Re: [PRODIG]BT Highway and ADSL

[Clive Bubley]

If you can hang on a little longer, and maybe get some support in 
your local newspaper you might get lucky with ADSL. There are 
currently (as of 21 Feb)125 registrations for people wishing to have 
an ADSL broadband service on the Ilminster exchange. The "Trigger" 
level for Ilminster is 400 registrations.

Exchanges which have reached their trigger level go through an order 
confirmation process, which lasts up to 6 weeks. During this phase, 
ISPs must convert 75% of pre-registrations into firm orders before BT 
will enable the local exchange.

With regard to BT Highway being up to 4x faster than a normal (?) 
modem - perhaps down hill with a strong wind behind it :-). 
Realistically, I would imagine 2 - 3 times faster.

Regards,

Clive


Hi,
I need to get myself broadband but I live in the sticks a little (nr
Ilminster Somerset)and my local telephone exchange does not support the
upgrades needed.
It looks like the only option for now is bt highway, has anyone had any good
or bad experiences,bt says it's up to 4x faster than a normal modem ?
regards,

simon
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