Re: [Sheflug] BT second line

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Well, the nice man at BT in Manchester actually bothered to phone back
(wooooh!) with the news that only new customers get real lines. People who
want two lines get a line splitter and thats it. He turned the gain up for
a maximum (theoretical) of 33.6K, but basically said 'You're a good
customer, as you have two lines. Therefore you get the inferior equipment,
so nuuur (as per playground taunting)'

He kindly offered to send a leaflet all about the 'cost effective' use of
ISDN or DSL ( as opposed to 10 quid a month for unmetered access, courtesy
of Freeserve ;-) Seems that the more you support them, the more back you
show for them to stab :-(

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Will Newton wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
> > after getting a second line for internet use at my parents house, they
> > find that the connection is never higher than 28.8Kb/s
> > 
> > I vaguely remember way back in the mists a discussion on this very problem
> > with BT second lines, and a simple way to fix it.
> 
> AFAICR it's to do with BT sharing the physical copper between two lines
> (why they can offer such great deals on second lines...) so the second
> line is basically an inferior piece of junk. And as BT make no warranty
> about it's suitability for data use (and little enough for voice
> use) there really is nothing you can do.
> Apart from getting ISDN or DSL.
> 
> 
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