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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:07:31 -0700, catchme wrote:

> in the UK they pay for
> their dialup by the minute,

Some do, most don't.

> same as their phone service?

We pay a flat monthly rate of about twenty-five quid to Virgin Media for
unlimited mainland UK calls. If any call goes over sixty minutes, a
normal by-the-minute charge comes into play. So at fifty-nine minutes
it's always a good idea to hang up and call the number back.



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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:53:49 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

> richard <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:31:47 -0700 (PDT), species8350
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I use dialup.
>>>
>>>The person who owns the house is going to introduce broadband.
>>>
>>>My question is: If broadband is introduced will I still be able to use
>>>dialup?
>>
>> Yes. Broadband is generally acquired from cable tv outlets so the
>> dialup, which uses phone lines, won't be affected.
>
> Where the hell did you get THAT? Phone companies do almost everything,
> and every person I know who was stupid enough to sign up for their cable
> TV provider's "phone, TV AND internet" package regrets it DEEPLY.
>

It tends to be the norm here in the UK and I can't say I've heard anyone
complaining. We're perfectly happy with our package.

> OP: Most ISP, when you sign up for BB, vapoirize your dial up
> conectoiion at the same time.
>

If I wanted to I could set up a dial-up connection on any of the machines
in the house, but with our BB service being up in excess of 99% of the
time (and I'm talking about just about 100%, I think it went down for an
hour or so very late one night) why would I want to?

> But you can connect as many computers to your BB router as you want.
>
> If you want /both/ Dial UP and BB (WHY?) you probably will have to get a
> second phone line.
>

Well, it would make it more convenient if one wants to make telephone
calls whilst surfing on dial-up, but I agree with you - I can't think of
any reason to have both BB and dial-up.

> <SNIP>
>
>>>Could we both use the broadband connection at the same time?
>>
>> With a router.
>
> I've never seen a BB connection WITHOUT a router in the house (yours or
> the neighbor's)...

Until we got more than one computer in the house we had no need
whatsoever for a router, and so didn't have one. The cable modem sufficed
until then.



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The month of March in this year of 2009 sees the centenary of the laying
of the keel of the most famous (or infamous) ocean liner of all time, RMS
Titanic, at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic>

Aardvark <> wrote in
news:120Il.54331$2:

<SNIP>

> Until we got more than one computer in the house we had no
> need whatsoever for a router, and so didn't have one. The
> cable modem sufficed until then.

My ISP seems to be confused as to the proper terminology and
unfortunately that kind of thing rubs off sometimes.
Cable modem is what I meant.


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chuckcar wrote:
> species8350 <> wrote in
> news:82af150f-07a2-4c44-a8fd-:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use dialup.
>>
>> The person who owns the house is going to introduce broadband.
>>
>> My question is: If broadband is introduced will I still be able to use
>> dialup?
>>
>> If I want to, could I use the broadband connection as well?
>>
>> Could we both use the broadband connection at the same time?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> with ADSL - which uses the phone line, you just don't take off the filter
> before the computer to use normal dial=up. If you want to use Broadband,
> you take it out.
>
Idiot.

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:29:08 +0000, chuckcar writ:
>>
> with ADSL - which uses the phone line, you just don't take off the
> filter before the computer to use normal dial=up. If you want to use
> Broadband, you take it out.


with Broadband - If you want which uses the computer to use normal just
don't take off the phone line, you filter ADSL before the dial=up to use,
you take it out.

Makes about as much sense.
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freemont <> wrote in
news:31ade$49f31c10$471c2044$:

> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:29:08 +0000, chuckcar writ:
>>>
>> with ADSL - which uses the phone line, you just don't take off the
>> filter before the computer to use normal dial=up. If you want to use
>> Broadband, you take it out.
>
>
> with Broadband - If you want which uses the computer to use normal just
> don't take off the phone line, you filter ADSL before the dial=up to
> use, you take it out.
>
> Makes about as much sense.

Only to you.


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On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:31:47 -0700 (PDT), species8350 <> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I use dialup.
>
>The person who owns the house is going to introduce broadband.
>
>My question is: If broadband is introduced will I still be able to use
>dialup?
>
>If I want to, could I use the broadband connection as well?
>
>Could we both use the broadband connection at the same time?

Yes to all.

>Thanks
>
>PS. UK Resident

Barry
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