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"People of Special reserve, i need your help...yes you"

Ok i REALLY wanna get this whole online PS2 thing going on, but i dont have broadband, so can people tell me some good service providers and there term/conditions and monthly charges. So basically, what connection are you on and why? O and I dont think i'm in a telewest area, so other providers are welcome here.

I'm going to paste the options my phone line supports onto the screen...

ADSL Home
£18.99 per month
£50 activation fee
512 Kbps download, 256 Kbps upload


ADSL Home Office
£23.99 per month
£50 activation fee
512 Kbps download, 256 Kbps upload
Static IP Address

ADSL Home plus Hosting
£24.99 per month
£50 activation fee
512 Kbps download, 256 Kbps upload
Personal Hosting Package


Business Ethernet 500
£50 per month
£50 activation fee
512 Kbps download, 256 Kbps upload


Business Ethernet 1000
£80 per month
£50 activation fee
1024 Kbps download, 256 Kbps upload


Business Ethernet 2000
£100 per month
£50 activation fee
2048 Kbps download, 256 Kbps upload



Now then, memorandum (I will try to make this my last question) Do you think the top one will Support online PS2, and if not, what ones will?

Yes it does.

Whoa whoa whoa! before i get excited can someone (memorandum seems well informed) tell me, does ADSL support PS2 online.

Kyz22 wrote:
> I don't have broadband I dont think I can get it where I live until
> they lay some cables.
>
> LAY THE DAMN CABLES.

Broadband has nothing to do with laying cables.
It's to do with your local phone exchange being able to interpret ADSL signals.

Well, that's ADSL anyway, NTL are different, but that's mainly because they have to lay cables in the area for all NTL services.

BT - upgrade phone exchange to support BB

NTL - lay cables to offer any kind of service in your area, because they're basically starting from scratch, unlike BT who already have the entire nation cabled.

Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> Gangsta Hmapster thats VERY impressive,

Congrats on the worst spelling of Hamsta ever ;-)

> Anyone know what area's they cover? all BT areas?

go to www.nkdsl.co.uk and click 'check availability'.
That'll tell ya for sure.

Tiscali do £27 per month for 512kbps Broadband, and the modem and installation are free.

Well my family are stubborn, they wont pay for broadband no matter how cheap it is (this has nothing to do with earlier quotes, i havent shown them these yet) and BT broadband is suppost to cost MEGA bucks! so i can afford £20 a month (i only have a paper round but am getting a sunday job at the end of July)

The two reccomended earlier look good, does anyone have them and do they DEFINATLY support online play?

I have BT broadband.

It's good.

And that's all I can say really. Don't knwo the cost. :D

Gangsta Hmapster thats VERY impressive, shame the web page doesnt tell you much about it, still £18.99, i'm liking the look of this.

Anyone know what area's they cover? all BT areas?

http://www.getadsl.co.uk/forthehome.htm

That looks good, knowing my luck they wont cover me!