[Gllug] Choosing broadband

[william pink]

I am unfortunately lumbered with 02 also, I haven't even been able to get my
Xubuntu laptop working with the router or my gf's Ubuntu netbook working
with it but Windows seems to work fine which is strange as I have never had
problems with my laptop before.

Will

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:16 AM, James Hawtin <oolon at ankh.org> wrote:

> The first thing to find out is if your vendor has there own equipement at
> the exchange or they use the BT stuff. The cheap figure O2 quote is ONLY
> available when O2 have their own equipement at the exchange, if they use
> the
> BT stuff its double the price of the cheapest offering.
>
> My Aunt just had this experience with O2, I did find O2 very help and there
> systems worked well and the magic bullet setup disk was perfect for
> windows!
> It was fine for what she needed, the router however is utter rubbish,
> its locked down so you cannot change the SID, Encryption (WEP!!!) or the
> password, which is machine generated as there setup disk can work it out
> from the base station.
>
> James
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