Migrating from AOL to Be

Bipolar Kittens · 9 Feb 2008 at 16:05

Hi all,

I've been with AOL since the beginning of time (10+ years), currently on their Silver package (2meg i think) for £14.99 per month but i've been reading so many good things about Be recently i've been thinking it's maybe time to switch to their Unlimited 24meg package for just an extra £3 per month.

So, I just phoned AOL to get a MAC code and obviously they tried everything under the sun to get me to stay, but one of the things the guy did say that made me hesitate was that my line was only capable of 4.1meg and he could offer me that service for just £9.99 a month.

I guess my first question is how can i confirm that this is true? Because if it is then switching to Be for what I thought would be super fast broadband, wouldn't be a smart move, would it not?

stevieg · 9 Feb 2008 at 16:23

test your line here

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=16738

Daegan · 9 Feb 2008 at 17:16

ibolden said:
but one of the things the guy did say that made me hesitate was that my line was only capable of 4.1meg and he could offer me that service for just £9.99 a month.

That and the BT broadband checker quote figures for ADSL, Be Unlimited uses ADSL2. It's probably reasonable to double or triple those estimates for ADSL2.

Bipolar Kittens · 9 Feb 2008 at 17:25

stevieg said:
test your line here

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=16738

Hmmm, it says my maximum speed is 3.5meg, so unless i'm missing something, i'm thinking it's not really worthwhile changing to Be. :confused:

tolien · 9 Feb 2008 at 17:28

Get your attenuation, SNR margin and connection speed from your modem and plug them into one of the calculators in the sticky.