World Online ADSL

I ordered World Online on the 24th March 2001 via the WO website ordering. I got the ADSL installed by a friendly and helpful/professional BT engineer on the 12th April - so about three weeks or so from start to finish - not bad at all! Payment options are good; World Online offer debit card/credit card payments as well as a handy Direct debit facility, which the majority of ADSL providers don't seem to currently offer. Installation fee (£150)& monthly rental (£39.99) includes rental of Alcatel Speed Touch USB modem - lovely green colour, shape of a (love it or hate it!) stingray. The modem is quite compact (smaller than I initially thought) and ...

Having used a 56k dial up conection for over 2 years (Freeserve, Telinco, Virgin, ic24, Worldonline (screaming net / Localtel), AOL) and speeds between 44,000 & 49,333bps, I am now experiencing the world of broadband with average speeds of around 350,000bps. As I use a lot of videoconferencing programs I find the pic refreshes better and is clearer, also less disconnections. I download a lot of MP3's, etc, and as I use the net a lot it's well worth the money. If you only use the net to see a few webpages and to use e-mail, then it's not really beneficial to you. BT engineer was great and did a good job. Pre-regestering meant I didnt have to pay the £150 ...