Would you buy a house-no dsl possible?

martin57

Hi there,

I was just wondering about this today and how peoples requirements change when they are buying property.

For myself I couldn't see myself buying a house no matter how good it is, if there was no possibility of having broadband access (if no dsl then it would definately have to be capable of getting the high speed by satelite)

Does anyone else feel the same way as me-if you can't get dsl in your new home then its a big no no!!

martin57

motorguy

I wouldnt say a big no no, if it were my dream home, and otherwise perfect.

nickcardwell

northern ireland has 100% coverage of dsl (first country in the world to do it)

Milko

nickcardwell wrote: »

northern ireland has 100% coverage of dsl (first country in the world to do it)

What he said ... so just keep buying local properties

BritBrat

I would if it had cable.

Bigcammy

I'm very sceptical of BT's 100% claim. This includes satellite coverage for remote properties which is download only, upload is via dial-up modem and it's not cheap.

Witless

It has 100% coverage, but not to the same degree. The max I can get is 2mb, but a friend (who is served by the same exchange) who lives about 2 miles further out of town can only get 1 - 1.5mb.

Broadband would be a consideration if I was moving house.

nickcardwell

Witless wrote: »

It has 100% coverage, but not to the same degree. The max I can get is 2mb, but a friend (who is served by the same exchange) who lives about 2 miles further out of town can only get 1 - 1.5mb.

Broadband would be a consideration if I was moving house.

Very true,

Its all down to the noise on the line, the closer you are to the exchange , less noise = faster download speeeds.

chunter

nickcardwell wrote: »

northern ireland has 100% coverage of dsl (first country in the world to do it)

A house 8 miles from the exchange. BT said "NO" 4 TIMES, "you can't get broadband".His daughter lives in a bungalow 30 yards away and has BT Broadband.

Virgin are switching a 512kb service on in 2 days.

BT Broadband are probably the worst company (including TalkTalk) I have ever had the misfortune to deal with.

I think there probably is almost 100% coverage (I know of a couple of people in the Sperrins using satellite systems).

The biggest obstacle broadband has in Northern Ireland is the sheer ineptitude of the awful BT.

Bigcammy

chunter wrote: »

The biggest obstacle broadband has in Northern Ireland is the sheer ineptitude of the awful BT.

I can't argue there, I worked for them for 10 years until I could stand it no more. I'm on day 13 with no broadband because of their useless provisioning systems :mad:

ooo000ooo

Bigcammy wrote: »

I'm very sceptical of BT's 100% claim. This includes satellite coverage for remote properties which is download only, upload is via dial-up modem and it's not cheap.

It's now both ways via the dish and afaicr it's now charged at the same rate as normal broadband.