I stand corrected!

It's lonely here on the nauty step. LOL

I remember upgrading to a 56k modem and using 0800 providers.

In reply to a post by hk11:

I stand corrected! It's lonely here on the nauty step. LOL

Its a complex BBS this one, and a lot of people have been here a long time. The government forced BT to 'structurally split' for competition reasons, so its worth getting the right 'bit'

I remember upgrading to a 56k modem and using 0800 providers.

I started with a Spectrum and Micronet 800, and 56k with 0800 phone calls was great, especially when you could dial up from your mobile with a laptop connected for free (thanks Orange)... didn't last.

The more choice that is given: the less choice is taken.

I used to have a choice between Bell Cable (Virgin) and BT. Now I have dozens who claim to offer telecom products, but in reality are forced to offer just FTTP 80/20 by BT.

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Sadly on this occasion, I have taken the unusual and rare step of rejecting the application, based on content and information that we have received through a series of emails that came into our sales team.

After reading this thread (and others recently) I’d say Martin you dodged a bullet.

In reply to a post by hk11:

I used to have a choice between Bell Cable (Virgin) and BT. Now I have dozens who claim to offer telecom products, but in reality are forced to offer just FTTP 80/20 by BT.

Well... you have two physical network operators, and one (Virgin) has only one ISP. The other (Openreach) has 30 or so ISPs that can offer you service over the Openreach FTTP. One of those is BT Retail, another is Vodafone, and another is AAISP, and the others on the main site list.

In my town we have Virgin coax, Openreach copper (FTTC) and an alternate network is building. No sign of Openreach FTTP. The alternate network is only one ISP on the network. Openreach, along with CityFibre, and the just started nexfibre are building "open" networks.

The link from home to ISP network is not the internet access. The ISP you choose at the other end of the link governs the service, quality, and internet experience you want.

Just been testing 5G nearby my area with Smarty 5G not bad eh?
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/9422234242

Nice!

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Just been testing 5G nearby my area with Smarty 5G not bad eh?

Works well if you're near one of the new Three poles, similar to the one at the back of this photo ; the front one could be any other network (2G,3G,4G etc).

The one I was testing 5G from smarty was down the road by Madeley Academy, Castlefields Way, Madeley, Telford, Castlefields Way, Telford TF7 5FB

TA reported 858m away from 5G cell (which I believe 5G from this area here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6441881,-2.4453314...

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Works well if you're near one of the new Three poles, similar to the one at the back of this photo ; the front one could be any other network (2G,3G,4G etc).

These are very ugly tall 5G mast as I heard quite lots of stories people's complaint to council want to take it down! lol