bt broadband???

[chesters1]

being a bit thick i am having a problem understanding broadband :confused:

i see that BT broadband doesent include any email facilities (i think you can read but not send :confused: )

anyway my questions are

1)do you have to add the Bt line rental to the broadband price :confused:

2)if you need an isp to get mail is there a free one :confused:

i am thinking of upgrading my BTsurftime to BT broadband will i lose my existing email address :confused:

i have sent the exact same questions to both BT and BTYahoo both sent replies completly different to my questions.

being a bit wary i am holding back on upgrading untill i see the REAL price

having always used BT i will not try another service as it tends to always come a cropper in my unlucky family

we dont have the luxury of cable (were lucky to have gas )

 

[ 25. July 2004, 11:17 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[Mat Hillman]

1) Yes, my total phone bill with line rental and BT broadband is around £110 a quarter + calls

 

2) Use one of the zillions of free mail providers that are out there, Hotmail Gmail etc, or if you want to get techie buy a domain name and set up your own mail server ;-)

 

Dunno about the BT email addresses, I've never used them for mail.

 

Mat

[Jim Roper]

I have heard complaints that there are popups galore since BT and Yahoo teamed up.

[Mat Hillman]

I've never seen a pop-up at home using BT that I don't see when using the leased line at work.

 

More likely people with spyware / advertware installed on thier PC that they don't know about.

 

Mat

[argyll]

I use BT Broadband and apart from a few initial teething problems seems to be working fine, however it is a business broadband connection and I get the feeling that they try a little harder than standard domestic installations even tho' it appears to cost no more. My email is handled by BTclick.com (send and receive) and works very well and in the last few days there's a new BT AV service in place which sorts out viri before Norton even gets a chance to go to work. Since nothing has slipped through to Norton in the last week, I must conclude that the BT solution is every bit as good if not better than Norton..a nice little bonus. There's also a 'spam' indicator. ie anything that looks like spam is labelled 'spam' Not a lot of use really, since I always open it and check to make sure it really is spam before deleting it. But the service is largely 'not bad at all'

Oh and no pop ups that Ive noticed.

 

[ 26. July 2004, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: argyll ]

[Jim Roper]

I completely wiped a machine for somebody and as soon as it connected to his BT Yahoo dialup account, the popups started.

I've put Add-aware, Spybot S&D and Zonealarm on to stop them.

 

Gmail is great so far! No junk mail yet.

 

[ 26. July 2004, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: Jim Roper ]

[chesters1]

thanks i thought the "only" £19.99 or £24.99 was a ruse,i shall bide my time

[Si...]

Have a look at freedom2surf, unlimited 512KBps broadband with email and webspace for £22.50 a month.

[Elton]

It costs a couple of quid more for the complete ISP package.

 

I've been with them for a couple of months now, no probs.