AOL don't come round....who provides your telephone line?
The complete answer to this is a bit complicated...
There are several different types of thing that all get called broadband, but the 2 you might be talking about are ADSL, which comes over a phone line, and Cable, wich comes over the same connector as Cable TV.
If you decide to get broadband from a cable TV company like NTL or Telewest, and you don't already have cable TV, then you'll need a bit of drilling and cabling done to get hooked up to their cable service.
If you get ADSL from AOL (or preferably anybody other than AOL!), then you simply have to plug some extra boxes (microfilters and a router) into your phone sockets, and that's all there is to it... usually!
The exceptions are people without a BT phone line ,who would need to get one installed, or people who don't have phone sockets, but have those old phones that are wired straight into the wall, which are incredibly rare these days.
many thanks for your replies
im on cable and dont really want to change internet providers as i need to keep my e mail address at the moment for work
you can probally keep the same e-mail addy even if you change providers normally
sod all the drilling etc
im with bt bb and its been great, no problems ever, touch wood
xx lou xxx
BT still drill holes and fit boxes in new locations all the time. So do all the other providers.
You can get broadband down an existing BT line if the local exchange provides it.
Cable and satellite provide broadband if their services work in your location.
That's about it.
Get shot of AOL puts too much junk on your computer ,they also have reliability problems in some areas with their broadband service , I was with them for years on dial up but only managed to do a year on BB , just too many disconnections.....CRAP basically
agree with never ever letting AOL take over my pc again. It's like letting am unknown swinging patner set your diary for the next year. Far prefer the more discrete BB providers.
