Re: Aaarrrrggghhh

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

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Graham Howe wrote:
I just spent a glorious hour on the phone to BT too. My problem is
slightly different, but no less annoying!

For 6 years I have had nothing but ISDN2e coming in to my house, no
analogue line at all. Now I can get ADSL, but that of course needs
analogue. So, my choices are as follows:

1. Downgrade the ISDN to analogue, this will be free if I buy BB from
BT, but £45 if I want to use another supplier.

2. Install a separate analogue line, this will cost £100 + VAT
installation and £41 + VAT quarterly line rental if I order through
Business Sales, or £71 inc VAT installation and £34 inc VAT line rental
through residential sales!

Now, if I go with 1, I lose the ability to have 4 telephone numbers
(MSN) which I currently use (Home, Business, Fax, Data) so I can't
really go with that option.

With 2, I am out of pocket on an install and my line rental (already
£159 + VAT per quarter) is jacked up too. But there are some savings by
going residential rather than business.

But then to add insult to injury BT tell me that the residential line
can not have static IP! What the hell are they talking about, there is
no reason for the cost difference anyway other than the fact they like
to screw businesses and now they reckon one line can provide static IP
and the other can't! It's only a bloody wire ffs!

What is actually the case I think is that BT will not sell their
Business BB service to customers who have residential lines and that BT
will only give static Ips to those who buy Business BB. But surely the
provision of the static IP is down to the ISP, not the telco.

So, for the sake of my sanity, can someone please confirm that with a
bog standard BT analogue line, I can have ADSL from another ISP
including a static (or even more than on) IP address.

Graham, I have a BT residential line and a home rated ADSL from plus.net
WITH a static IP. BT are as usual talking bollocks.

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Calum Morrell
www.drochaid.org
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