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UK ADSL packages Announced By British Telecom

Posted by emmett on from the rule-britannia dept.

jac writes: "BT have just released news of BT Openworld -- BT's new broadband portal and high-speed Internet service using ADSL technology. The home-user service is £39.99 a month with speeds up to 512 kpbs, connection is via a BT USB modem (Win 98/2000). I wonder if we'll see a lot of UK effort going into Linux USB modem support in the next few months?" Good to see the Britons getting decent bandwidth.

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  1. Why this is still a bad thing by A+Masquerade · · Score: 5
    • USB only unless you pay much much more, manufacturer of the modems won't talk to anyone else, so a linux port will be hard.
    • BT only support windows (currently - might do Mac), and use proprietary authentication schemes - so its not just the modem you must drive but the other end too
    • Its a 50:1 contention ratio
    • Its firewalled and NATed to the point of uselessness - you ain't going to be able to connect back into a box on this service no nohow
    • BT OpenWorld are just a renamed BT Internet. BT Internet are clueless... so clueless they had to rename them, need I say more
    • All the other ADSL services within the next year are just going to be this resold - BT still own the local loop and are doing everything they can to keep it that way as long as they can

    Basically we are stuck with this crap setup until BT are stripped of local loop monopoly