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BROADBAND AS SEEN ON TV
I’m sure most of you by now have seen the new
BT advert on TV offering their new high speed internet
service ‘Broadband an `always on` internet
connection and up to between ten to forty times faster
than dial up 56k modems.
This technology also lets you use your phone at the same
time so there is no need for two phone lines and no more
missed calls. All this down your normal BT phone line
for less than £30 per month and cheaper still if you shop
around different ISPs (Internet Service Providers). Unfortunately
your local BT Telephone Exchange has to be Enabled
for any of these ISPs, including BT, to offer ADSL Broadband
Internet to any house or business in Marden. So use your
vote of interest to ensure Marden has a large demand
so that BT has to take our village seriously and bring
us into the 21st Century like the rest of the South East
of England.
BAD NEWS FOR MARDEN
| AREA |
PEOPLE
REQUIRED |
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Paddock Wood
Pembury
Cranbrook
Wateringbury
Loose
Marden
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200 trigger level
200 trigger level
250 trigger level
300 trigger level
300 trigger level
??? trigger level |
Paddock Wood is now ENABLED
Pembury is now ENABLED
Cranbrook trigger level reduced was 300
Loose trigger level reduced was 450
Wateringbury trigger level reduced was 400
Marden no trigger level set
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Marden already has a interest in ADSL Broadband - 112
people have registered their interest already. Therefore,
we have a much higher level of interest than most places
nationwide, which have already had their trigger level
set. Marden also has a larger population and, therefore,
more potential Broadband customers. So why is Marden
being forgotten?
Only BT know the answer to this and they are refusing
to share it with the general public. Maybe the truth
could be rather embarrassing for them? Some might speculate
that our current problems are the result of years of
under-funding and a cowboy approach to dealing with
Marden`s ever-growing population (See DACs Section
below), and lack of any competition in Marden from
other telephone companies like Telewest and NTL.
All we can do now is get as much local support as we
can for this campaign, by you
signing up your interest through this site or
through your own ISP, i.e. Freeserve, AOL, Demon, etc,
where every vote gets added to the BT ADSL demand tracker.
It will also help if you make an official complaint
to OFTEL, the telecom`s governing body on tel.
0845 714 5000. Report the fact that you would
like ADSL Broadband, but that it is not available in
Marden. I know this is a valid complaint as I have done
so already. OFTEL do take your complaints seriously.
If we do not act now we will never get this digital
technology and our schools and businesses will seriously
suffer due to this. MAKE
SURE YOU VOTE TODAY!
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X Box Ready
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Marden is Not
Ready for Broadband
But hopefully YOU can Help change this.
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FACTS - DID YOU KNOW…?
66% of the UK can get ADSL Broadband now.75% of the
South East of England can get ADSL Broadband now and
will pass the 80% mark once more exchanges reach their
trigger levels.
BT is very proud of these facts, but they don`t help
Marden one bit.
PS2 AND X BOX FANS
To all you gamers out there, you will only be able
to play games over the Internet on these consoles if
you have a Broadband Internet connection. So it looks
like we`re going to miss out on all the fun then!
DACs
This is a device BT use to share one telephone
line between two houses, which is fine for telephone
calls, but has a serious problem when data is passed
through it, halving the speed of your internet connection.
For over a year I had an abnormally slow Internet connection,
so kept contacting BT to check for a fault on
my line, and every time was told that my line was fine
and that it must be my ISP or modem. Trying different
ISPs and modems made no difference, and this is when
I found out I had a DAC fitted to my line. At this point
I asked BT to remove it and they refused point
blank, so I contacted OFTEL and they managed
to get it removed for me. Now my 56k modem is working
at the speeds it should. This makes me wonder how many
other people in Marden also have a DAC fitted to their
phone line.
Don’t delay. Check that your phone line does not
have a DAC fitted to it. Why should you pay full price
for line rental when you’re only getting half a
line?
CONTACT ME
Anyone offering
advice or who wishes to help with this campaign can
contact me on
broadband4marden@btopenworld.com
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