I would like to take up the current offer from sky but retain initially my existing connection to orange
2006-10-25 02:58:57 · 9 answers · asked by ian_cadenuk 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
No it's not.
2006-10-25 03:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can only have one connection per line.
What ADSL technology does is "piggy-back" a second signal on the copper from the exchange - hence the need for filters.
In simple terms, your existing telephone service (aka POTS = Plain Old Telephone Service) runs at one frequency and the DSL connection works at another.
There is the equvalent of a filter at the other end of the line that takes the phone signal off to the voice processing equipment and the other off to the ADSL kit.
The ADSL kit is in what is known as a "Point of Presence" or POP. Increasingly ISP's are isntalling their own POPs in BT exchanges - but this is a long and expensive process so, even if you do not use BT for your ISP then BT is still providing the network your ISP uses.
A good example is AOL - most AOL users have BT USB adaptors.
If you are in an area with NTL/Telewest coverage you could get a service via cable and a service via your BT line.
You cannot effectively share the connections as they are over separate networks - you cannot simply "join them together" to get double the bandwidth.
If you have a router from each service and a single LAN in your home you can point different machines to different services, and you can very simply swap between services if you use static IP addresses on your PC's.
2006-10-25 03:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah: this should be able to work!
You'll need to get BT to supply you with a new line and a new ADSL income connection box.
Then you'll need to get two Ethernet ports in your PC - one for each ISP (Internet Service Provider) - in your PC.
That should set you back around £300:
New Line from BT Around £130-£150
ADSL Connection Box Around £30-£50
Labour Around £60-£70
Ethernet Card Around £40-£45
CAT5e Cable Around £15
It'll be expensive but it's possible!
Normally, however there's something in the ISP Contracts that will forbid you from having rival ISPs sending data to the same house!
2006-10-25 03:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BT is the final in each and every component,different than for cost,I had talktalk,what a nightmare.BT technical help is fairly good,additionally BT run each and all of the exchanges meaning you maintain related each and all of the time.a super form of broadband vendors can't get their equipment to artwork top in BTs exchanges,thats why human beings have issues.
2016-11-25 19:56:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you use Cable and DSL. But this is complicated stuff, you will need a computer dedicated to managing both internet connections, and even then you will have problems. It's not practical. It's better just to buy a faster connection if you want more speed.
2006-10-25 03:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by jalexxi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this isn't possible. The line can only support one connection and it is connected at the phone exchange, so you couldn't have two.
2006-10-25 03:02:17 · answer #6 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can only have one broadband connection at a time per phone line
2006-10-25 03:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by jimmyc1163 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...each phone line can have only one broadband connection...don't know why you would want both really
2006-10-25 03:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if both use bt lines like AOL and with seperate filters should be possible as they use same line skys crap anyway
2006-10-25 03:01:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋