Broadband question

[_dan_]

Quick question....

Do you have to be a BT customer (not just have a line) to be able to get ADSL installed?

I live in the sticks in Wales, and we're just 2 weeks away from getting our exchange ADSL activated, believe me, it's been bloody long in the waiting!! Especially since I used to have broadband when I lived in London!

Anyhow.... I've just remembered that we swapped over to a OneTel type company (can't recall exactly which one) a while ago and I've just read on the ADSLguide website that everyone has to be a BT customer to be able to have broadband.

If so, i'd best go back to BT again

[FlossyThePig]

_dan_ said:

Quick question.... Do you have to be a BT customer (not just have a line) to be able to get ADSL installed?

Quick answer...

No

My daughter used Homecall for calls and then got them to add ADSL when it became available.

Hugh

[arcturus]

Definately not. The system works similar to dial-up in that as long as you have a line, you can use pretty much anyone you like as your ISP.

[sotonS2]

arcturus said:

Definately not. The system works similar to dial-up in that as long as you have a line, you can use pretty much anyone you like as your ISP.

[pdV6]

...although BT may well be providing the service anyway

[_dan_]

Cheers for the replies chaps

It was just something on www.adslguide.org.uk that took my notice....

ADSLGuide said:

I'm not a BT customer - Can I have ADSL? Not yet (unless you live in areas where competitors to BT are operating). LLU (Local Loop Unbundling) will hopefully mean that ISP's can offer you the service and will allow BT to be bypassed, this is in very early stages so expect to wait a while to see any benefits from this. You may be able to get broadband through a cable modem however which uses the local cable providers network rather than the BT telephone network. This offers similar speeds and services.

But I guess this should read as 'As long as you have a BT line it doesn't matter who you actually pay' - Right?

Cool in that case, evrything's looking peachy again!!

[Plotloss]

To run DSL you must have BT wire.

So a normal phone socket with a BT symbol on it.

Doesnt matter which phone carrier you use or which ISP but the physical wire MUST be BT

Thats what ADSLGuide are saying.

If you have NTL or Telewest they have other broadband options but they arent DSL based.