broardband in the uk

how many people in the uk are STILL waiting for broardband in their area. i have been waiting for what seems an age yet i still get "junk mail" comming through my letter box saying broardband is comming to your area,and i am still on my phone line which cuts me off every 2 hours and p.a. round 9 starts soon. dont these people realise that my planet could be at risk from people who are on broadband. and logging back on every 2 hours is a royal pain in the ass,..............(god i am sad)

[Pyr0 MK III]

Don't get broadband to play PA

i was going to get broardband anyway but why not use it for p.a.?

[Pyr0 MK III]

Originally posted by soul-runner
i was going to get broardband anyway but why not use it for p.a.?

Well its not really the sort of game that requires high speed internet access.

[Sarina_Joy]

I'm in the same boat. There is currently somewhat of a 'campaign' locally. Apparently if 400 local businesses sign a petition then it will happen. 270 have signed so far. I can't imagine there are 400 businesses in town (or surrounding villages) that use computers :/

[Starbucks]

Originally posted by soul-runner
how many people in the uk are STILL waiting for broardband in their area. i have been waiting for what seems an age yet i still get "junk mail" comming through my letter box saying broardband is comming to your area,and i am still on my phone line which cuts me off every 2 hours and p.a. round 9 starts soon. dont these people realise that my planet could be at risk from people who are on broadband. and logging back on every 2 hours is a royal pain in the ass,..............(god i am sad)

seriously

they cant time it to launch in the 2 minutes while you reconnect

THEY JUST CANT

AND YES
YOU ARE SAD

VERY

SAD

i surpose it is my own fault they did say it was comming but not when (sigh)

well starbuck with my luck this year they probably will.

my year so far: jan 2nd knocked myself out on my car while ducking a snowball

jan 5th get 2 front teeth knocked out by accident in karate dojo

jan 20th start my new job
feb 5th rushed into hospital with burst apendix
feb 13th told i coulnd not recieve any sick pay or claim from the state
feb 19th layed off due to my illness

[Geeza]

Here is my advice to you Soul-runner

1) learn how to spell Broadband. There is only one R in broadband - who knows perhaps it's already available in your area and the company keep receiving your e-mails/letters, they simply shrug their shoulders and huddle round your letter asking each other "whats broardband?" "Dunno...but we sure as hell don't provide it - it sounds like some german rock group"

2) if PA is all you need it for and the only problem with your 56k is the cut off time.
Get an isp without a cut off time.

I know it's blasphemous to say so, but AOL is actually pretty good, I find it slightly slower in general than others like freeserve, but apart from a slight speed issue - and being labelled an 'internet noob' and laughed at by complete retards who know nothing anyway.

AOL is reasonably priced, no cut off time at all (at the moment).

lol yes i did spell broadband wrong ( hey nobody is perfect. look at you your welsh its not your fault, and i cannot spell. i can live with it if you can)

[Geeza]

Originally posted by soul-runner
lol yes i did spell broadband wrong ( hey nobody is perfect. look at you your welsh its not your fault, and i cannot spell. i can live with it if you can)

so you can't spell.... and your mistaken, being welsh is almost equivalent to being perfect.

But i'll let you off these few minor infrigments....what about the rest of my post though?

[Benjitrons]

Originally posted by Geeza
so you can't spell.... and your mistaken, being welsh is almost equivalent to being perfect.

But i'll let you off these few minor infrigments....what about the rest of my post though?

I would rather be welsh than not have broadband

[Dookie Velvet]

How can someone admit to being Welsh and still expect to be taken seriously?

[Mushroom]

more than sex!

is that unhealthy?

Nah, anyway, i'm in the same boat - i'm also heading up a campaign to get it in my area... we currently have 197 people out of 350

[cookiemay]

Originally posted by soul-runner
well starbuck with my luck this year they probably will.

my year so far: jan 2nd knocked myself out on my car while ducking a snowball

jan 5th get 2 front teeth knocked out by accident in karate dojo

jan 20th start my new job
feb 5th rushed into hospital with burst apendix
feb 13th told i coulnd not recieve any sick pay or claim from the state
feb 19th layed off due to my illness

'UNFAIR DISMISSAL'

[Androme]

well you'll be in luck - in a few months or something ADSL2 technology is coming to the UK so we'll hav 20MBPS lines!

there's www.bulldogdsl.com - which has a 4mbps line OFF-PEAK ONLY for £79.99 which is not bad imo.

[Gayle29uk]

Originally posted by Geeza
I know it's blasphemous to say so, but AOL is actually pretty good, I find it slightly slower in general than others like freeserve, but apart from a slight speed issue - and being labelled an 'internet noob' and laughed at by complete retards who know nothing anyway.

AOL is reasonably priced, no cut off time at all (at the moment).

1. AOL dialup is reliable.
2. AOL dialup is fairly expensive but they do offer content that some would find interesting, particularly the directory search.
3. AOL is no slower than any regular dialup. If you pay premium prices for Demon or Claranet you'll get faster, Freeserve and the like are about the same speed though.
4. You have to use their crappy mail client unless you have a non-AOL POP account. This sucks in a big way.
5. You will be surrounded by 13yo pricks who think they own the internet. Netiquette is not something you find often on AOL.

Experiences of a former user (my ex wanted AOL, I gave in)