i am on dial up bt moneybox account if i change phone company will i be able to get broadband?

Answer 1

Simple Answer YES. Just contact the company you want as a provider.

Answer 2

Whether you can get broadband is not dependent on who you have your telephone line with.

It depends on location and the physical exchange serviving your location.

That is to say that if BT (and no matter WHO has your "landline" the line itself was put in by BT and the exchange which feeds that telephone line, is run by BT) have recently "digitalised" your exchange you will be in a position to receive broadband through the "cable" of your telephone line.

You see- any telephone line CAN carry the broadband signal providing the exchange is up to par (ie is now digital instead of analogue- the old format) AND you do not live more than (and this can be extended!!!!!) 7 kilometres from the digitalised exchange.

So- if you live in a town or village chances are that you are close enough to the exchange serving your area. If you live, as I do, in the middle of nowhere they will have to check the suitability of your line before promising you broadband.

If you live in an area with an old, unupgraded, exchange then the answer is no.

No for the landline based high rate of data exchange.

Then you can look at cable or satellite services as they do not rely on the telephone in the same way. Though- I think you will find that cable is reliant in much the same way as it is landbound too. ;-)

I recommend that you check with BT to see IF you can get broadband and what, if they were your choice, THEY'd charge. It doesn't cost anything to check and you do not commit to a contract in asking!

Note- if you do live far from the exchange and they tell you it is unlikely that the signal will carry your way don't be put off- I live over 10 kilometres from the exchange and was told by BT it was NO GO and yet the engineer who came to check on my line for another reason said "suck it and see" and I found I got it FINE! Sometimes the folk on the end of the phone don't know everything. The chap on the ground knew way more- he'd DONE IT.

Shop around for broadband "providers" and do the maths- those who offer reduced rates for the first six months, or whatever, may end up charging you more in the later months. Also- spend a little time checking on customer commentary. If their customer service is impossible to contact or charge the earth you are going to be at a disadvantage as support in the early months is crucial (I am a bit of a veteran- I actually AM with BT and spent a month and THIRTYSEVEN HOURS trying to get them to accept that their landline master socket was faulty and that *I* was not the idiot who couldn't get her broadband router set up! LOL! I have the names of 46 members of the BT Broadband and BT Yahoo as well as British Telecom and received £46 in compensation to cover my telephone bill to them! Make sure they are accountable if nothing else!)

Answer 3

All companies apart from what's now Virgin Media use the comparable infrastructure from the replace on your place a minimum of. it must be diverse kit in the replace if that's been unbundled by using the likes of Sky, communicate communicate or A N different - in spite of the undeniable fact that, those companies are focused on great conurbations first and except there is quite severe call for, they're no longer vulnerable to do your replace any time quickly. Your strategies are a 3G cellular connection gadget from a cellular provider, in spite of the undeniable fact that verify 3G coverage on your area first to make particular you get max speeds that are quite stable on a 3G sign. yet another decision is satellite tv for pc broadband, in spite of the undeniable fact that that's many times prohibitively costly in the united kingdom. If this impacts countless human beings on your area in spite of the undeniable fact that, then you quite might evaluate clubbing together and getting some form of community community going - in line with threat on the side of a close by college, college, Council or IT employer who may be arranged to help.

Answer 4

yes all broadband users work off a bt line (apart from cable), with dsl it works at a higher frequency than voice signals so you can still use the bt moneybox service and broadband supplier can work off the same line, at the exchange office a MDF (main Distrubtion Frame) divides the signal and sends voice calls from a switch to PSTN to user end (number you dialed), it sends data i.e dsl signal to a DSLAM that send it to your Broadband supplier data network and on to internet, if your Broadband supplier got there own equipment installed within bt exchange its send by MDF to HDF (handover Distrubtion Frame) and on to its own DSLAM and to internet.

I would try talktalk.co.uk one of the cheapest and best about

Answer 5

You should be able to, but BT also gives an excellent Broadband service, I am a customer of theirs, and have never had a problem with them.

Answer 6

Yes if the company offers broadband and your line is prepared to run broadband signals.

Answer 7

broadband comes in two flavors, DSL and Cable(same as ur Cable TV providor). check ur local area for either type. there a several ISP that will provide either. the good news is that its no longer tied to just ur *phone company*

Answer 8

you dont have to change your provider, even with a bt money box, you can get bt broadband

Answer 9

check with your local phone and cable companies

Answer 10

yes but are you aware bt do b=band?