Author: Lisi Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [sort-of-OT] Advice for (geeky) broadband provider
On Wednesday 12 January 2011 23:09:14 Jan Henkins wrote: > On 12/01/11 22:55, Lisi wrote:
> > A choice of ADSL or cable. A choice! WOW!
> >
> > Have O2 and BE only got LLU services? No ADSL?
>
> LLU *is* ADSL as far as I know, since it's copper-based phone lines.
> "Cable" is based on completely different technology, even though it's
> also copper-based in terms of the physical cabling.
So what would you have me call them to distinguish between whatever goes over
LLU and what one can get on BT lines in a non-updated exchange? (I.e. one
with a maximum ADSL speed of up to 8MB.) The speeds are completely
different.
