A Few Questions About IDnet Please

[DeViTTo]

Don't worry about the availability checker; Max is rate-adaptive and so it doesn't matter what it says.

Thanks I hope it works out better than expected I'll continue to post the result as it could prove useful to others. Anyone know of the contention in the exchange on SuperMax as my exchange is on Amber I'm thinking I might as well go for that. Any thoughts on the two packages homemax and supermax? 

Is it 20:1 like business packages?

[Rik]

Notionally, Max packages don't have contention ratios. In practice, SuperMax is more akin to 20:1 while vanilla Max is more akin to 50:1.

[DeViTTo]

Notionally, Max packages don't have contention ratios. In practice, SuperMax is more akin to 20:1 while vanilla Max is more akin to 50:1.

Hmm thats why i thought around 20:1 seems about right, could be usefull when my exchange is supposedly on Amber methinks.

[Rik]

It won't do you any harm at any time and, of course, you'll get the higher upload speed.

[DeViTTo]

It won't do you any harm at any time and, of course, you'll get the higher upload speed.

Which could be usefull when I ftp my Qnap from elsewhere

[Sebby]

Thanks I hope it works out better than expected I'll continue to post the result as it could prove useful to others. Anyone know of the contention in the exchange on SuperMax as my exchange is on Amber I'm thinking I might as well go for that. Any thoughts on the two packages homemax and supermax? 

There's no contention ratios as such on Max. FYI, my exchange is showing red and my speeds are maximum at all times. I'd start off on Home Max as I'm sure it will fit the bill perfectly.

[DeViTTo]

There's no contention ratios as such on Max. FYI, my exchange is showing red and my speeds are maximum at all times. I'd start off on Home Max as I'm sure it will fit the bill perfectly.

Thanks Seb I will once I sort out the sign up problem I had earlier with Simon or someone else on Monday.

[Sebby]

Try and call first thing, if you can. I had a problem with sign up on the Friday and left it until the Monday and they'd already submitted my order to BT. Now that's service, but if you want to change something like the package, it's worth getting it sorted ASAP.

[Malc]

When I signed up the BT estimate was 2Mb, but I get 7.5Mb, so I wouldn't read to much into it.

Also, not as you would want to use it, but the contract cancellation is only 1 month at ID

[DeViTTo]

When I signed up the BT estimate was 2Mb, but I get 7.5Mb, so I wouldn't read to much into it.

Also, not as you would want to use it, but the contract cancellation is only 1 month at ID

Thanks Malc 2mb is better than 800-900 but it would be nice crossed fingers and see. Like Rik said it could be Friday

[Malc]

Good luck!

[Sebby]

Thanks Malc 2mb is better than 800-900 but it would be nice crossed fingers and see. Like Rik said it could be Friday

Don't panic, you will not get 2Mb. Forget what it says; your line stats tell the true story.

[g7pkf]

Hmm

compuserve.

now being really sad i still use either the first 4 or last 4 digits of my compuserve address as my pin number for my ccard or bcard.

those were the day,s.

my first ransatlantic conversation was with a guy using the internal company network (if you could call it that)/

1985 that was pre compuserve days, wow what a buzz that was!!

[DeViTTo]

Hmm

compuserve.

now being really sad i still use either the first 4 or last 4 digits of my compuserve address as my pin number for my ccard or bcard.

those were the day,s.

my first ransatlantic conversation was with a guy using the internal company network (if you could call it that)/

1985 that was pre compuserve days, wow what a buzz that was!!

Yep those were the days can't remember my UserID in fact I was trying to work out when I joined them I think early 90's it was a long time ago when you work it out. I used to love the various computer support forums and the community. Used to have some big company players online was about the only place to go to get drivers and support.

I even named my company using a part of the name compusolve as a take on it, trouble was another company in wales had the same name. So i had to revise it for my online trading name.

[pup]

Another Compuserve vet, eh. That's at least three of us now.

Used to be on compuserve about the time  the 56k dial up modems became available. 

Those were the days....£20 pm to connect to compuserve plus phone bill on top

[DeViTTo]

Used to be on compuserve about the time  the 56k dial up modems became available. 

Those were the days....£20 pm to connect to compuserve plus phone bill on top

hmm i think I conneted with 14.4 Robotics first or maybe a 4800 if my memory is correct then later 28k actually I dont think I hit 33k with them or 56k hardware with them cant remember. Nice to meet you BTW.

[Sebby]

I was never with CompuServe (maybe I'm too young) but I was with AOL. I remember when we got our 56k US Robotics modem. It seemed so advanced.

[pup]

i remember it taking 2-4 hrs to dl a 20meg program...............bit like tiscali really 

[DeViTTo]

I was never with CompuServe (maybe I'm too young) but I was with AOL. I remember when we got our 56k US Robotics modem. It seemed so advanced.

Yea it was a good modem Seb one of the fastest apart from a Lasat I had which was fast. I miss the old modem handshaking days when there was no internet so to speak. I have a friend who I speak on MSN every day and hes the main person i used to communicate with my old 4800 through to a 56k Robotics before Broadband.

i remember it taking 2-4 hrs to dl a 20meg program...............bit like tiscali really 

Damn that was a big file  I can see why Tiscali would struggle today lol. I wouldn't dream of downloading that size file on my old 3600-4400 would of taken a day.

[Si]

My first forays online were via Prestel.... Rather expensive Ceefax as my dad called it!

[DeViTTo]

My first forays online were via Prestel.... Rather expensive Ceefax as my dad called it!

I've heard of it, but never used it. I used to connect to all the BBS boards apart from modeming my friends as thats about all there was back then. Hi Si I seee you recently joined Idnet and your a happy customer good to see.

[Sebby]

i remember it taking 2-4 hrs to dl a 20meg program...............bit like tiscali really 

I remember that downloading something like Internet Explorer was a mammoth task!

[Si]

Hi Si I seee you recently joined Idnet and your a happy customer good to see.

Hello.  Yes, 2nd day connected and couldn't be happier. The migration was painless (and zero downtime coming from an LLU on Friday lunchtime - well done BT) and what was particularly refreshing was speaking to IDNet before I signed up. I rang up to ask a few basic questions, discuss the LLU migration, etc and they were extremely helpful, professional and friendly - and at that point I was just a prospective customer. Absolute breath of fresh air to as I came from Piscali/Tipex.

To cap it all I'm currently enjoying best-ever speeds from broadband. I now have the same max sync as I had with my previous provider, but I'm getting almost 2Mb more out of the same line. Nuff said!

[Rik]

Great news, Si.

[Rik]

My first forays online were via Prestel.... Rather expensive Ceefax as my dad called it!

Likewise. BBC Micro and the Prestel adaptor... I used to sell software on there.