There are 3 main broadband technologies, ADSL2+, FTTC, and the new kid on the block is FTTP.
ADSL2+ is conventional broadband giving you speeds of up to 24MB Connection speeds, this uses the existing phone line back to the telephone exchange. FTTC can give you speeds of up to 80MB, this uses the existing phone line back to your nearest cab and then splits and the rest of the line is Fibre, and finally FTTP, this is full Fibre to the Premises and can give speeds up to 1000MB, with FTTP there is no longer a requirement to have a physical phone line (although you can keep the phone line if you wish)
 

Broadband has been designed to use your existing telephone line so your telephone number remains the same. If you are with an alternative telephone communications provider you will be required to install a BT telephone line in order to receive broadband. This may mean a change in telephone number.
 

This will depend on what services are available at your local telephone exchange. Also, as with normal ADSL the length of your telephone line back to the exchange or cab, and the quality of the line will play a large part in the maximum speeds you may be able to achieve.
 

For the allowance based products, peak hours are defined as Monday to Friday 8AM - midnight (8AM - 8PM for Office connections) All other times are off peak.
 

Broadband is attached to a physical line at the address so you would need to request a cease for your broadband and then place an order for a new broadband service at the new premises this will generate a cease charge for the broadband at the current rate and may cause a new activation charge to be raised depending on your package.
To request a cease you would contact us via email or support ticket. Please remember to include the phone number the broadband is on, the address and post code and the date you wish the cease to commence.
If you wish to place a new order with us for the new premises please include the address and post code and the phone number for the new premises as well as the date we should place the order.
The phone line will also need to be ceased (there is no charge for this) and then a new line will need to be ordered at the new address. If there is currently a standard phone line at this new address this can be restarted this can be done at a cost of £7.20 if not it will require a new engineer installation at a cost of £78.00
 

Visit http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/ to get a reading of what speed you are currently getting, and for BT Wholesale based connections this will also give you your IP profile.
 

For BT Wholesale based connections, there is no migration fee as long as the correct migration process has been followed by the gaining ISP. The only exceptions to this is if you have an LLU connection (Your line was part of an unbundled service) or you are migrating over to our LLU based services as these may generate a connection fee (see product description for details).

Top Ups:
Top Up 10 £8.65 (Ex VAT) £9.95 (Inc VAT)
Top up 25 £20.82 (Ex VAT) £23.95 (Inc VAT)
Top Up 50 £40.83 (Ex VAT) £46.95 (Inc VAT)
Top Up 75 £60.83 (Ex VAT) £69.95 (Inc VAT)
Top Up 100 £76.96 (Ex VAT) £91.95 (Inc VAT)

A top up amount has no expiry date, so if you purchase a top up of 25Gb, each time you use more than your allowance you will usage some of your top up, so if you are on a family 30 and use 35Gb in peak time, you would use 5Gb of your top up, leaving 20gb in the bank for future use.
Top ups can only be purchased using a credit or debit card and not via any existing direct debit.

If you go over your usage your speeds will be limited to 128k until your next billing date unless you purchase a top up (as described above) although If you wish, you can select over use charge, this will mean that for each GB over your usage you will be charged the over usage fee (as listed in the prices above) when you select over usage you must specify a maximum amount for overuse, this will limit the amount you can be charged in any one billing period, so if you select £5.00 as your max then once you reach this amount you will no longer be charged any more, and your speed will drop down to 128k until your next billing period (or until you purchase a top up) 
 

You can change between different packages, depending on the package you are on there may be a charge, please email us for information. With the Allowance packages, you can move up and down package.
 

250 Meg of web and email space is provided free with your connection if required, details will be in your welcome email, but you can always raise a ticket or drop us a mail for more information.

The email service support POP3 and iMAP and secure SMTP

Our email servers are:
Incoming mail server: mail.vivaciti.net
Outgoing mail server: mail.vivaciti.net

Q) Can I increase the amount of web space we have?

A) You would need to upgrade the webhosting package to one of our paid for services.
 

To use our ADSL service you will need to configure your router or modem.

Most of these setting should be set by default, but worth checking.

ADSL: VPI = 0
VCI = 38
ADSL Modulation: Auto, G.DMT, ANSI T1.413 or ADSL2+ (depending on package)
Encapsulation Mode: PPP over ATM (PPPoA (PPP over ATM)- RFC2364) VC-MUX
Authentication: CHAP
FTTC, made sure if it is not already set your vlan is 101

IP address and DNS server should be server assigned (or similar wording depending on router model)
 

No, phone line rental is charged separately either by ourselves if your phone line is provided by ourselves or your current phone line provider.
 

Payment is via Direct Debit or Debit/Credit card. There may be other payment options for business customers, contact us to discuss further

It will take between 7 and 10 working days to set up and activate your account for ADSL and FTTC services, FTTP services will be dependant on install services in your area. This time line is dependent on BT Openreach to provision or migrate your line, and is beyond our control.

Broadband services have a cease charge of £36.64  + VAT.