Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road 
from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up the 
ADSL...

On the BT broadband site..

Your exchange has ADSL broadband.

However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved not 
possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please accept 
our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative technology 
solutions and this site will be updated with developments as they happen.

Thank you for your interest.

This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk - main 
line Liverpool st 25 min.
Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?

Paul

"Paul"  wrote in message
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> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road
> from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up
the
> ADSL...
>
> On the BT broadband site..
>
> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
>
> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved
not
> possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please
accept
> our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative technology
> solutions and this site will be updated with developments as they happen.
>
> Thank you for your interest.
>
> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk -
main
> line Liverpool st 25 min.
> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?
>
> Paul

Mobile broadband, Orange, Voda or 3 ???

Paul wrote:

> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road
> from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up the
> ADSL...
>
> On the BT broadband site..
>
> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
>
> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved not
> possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please accept
> our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative technology
> solutions and this site will be updated with developments as they happen.
>
> Thank you for your interest.
>
> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk - main
> line Liverpool st 25 min.
> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?

Care to mention the village ?

Graham

"Paul"  wrote in message 
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> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road 
> from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up 
> the ADSL...
>
> On the BT broadband site..
>
> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
>
> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved 
> not possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please 
> accept our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative technology 
> solutions and this site will be updated with developments as they happen.
>
> Thank you for your interest.
>
> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk - 
> main line Liverpool st 25 min.
> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?
>
> Paul

Could ask your choice of ISP to re-check the data.  I had one only a week 
ago where the problem was a fault with the line data showed it way, way 
beyond tolerance for an ADSL.  Closer investigation showed they were half a 
mile from the exchange and the data was screwed.  Once fixed they had an 
estimate of 8Mb.  Not guaranteeing this would be the case with you, but 
worth a try.  Also try and find where your local exchange is in relation to 
you, and do a guestimate of how far it is away (allow a bit for it not being 
a straight line of cable).  If less than 5Km, odds are it should be OK, over 
5Km, a bit more iffy.  Again, not a guarantee, but a good rule of thumb that 
has served me well and rarely let me down.

J

"Jabberwocky"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Paul"  wrote in message 
> news:g7sgsg$rit$1@localhost.localdomain...
>> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road 
>> from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up 
>> the ADSL...
>>
>> On the BT broadband site..
>>
>> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
>>
>> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved 
>> not possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please 
>> accept our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative 
>> technology solutions and this site will be updated with developments as 
>> they happen.
>>
>> Thank you for your interest.
>>
>> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk - 
>> main line Liverpool st 25 min.
>> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?
>>
>> Paul
>
> Could ask your choice of ISP to re-check the data.  I had one only a week 
> ago where the problem was a fault with the line data showed it way, way 
> beyond tolerance for an ADSL.  Closer investigation showed they were half 
> a mile from the exchange and the data was screwed.  Once fixed they had an 
> estimate of 8Mb.  Not guaranteeing this would be the case with you, but 
> worth a try.  Also try and find where your local exchange is in relation 
> to you, and do a guestimate of how far it is away (allow a bit for it not 
> being a straight line of cable).  If less than 5Km, odds are it should be 
> OK, over 5Km, a bit more iffy.  Again, not a guarantee, but a good rule of 
> thumb that has served me well and rarely let me down.

Ask what the immediate neighbours have.  If they get good ADSL, then apply 
for a brand new phone line, and get a professional ISP to provision it with 
ADSL.  When complete, ditch the original line.

-- 
Graham J

"Graham J"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Jabberwocky"  wrote in message 
> news:DOednYCtoKQjRDzVnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>
>> "Paul"  wrote in message 
>> news:g7sgsg$rit$1@localhost.localdomain...
>>> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the 
>>> road from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to 
>>> set up the ADSL...
>>>
>>> On the BT broadband site..
>>>
>>> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
>>>
>>> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved 
>>> not possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. 
>>> Please accept our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative 
>>> technology solutions and this site will be updated with developments as 
>>> they happen.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your interest.
>>>
>>> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk - 
>>> main line Liverpool st 25 min.
>>> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>> Could ask your choice of ISP to re-check the data.  I had one only a week 
>> ago where the problem was a fault with the line data showed it way, way 
>> beyond tolerance for an ADSL.  Closer investigation showed they were half 
>> a mile from the exchange and the data was screwed.  Once fixed they had 
>> an estimate of 8Mb.  Not guaranteeing this would be the case with you, 
>> but worth a try.  Also try and find where your local exchange is in 
>> relation to you, and do a guestimate of how far it is away (allow a bit 
>> for it not being a straight line of cable).  If less than 5Km, odds are 
>> it should be OK, over 5Km, a bit more iffy.  Again, not a guarantee, but 
>> a good rule of thumb that has served me well and rarely let me down.
>
> Ask what the immediate neighbours have.  If they get good ADSL, then apply 
> for a brand new phone line, and get a professional ISP to provision it 
> with ADSL.  When complete, ditch the original line.
>
> -- 
> Graham J
>

Good advice,  IF you are OK with paying a connection charge for the new line 
(or tying into a contract) with the new line.
Also, remember you may have a minimum contract on the existing line that 
could cost as well.

J

Graham J wrote:

> "Jabberwocky"  wrote
> > "Paul" wrote
> >
> >> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road
> >> from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up
> >> the ADSL...
> >>
> >> On the BT broadband site..
> >>
> >> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
> >>
> >> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved
> >> not possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please
> >> accept our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative
> >> technology solutions and this site will be updated with developments as
> >> they happen.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your interest.
> >>
> >> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk -
> >> main line Liverpool st 25 min.
> >> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> > Could ask your choice of ISP to re-check the data.  I had one only a week
> > ago where the problem was a fault with the line data showed it way, way
> > beyond tolerance for an ADSL.  Closer investigation showed they were half
> > a mile from the exchange and the data was screwed.  Once fixed they had an
> > estimate of 8Mb.  Not guaranteeing this would be the case with you, but
> > worth a try.  Also try and find where your local exchange is in relation
> > to you, and do a guestimate of how far it is away (allow a bit for it not
> > being a straight line of cable).  If less than 5Km, odds are it should be
> > OK, over 5Km, a bit more iffy.  Again, not a guarantee, but a good rule of
> > thumb that has served me well and rarely let me down.
>
> Ask what the immediate neighbours have.  If they get good ADSL, then apply
> for a brand new phone line, and get a professional ISP to provision it with
> ADSL.  When complete, ditch the original line.

Might work. A PITA but still best in the long term.

Graham

> Good advice,  IF you are OK with paying a connection charge for the new
> line
> (or tying into a contract) with the new line.
> Also, remember you may have a minimum contract on the existing line that
> could cost as well.

If you don't mind the cost of a new line, that might not support ADSL,
then go for an ISP that offers a monthly contract, and pay by cheque
or a pre-loaded card such as Maestro.
Remember that there will be the phone provision fee,  the ADSL
connection fee, and the advance payment for 1 month minimum
service.
There is cellphone internet, think a current offer includes a
USB stick. Expensive and slow, with a meagre download
limit, minimum contract, and no guarantee it will work if
it can't find a signal. Going over the download limit, think
a second mortgage to finance it.
Some users in Scotland are limited to satellite internet,
think BT might offer it.. It might be subsised.

wrote in message 
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<snip> Some users in Scotland are limited to satellite internet, think BT 
might offer it.. It might be subsised.

I must admit that I thought this product was dead for BT since the SEA 
(Scottish Exchange Activation) programme took off, but I could be wrong.  I 
will investigate tomorrow, if I get time.

J

Paul wrote:
> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk
> - main line Liverpool st 25 min.
> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?

Don't suppose the area will be cabled either then, will it? (ie Virgin 
Media?)

-- 
Carl Waring
DigiGuide:
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"Jabberwocky"  wrote in message 
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>
>  wrote in message 
> news:y9mok.11678$Xm4.9214@newsfe13.ams2...
> <snip> Some users in Scotland are limited to satellite internet, think BT 
> might offer it.. It might be subsised.
>
> I must admit that I thought this product was dead for BT since the SEA 
> (Scottish Exchange Activation) programme took off, but I could be wrong. 
> I will investigate tomorrow, if I get time.
>
> J
>

Had a bit of time yesterday to look through out portfolio (not much time 
admittedly so may have missed something).

Could not find a current satellite broadband service listed anywhere.

J

Paul wrote:
> Found a nice little house after my divorce. nice village just up the road 
> from mine but about twice the size. Moving in on Friday - went to set up the 
> ADSL...
> 
> On the BT broadband site..
> 
> Your exchange has ADSL broadband.
> 
> However, despite an engineer's visit to your premises it has been proved not 
> possible for your telephone line to support broadband service. Please accept 
> our apologies. We are continuing to look for alternative technology 
> solutions and this site will be updated with developments as they happen.
> 
> Thank you for your interest.
> 
> This is 35 miles from central london on the main drag out to suffolk - main 
> line Liverpool st 25 min.
> Still can't quite believe it.. Anything I can do guys?
> 
> Paul 
> 
> 

Hi Paul how have you got on with this?

I've been looking at Satellite broadband on google, quite a few 
companies out there that do it, it's the inital set up that's the killer 
though.  At least now though it's 2 way, I had a friend who had 
satellite and only the download came from the satellite and the upload 
had to go through an ordinary phone line.

Just do a search for satellite broadband on google and it brings up 
loads of different companies, the cheapest I could find the equipment 
was £500 and installation was £395, so it'd have to be a long term 
soloution, no good if you're moving in 3 months again!