Subj : Re: Getting along without a keyboard To : All From : The Natural Philosopher Date : Fri Sep 20 2024 09:16:46 On 19/09/2024 22:01, mm0fmf wrote: > On 19/09/2024 19:10, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:44:49 +0100 >> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 19/09/2024 17:51, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >>>> On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:48:01 +0100 >>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> >>>>> Given that few of us have internet connections over 100Mbps, that >>>>> hardly seems an issue >>>> >>>>     I've had gigabit FTTH for a few years now - and I'm in rural >>>> Ireland. I use an old PC running FreeBSD as a router/firewall, I've >>>> never liked commercial routers, using a proper OS is so much easier. >>>> >>> I picked the 'economy' package at 40/10 Mps >> >>     Wow the only options on offer here are 500/50 or 1000/100 with the >> price increment for 1000/100 being minimal. >> > There are plenty of midspeed packages so switching from cable/VDSL to > fibre lets the ISPs sell you slow fibre for the same as VDSL etc. > > I have a 20/130Mbps cable package. My road was fibred and the same > package was £17/month cheaper on fibre than cable. I could get moved to > fibre and eventually move to 900/900Mbps. I moaned and moaned at the > cable provider (Virgin) and they price matched the cable to stop me > leaving.  I didn't have to change anything which suits a lazy sod like me. > > You mean you passed up an opportunity to leave Virgin and save money? Everyone I know who was on Virgin cable is now on something else. -- “But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!” Mary Wollstonecraft --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .