ADSL Services (Provided via Nildram)

Yellowstone Electronic Solutions are a reseller for the ADSL Services provided by Nildram Ltd (http://www.nildram.co.uk). Their range of services can be viewed directly from here http://www.getadsl.co.uk).

Check Availability in your area
You can check availability of Broadband services in your area using the following link:-
http://www.broadband1.bt.com/mini_check_new/step1.asp

The basic Home and Office ADSL services give you the flexibility to purchase your own choice of hardware if required in addition to taking the fully managed service from Nildram - where the cost of a modem or router is included in the monthly charge.

Yellowstone is also able to offer a consultancy and design service to advise on which service is best for your needs, and to supply and configure the necessary hardware. In addition to the services provided by Nildram and BT, we are also able to advise on and design systems using other broadband services supplied by cable companies such as NTL if they are available in your area.

Home & Small Business Solutions for Single PC on USB - Dynamic or IP Addressing
This Home & Small Business service, is, as the name suggests, intended for consumer users with a contention ratio of up to 50:1 and provides a maximum download speed of 512k and a maximum upload speed of 256k. This service is provided as a single-user USB connection. You can either hire the modem, buy your own or buy one pre-configured from us !
The service can either be provided with one fixed IP address or as a dynamic IP address. Hardware firewalling is not currently an option using this service, and we recommend that you install a software firewall such as ZoneAlarm before using it fully.

All prices exclude VAT. In addition to modem hardware, you will also need a 'Micro Filter' on each extension where an item of telephony equipment is connected and these are available from Yellowstone at £15 (ex VAT) each.

Home and Small Business Solutions for Single or Multiple PCs on Ethernet - Fixed IP Addressing
This Home & Small Business service is again intended for consumer users with a contention ratio of up to 50:1 and provides a maximum download speed of 512k and a maximum upload speed of 256k. The service is provided with an Ethernet router for connection to one or more PCs. You can either hire the router, buy your own or buy one pre-configured from us !
The service can either be provided with one fixed IP address, or a block of 8. Additionally for a single one-off charge of £40, additional IP addresses can be provided. A Hardware Firewall is highly recommended before using this service fully.

All prices exclude VAT. In addition to modem or router hardware, you will also need a 'Micro Filter' on each extension where an item of telephony equipment is connected and these are available from Yellowstone at £15 (ex VAT) each.

Business / Office Solutions Multiple PCs on Ethernet - Fixed IP Addressing
The 'Office' services are targeted at the business community with a contention ratio of up to 20:1 and are available in three download speeds - up to 512k, 1Mb and 2Mb, with a common upload speed of up to 256k. The 'Office' services are supplied with a block of 8 fixed IP addresses - more IP addresses can be provided for a one-off charge of £40 at the time of ordering.
The service is provided with an Ethernet router for connection to one or more PCs. You can either hire the router, buy your own or buy one pre-configured from us ! A Hardware Firewall is highly recommended before using this service fully.

All prices exclude VAT. In addition to router hardware, you will also need a 'Micro Filter' on each extension where an item of telephony equipment is connected and these are available from Yellowstone at £15 (ex VAT) each.

ADSL Modem
System requirements:

Windows 98, 98SE, ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
USB port
CD ROM drive
Pentium 133Mhz or higher
32 Mbytes of RAM or higher

Please note:
(a) at present there is no support for PCs running Dual Processors.
(b) some PC`s have problems supporting USB devices. Please see the FAQ section on Nildram's site (http://www.getadsl.co.uk/faq.htm)

ADSL Router
When there is a requirement to connect to a Local Area Network a routed solution will be needed. This requires the use of a device called a router. Routed solutions are typically found in one of two types of configuration, Network Address Translation (NAT) - where several machines share a single IP address - or Real IP where each computer will have a real-world IP address visible from the outside world (requiring additional IP addresses). We are once again able to offer a fully managed router solution where the router is provided as part of the monthly charge, or a suitable router can be purchased. Both options can support both types of implementation - NAT or Real IP.

All Single IP (Static) ADSL services will be configured for NAT - this service cannot be used in conjunction with an SMTP mail feed.

If the real IP address option is selected in conjunction with the router, it will be configured as required to support the Real IP environment.

Multiple IP Addresses
For network environments that require additional IP addresses to support extra services we are able to offer multiple IP Address options that deliver a total of 8 IP addresses. For environments that require more than 8 we can offer 16,32,64,128 or 256 address blocks for a one-off extra charge of £40+VAT.

Re-grading ISDN to ADSL
It is possible in most cases to re-grade Home Highway ISDN to ADSL but this will definitely involve a visit from a BT engineer, which is no longer required with the other ADSL services or options. It should also be noted that conversion would result in reverting the line back to what is effectively an analog phone service with a single telephone number. There are clearly some advantages in upgrading to ADSL but the current usage requirements of the ISDN service must be considered before a conversion is done, it may be worth considering an additional analog line for use with ADSL rather than a re-grade, and cancelling the ISDN line. Please contact us for details or advice.