BT Prepares To Pull Plug On Dial-Up

Posted by timothy on Friday August 30, 2013 @06:40PM from the for-soothing-modem-noise-press-1 dept.

judgecorp writes "BT has proudly announced it will switch off its dial-up service on 1 September. But it turns out it isn't the end of the line for dial-up modems in the UK. BT charges £17.25 per month for dial-up, and broadband is only £10, so anyone who can switch across probably has by now. There are areas where broadband is not available, and BT reckons it still has 1000 dial-up customers who can't move to ADSL. For them, BT recommends a switch to Plusnet — an ISP which offers cheaper dial-up prices and is owned by .... BT."

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Re:So clean up the oil mess now? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-30 19:07 · Score: 2, Funny

uh..that's bp, idiot.
Re: How to simulate dialup by exxaminer · 2013-08-30 19:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah...chess..:-)
Re:How to simulate dialup by darthdavid · 2013-08-30 21:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Minimum latency: 700 ms
[screams internally]