Demon do offer 'keyline baseband' connections to allow staff to access servers and the internet from home. I suspect that if this was available to customers Finchley would be geek capital of the UK.:)
Last time I checked (about a year ago) a 'keyline baseband' circuit costs about 400ukp install and 400ukp a year.
It should also be noted that both A-end and B-end have to be on the same local loop system. Just because both ends are less than 'n' km apart does not mean that a connection can be made.
There is kit on the market that can drive up 11meg, if the connection is good, but it is quite pricey. It should be noted that BT will not guarantee bandwidth over 9600. (The line was originally intended for use with a morse-key! hence the odd name)
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Demon do offer 'keyline baseband' connections to allow staff to access servers and the internet from home. I suspect that if this was available to customers Finchley would be geek capital of the UK. :)
Last time I checked (about a year ago) a 'keyline baseband' circuit costs about 400ukp install and 400ukp a year.
It should also be noted that both A-end and B-end have to be on the same local loop system. Just because both ends are less than 'n' km apart does not mean that a connection can be made.
There is kit on the market that can drive up 11meg, if the connection is good, but it is quite pricey. It should be noted that BT will not guarantee bandwidth over 9600. (The line was originally intended for use with a morse-key! hence the odd name)