On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:02:05 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> OTOH, 24 Mbit/s ADSL is completely normal
>> 
>> In Europe, yes.  In the US, no.  I got an upgrade recently (for free)
>> to 3 Mbps from 1.5.  It's amazing that that still qualifies as
>> "broadband" here in the US.
> 
> Really? I'd heard it was the other way round...
> 
> My company grudingly signed a 3-year lease with BT for our Internet. My
> boss really wants to shop around for better deals.
> 
> (Er, HELLO? Are you not getting this? BT OWN ALL THE WIRES IN THE
> GROUND. THERE ARE NO OTHER TELECOMS PROVIDERS IN THE UK [except in
> London]. No matter who you pay the bills to, the wires under the ground
> are still being provided by the same people... WTF?)

Quantity discount.  My DSL line is provided by Covad, even though the 
telco to the house is Qwest.  My DSL service is actually cheaper than 
Qwest's DSL service.

Makes perfect sense to shop around.

Jim

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