Soldato
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- 18 Oct 2002
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Hey guys,
I've just moved to Belfast, in an area where I believe I can get both BT ADSL and NTL Cable.
I had NTL Cable in Nottingham (4Mb) and was very happy.
There's something 'better' in my mind about cable, rather than ADSL, but this is just a gut feeling / illogical preference rather than anything scientific.
I think getting ADSL will be easier, as it'll just plug into the phoneline, whereas cable will need an access point installing (I believe). So that's a plus for ADSL...
A postcode check on BT reckons:
"Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial check on your postcode indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a line rate up to 2Mbps.
Our check also indicates that your line should be able to support a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 6.5Mbps up to 8Mbps."
But I guess this is pretty generic?
I'd say I'm a medium level user - I'd guess 2GB/month based on what I can remember from my Smoothwall logs?
Ooh, that reminds me, presumably, I can hook up an ADSL modem to a smoothwall box? Can I connect it using ethernet rather than USB? I'm totally 'wired' and don't really want to go wireless.
Thanks for any info!
I've just moved to Belfast, in an area where I believe I can get both BT ADSL and NTL Cable.
I had NTL Cable in Nottingham (4Mb) and was very happy.
There's something 'better' in my mind about cable, rather than ADSL, but this is just a gut feeling / illogical preference rather than anything scientific.
I think getting ADSL will be easier, as it'll just plug into the phoneline, whereas cable will need an access point installing (I believe). So that's a plus for ADSL...
A postcode check on BT reckons:
"Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial check on your postcode indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a line rate up to 2Mbps.
Our check also indicates that your line should be able to support a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 6.5Mbps up to 8Mbps."
But I guess this is pretty generic?
I'd say I'm a medium level user - I'd guess 2GB/month based on what I can remember from my Smoothwall logs?
Ooh, that reminds me, presumably, I can hook up an ADSL modem to a smoothwall box? Can I connect it using ethernet rather than USB? I'm totally 'wired' and don't really want to go wireless.
Thanks for any info!