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Re: [LUG] Broadband & phone

 

On 10 April 2011 12:35, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You've got over 5Mb/sec there. That's more than OK for most stuff. You could
> double your upload if you went to a business package, but might not be worth
> the cost...

How can one double the upload? Annex M you mean? "Business" packages
AFAIK offer nothing over a regular line, except compensation and
supposedly higher priority service (BS imo) when things go wrong.

> The one down-side of the gigaset range is their crappy web interface - it's
> soooo sloooooowwwwwww....
> And the handsets are slow too - the take take half a second to actually
> hang-up a call.

Eww, that sounds crappy. I don't quite understand what you mean by the
"web interface". The device's UI is web based?!

> Hm. Three reckon they've got coverage there - certianly good coverage down
> the A39, but the checkers are never that accurate...

Hmph, I've tested with VF, though I guess I should try get some other
PAYG SIMs to be sure. Nonetheless 3G/GPRS backup is probably over
kill.

> I know that HSBC offer IP based card swipe machines - they were used in the

Other than the tangles, did they work well? Where they noticeably
better than the dialup based PDQs? How much are HSBC fees?

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