There was a study that said that a while ago. Basically the wire with the earpiece on the end acts like a big antenna and channels a greater proportion of the radiation into your head. It was then decided that this was silly and it's not really that bad.
The whole thing smacks to me of the way cigarettes were being talked about years ago, before everyone agreed that yes, they do cause cancer.
...unless you pay more. You can get up to 2Mbps downstream if you fancy paying more than the already expensive price. Oh yeah, and don't get it from BT, they block a huge number of ports, including those for ICQ, games and stuff. Check out other people.
If you need a round up, ISP Review is a good place to look.
Yeah, but can you find those Linux/Mac drivers? The modem you get's made by Alcatel. Their site says something like, "We're working on Mac drivers. No chance for Linux."
Already happened, BT is losing it's monopoly over the local loop (the only bit that matters) next year, which should open up the UK to a nive bit of competition in the telco market.
You can already kind of do this - there are plenty of companies who you can pay a bit, then you dial a 4 digit access code before anything you dial and your calls get routed through their network. How does 3.5p/min international to the US (as oppposed to BT's 30-40p/min sound?) You still need a line rented from BT though.
KC are a great company. The history's dead strange, basically they ended up with getting the old Post Office telco stuff ages ago when BT got the rest of the country. Only in the Hull (Kingston-upon-Hull, in the North East) area though.
They've been offering DSL for over a year now. BT got their first offerings out in about September this year. KC are (IMO) well placed to take over the country when LLU happens next year.
I have DSL in the UK, and it's a god-send, but it's very late thanks to BT.
They really do abuse their monopoly position. Thank god OfTel (the telecoms regulator) are finally getting on with giving them a good slap. Well, a moderate slap anyway.
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After the story a few days ago about how it was so flexible and could be used for queueing up MP3s etc?
The whole thing smacks to me of the way cigarettes were being talked about years ago, before everyone agreed that yes, they do cause cancer.
If you need a round up, ISP Review is a good place to look.
Yeah, but can you find those Linux/Mac drivers? The modem you get's made by Alcatel. Their site says something like, "We're working on Mac drivers. No chance for Linux."
You can already kind of do this - there are plenty of companies who you can pay a bit, then you dial a 4 digit access code before anything you dial and your calls get routed through their network. How does 3.5p/min international to the US (as oppposed to BT's 30-40p/min sound?) You still need a line rented from BT though.
They've been offering DSL for over a year now. BT got their first offerings out in about September this year. KC are (IMO) well placed to take over the country when LLU happens next year.
Entrepreneur: Damn BT are charging a lot for acccess to the local loop. This isn't economical. Screw DSL, let's do something else.
They really do abuse their monopoly position. Thank god OfTel (the telecoms regulator) are finally getting on with giving them a good slap. Well, a moderate slap anyway.
Did you see the Slashback on the post before this? Kernel updates minus the reboot.