MJ Ray wrote:
ADSL is supposed to arrive early next year, first to Norwich City exchange, then to Norwich West a couple of weeks later, so I think that means almost all student accommodation will be covered. Clearly BT aren't quite as stupid as I give them credit for.
Really? Where'd you get that gem of info from? I've been squeezing BT's 'no idea sir' telestaff about every 2 months for the last year...
the only thing I noticed was a lovely blue blob over Norwich on their 'rollout by October 2001' map... Although I then spoke to BTOpenworld, the ISP that uses ADSL. They seemed to think they were completely seperate from the 'BT' that is doing the work in exchanges. i.e. even though we have the physical hardware to support ADSL to our homes (for I am 'Norwich City') there may not be an ISP supplying IP down it to us for a while after...??
And if NTL can't provide us with their NTLWorld unmetered dialup, because 'the old mercury exchange cant handle it' then how can we hope that that aged exchange can support cable modems?
As an aside, what would happen if me and my mate down the road bought cable modems that NTL (in other areas of the country) use and plugged them into the coax TV outlet in the wall? Would be be able to 'see' each other via IP? (this given that they don't have DHCP servers or whatever on our 'bit of coax' just yet)?
Neil