same ping.

Think about pinging a server 100 miles away from your location and you get 20ms do you thing being 1Km from the exchange compared to somebody 2Km from the exchange will give you differing results? 20ms for 100 miles an extra 1Km is not going to matter in the slightest.