BT Highway

I have recently taken installation of BT's Homehighway product, after being initially disappointed with a new standard analogue line installation at my new property. At my previous address I was privileged enough to have an NTL cable modem – I took their base 128k package, which was great for me, for general web browsing, email, chat and the occasional large download. At £14.99 too, I was laughing! When we decided to move house, there was a tad of concern to begin with as the places we needed to live it did not have any form of broadband available, whether it be ADSL or Cable, or even wireless ... more

Due to the Lack of ADSL or Cable in my area I decided to get ISDN as an alternative. The only real option was the BT Home Highway package. BT Home highway has a very fast connection ( sub 3 seconds )time unlike dial up with a modem it is digital so no de modulation of the analouge signal is required. BT delivered the Fritz PCI ISDN card prompt via the gift of the post and the engineer arrived when BT said he would. The installation took no more than an hour, most of this time was spent with the engineer doing something technical at the exchange. The PCI ISDN card was easy to install and came ... more

I originally got ISDN installed due to the fact that for some reason, BT put a DACS (Digital Access Carrier System) in when they put in our second (normal) phone line, which for those of you who havnt had such experience, basically squeezes two lines into one pair of wires, unfortunately limiting you to 33.6k in the process (which they 'forget' to tell you at the time). So, rather than have all the hassle of trying to get them to give us a normal line which would work at 56k, we decided on a ISDN line instead, as it's the next thing up. Performance is brilliant even at 64k, 128k is an option ... more

I've have been with BT Home Highway for about 6 weeks, and I had to buy a BT Speedway ISDN Modem, just to be able to get online. I could have chosen other's, but this one was recommended. Anyway, the service guarantees 128k access to most ISP's which is true. Although, you may notice, if you have BT Home Highway, that you can actually connect at 230kbps at full speed (using 2 telephone lines), and 115kbps at their slow speed. Whenever I have tried to connect to an ISP, i have got on first time, every time (Other than ic24's free 0800 access number). Connection is so fast, that if you blink ... more

I have recently had an ISDN line put in at home and found it is the best thing i have ever done. Before when i had to use my home line i found people were complaining they couldnt get through and i was always having trouble getting logged on and staying logged on which is very essential if you are downloading software. There is nothing more annoying than starting a download and getting to 90% and getting booted but with the ISDN line it connects so fast and you only get booted every 2 hours so you stay online all day lol. I found this to be the best thing i have ever done it may seem a little ... more