2MB ADSL for 24.99 only

I looked at 2MB ADSL for some clients. Not many exchanges can supply it.

BR Don C

In article , abby.s writes

Also it doesn't apply in peaktime (obviously) - add =A315 to get that.

Andy

Manx Telecom do a better deal. They will hook up a mainland address provided you can give them an Isle of Man postal address. Not practical for most of us I know, but it gives an idea of how much margin other companies are working on.

Btw whats this got to do with car maintenance?

Also it doesn't apply in peaktime (obviously) - add £15 to get that.

Andy

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Why were you so surprised to see your own advertising?

Do you have any evidence to back up that allegation?

Jon

abby.s enlightened the world by saying on 26/07/2003 18:17:

They also "forget" to mention that only a small subset of ADSL enabled exchanges can get this...

Actually pretty much all exchanges are fine for 2Mb. The issue is how far you are from the exchange and the quality of your line.

Expecting to get 2Mb for such a low price is not realistic though. The deal being referred to in the subject is not straight forward.

We offer 2Mb/s for home and business users. We don't seek to compete with those offering the service for less than it costs to provide though.

Jason Clifford

There was a suggestion made recently by someone in another newsgroup that instead of the tinyurl taking you straight to the masked URL, it would instead take you to a web page with a link to the real URL, which you clicked on, maybe with an auto-divert 5 seconds later or something (giving you a chance to stop the transfer).

I think that's a feasible alternative strategy.

Andrew

Do you need a handyman service? Check out our web site at

Yes, the OP is spamming but how do you make the connection to Bulldog? Most probably an affiliate if there is such a thing ? Googling for the OP's email address produces references dating back atleast a couple of years so they cant plead ignorance of netiquette. It does not however make a case for them being employed by or representing Bulldog Communications.

S. Althaf

How is "represemting" distinguished from being an affiliate? To answer Jon's question, I have no evidence to back up the allegation, only the basis that the OP used an unmistakable style. Call me a cynical ol' git. :-)

Well, the original question was why the OP was surprised to see their own advertising indicating a much closer relationship than an affiliate. However pedantry aside I do agree that the deal looks good but I had already signed up for 2 lines for an experiment on bonded links, also with the new list of exchanges they have announced

S. Althaf

Working for Broad band I have seen some companies offering 2meg BUT it is also offered to 4 other people at the same time. The theory being that you won't all use it at once, so you could get up to 2meg, but only guarantee 500k.. its called contention ratio's

"abby.s" wrote:

On ADSL, as I understand it, typical contention ratio for a business service is 20:1 and for domestic 50:1

i.e. you may share your 512K broadband with up to 50 people simultanesously

Certainly this was the state of play when I took up broadband 18 months ago.

Advertising - the tinyurl redirects to

I wonder if dgm2.com has a policy on spamming Usenet.

I advise exsisting customers to demand the same price. If they refuse, cancel and re apply as a new customer.

I call it a confidence trick!