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Gordon Henderson wrote: >> Re HomeHub reply > > You (and everyone else) has a choice of over 100 ISPs from *every* > Telephone exchange in the country (Hull excepted). All these ISPs use > the BT Wholesale network, but only one of them is BT Retail - and BT > retail is one of the worst ISPs in my books (another reason to stop me > working with a customer - even if they choose the business package from > BT retail, it's still worse than basic packages from other ISPs) > > > So where does that leave us - it basically boils down to how much you're > willing to pay to get a good quality Internet connection. Pick 2 of > these three: Speed, Low-Cost, Reliability. You'll never get all three. > Personally, I go with Speed and Reliability, and I insist my customers > do the same. I pay £25.75 + VAT a month for my Internet (plus a BT phone > bill of about £12 a month for the copper to carry the ADSL on). I know > that's out of the reach of most consumers and the big companies know > that too, so they squeeze you and dangle tempting packages in-front of > you - phone, line rental, broadband, etc. all bundled into one - and I > have to say, for the average consumer, it's very attractive, however ... > You get what you pay for... > I've cut a lot, but I did find it interesting. Thanks. I have said this before but, having a private company (with shareholders) running the phone network for a western European country? Absolutely crazy. This is the main reason, in my personal opinion, that we are so far behind other countries in the EU. I have certainly learned a lot from your email. A shame that you are too far away to come to our next Holsworthy meeting on 8th May. But it would be a useful topic to discuss. Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html