[Chester LUG] WiFi Terror

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 13/07/11 20:37, Les Pritchard wrote:
> Oh don't get me wrong, I will always move people (normally willingly
> once I've explained the dangers!) to WPA2. I had one person tell me
> someone had complained that their Windows 98 system wouldn't connect.
> Think we know the answer to that one!
>
> As for BT....yes what can we say! I've not done any testing of a BT
> connection, would someone using BT Fon take bandwidth from the owner of
> the connection? Or do they reserve a permanent percentage for them at
> all times? In that case you're not getting the full potential from your
> connection.

Yes - I agree. Either temporarely, or permanently - it is using what 
should be my bandwidth and my connection. It's not like BT are giving 
some sort of discount on their connections because they are borrowing 
said bandwidth/connection share from their customers. Quite the 
opposite, really, if you are to compare their prices with the 
competition. And the free wifi comes under BTOpenZone, BTFon and one 
more branding which is not coming to me right now.

I take deep satisfaction in replacing the BT branded routers with off 
the shelf ones (when they break or there is any other compelling reason) 
and always imagine there is a little guy deep down in the BT corporate 
belly jumping up and down furiously and frantically shaking fists in the 
air because they lost one more of their routers. Well, at least it's the 
sort of stuff that makes me feel better :D

Sebastian