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I remember when I got my first computor, a 486, 16mb or RAM, 4x CD-ROM, and a massive 400Mbs hard drive. It was the bee's knees at the time, eight years ago...a year later I bought a 56K external modem to go with it, and 7 years later I could use that modem instead of my internal one with the same results, why?
I know BT goes on about how our phone lines cannot cope with anything higher, and there is ISDN and ASDL, which yeas is quicker, but also costs way too much money for anyone other than businesses to afford them. At the rate technology is moving, especially in electronics, communications and commputing why have a still got the same speed internet connection I had 7 years ago. Is it because BT have such a large monopoly they feel they dont have to keep up with technology, and is there any thing we can do about it?
No, I only have simple requests, all I want to do is download a patch or mp3 in under half an hour, is that too much to ask, obviously it is, I just hope someone from BT gets to read this message and realise that they need to do something cheap and easy and soon.
I know BT goes on about how our phone lines cannot cope with anything higher, and there is ISDN and ASDL, which yeas is quicker, but also costs way too much money for anyone other than businesses to afford them. At the rate technology is moving, especially in electronics, communications and commputing why have a still got the same speed internet connection I had 7 years ago. Is it because BT have such a large monopoly they feel they dont have to keep up with technology, and is there any thing we can do about it?
No, I only have simple requests, all I want to do is download a patch or mp3 in under half an hour, is that too much to ask, obviously it is, I just hope someone from BT gets to read this message and realise that they need to do something cheap and easy and soon.
Well My Name is Neo, I feel you must have been the only person in the UK or Even the world to have a 56K Modem 6 years ago. To my recolection 6 years would have been 1995 and there were no 56K modems them. I got y first modem in 96 and and then got a NEW 33.6 in 97. I later then UPGRADED it to X2 about 98.
So unless you worked for US robotics or a simular company then you didn't have 56k in 95.
Modems have also improved over the recent years.
28.8 - 56K & X2 - V90 - V92
So unless you worked for US robotics or a simular company then you didn't have 56k in 95.
Modems have also improved over the recent years.
28.8 - 56K & X2 - V90 - V92
My Name is Neo wrote:
what i'm trying to say that there hasn't
> been a major advance in the internet connections since the
> beginning. Sure there have been small steps but they havent
> revolutionised the way we surf the web, or the price have they?
There have been, quite major advances in the forms on internet data transmissions over the past few years...
Although, they may not have been what you were expecting... besides, apart from an in crease it Bit rate, what else needs to be increased/updated?
As far as price goes... In the past three/four years, weve gone from paying a tenner a month for ISP access and paying phone costs... to free ISP acess, but paying phone costs... to ISP costs and free evening calls... to completly free tenner a month ISP costs... so, we are saving an enourmous amount of money, in a very short amount of time...
The problem with the neew connections is that they arnt financially viable... the Goverment keeps asking BT to add the lines... However its not in BT's best interests to do so...
what i'm trying to say that there hasn't
> been a major advance in the internet connections since the
> beginning. Sure there have been small steps but they havent
> revolutionised the way we surf the web, or the price have they?
There have been, quite major advances in the forms on internet data transmissions over the past few years...
Although, they may not have been what you were expecting... besides, apart from an in crease it Bit rate, what else needs to be increased/updated?
As far as price goes... In the past three/four years, weve gone from paying a tenner a month for ISP access and paying phone costs... to free ISP acess, but paying phone costs... to ISP costs and free evening calls... to completly free tenner a month ISP costs... so, we are saving an enourmous amount of money, in a very short amount of time...
The problem with the neew connections is that they arnt financially viable... the Goverment keeps asking BT to add the lines... However its not in BT's best interests to do so...
If we choose not to use a 56K then we would pay so much more to surf the net, BT is absolute crap and they rip off every single customer... It really annoys me that they get away with so much and yet they still continue to keep us behind compared to America!
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http://www.computershopper.co.uk/ 98phieas/php3/openframe.php3 ?page=newnews/newsarticle.php3 ?id=3377
Have a read through this article - it's about Oftel claiming that we actually pay less for web access than some places in America (remember the spaces). Personally, I do think we're being ripped off, but I don't pay the bill so I'm not complainging too much right now; hopefully by the time I am paying it something will have changed for the better.
Have a read through this article - it's about Oftel claiming that we actually pay less for web access than some places in America (remember the spaces). Personally, I do think we're being ripped off, but I don't pay the bill so I'm not complainging too much right now; hopefully by the time I am paying it something will have changed for the better.
I get what your saying with the Telewest and Cable but my main point is that the main population of England who are connected to the internet, connect to it by using a 56k modem, sure some people have faster lines, but its not a clear option and costs way to much money for what you are recieving, what i'm trying to say that there hasn't been a major advance in the internet connections since the beginning. Sure there have been small steps but they havent revolutionised the way we surf the web, or the price have they?
It's only £25/month if you have Cable TV or telephone. It's £33/month if you only have Cable Internet (Blueyonder - http://www.blueyonder.co.uk).
The previous post seemed to convery the wrong message. You can have Cable Internet *whether or not* you have any other cable services. However, it is £33 if you do not have any other services.
Rikki
The previous post seemed to convery the wrong message. You can have Cable Internet *whether or not* you have any other cable services. However, it is £33 if you do not have any other services.
Rikki
You do not have to have cable TV to get a Telewest cable modem, just a Telewest phone line, which is cheaper than BT. And it is only £25 a month!!
BT havent got a total monopoly. You can get a cable modem for only £30 a month but this means that you have to subscribe to cable TV which is more expensive then SKY. Also at present BT can only just satisfy the demand for ADSL and so due to the laws of economics they will keep the price high. I believe that in the next 6 to 18 months either Cable will offer their cable modem without TV and as such force BT to lower prices or BT will be able to satify higher demand and so lower prices.
I remember when I got my first computor, a 486, 16mb or RAM, 4x CD-ROM, and a massive 400Mbs hard drive. It was the bee's knees at the time, eight years ago...a year later I bought a 56K external modem to go with it, and 7 years later I could use that modem instead of my internal one with the same results, why?
I know BT goes on about how our phone lines cannot cope with anything higher, and there is ISDN and ASDL, which yeas is quicker, but also costs way too much money for anyone other than businesses to afford them. At the rate technology is moving, especially in electronics, communications and commputing why have a still got the same speed internet connection I had 7 years ago. Is it because BT have such a large monopoly they feel they dont have to keep up with technology, and is there any thing we can do about it?
No, I only have simple requests, all I want to do is download a patch or mp3 in under half an hour, is that too much to ask, obviously it is, I just hope someone from BT gets to read this message and realise that they need to do something cheap and easy and soon.
I know BT goes on about how our phone lines cannot cope with anything higher, and there is ISDN and ASDL, which yeas is quicker, but also costs way too much money for anyone other than businesses to afford them. At the rate technology is moving, especially in electronics, communications and commputing why have a still got the same speed internet connection I had 7 years ago. Is it because BT have such a large monopoly they feel they dont have to keep up with technology, and is there any thing we can do about it?
No, I only have simple requests, all I want to do is download a patch or mp3 in under half an hour, is that too much to ask, obviously it is, I just hope someone from BT gets to read this message and realise that they need to do something cheap and easy and soon.