[Gloucs] Re: what broadband providers do people use

[Gary Bliss]

I used Zen, 2mbps unlimited £35pm.  Yes they are more expensive than some of
the others but in the time I've been with them I've not had a single outage,
I always get good speeds, and their service is superb.

As for Linux support I agree that nobody really provides anything, and would
also whole heartedly agree that a router is the way forward especially as
they are so cheap now.  You can pick up a BB router for well under £50 now
and it's a very worthwhile investment especially when you consider the extra
functionality some of them bring.

I use a ZyXEL router (mainly because I got it free) and that allows me to
utilise proper NAT, it has a very good firewall, traffic shaping, VPN, and
decent logs.



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   1. Re: what broadband providers do people use? (Graham Nye)
   2. Re: what broadband providers do people use? (Sean Keane)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:33:25 +0100
From: Graham Nye <glug at thenyes.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] what broadband providers do people use?
To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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andy wrote:
>
> what broadband providers are people using, particularly at
> the cheap and cheerful end (ie 1-2MB, low monthly volume)

Blueyonder. 2 Mbps, unlimited monthly volume. #18/month.
There is currently an offer for free installation and
#15/m for the first year. It is rather more than the headline
prices for the cheap ADSL providers but watch their charges
if you exceed your monthly allowance. Of course, Telewest
doesn't cover all of Gloucestershire. There is apparently
a 512 kbps service for #10/m but I don't know if that's
available for new customers.

> All the main players in this market (BT, tiscali, virgin)
> have zero support for Linux,...

That doesn't mean their products won't work on Linux, just
that their helpdesks won't offer any help for it.

> ... and whilst I suspect that I could get drivers for
 > whatever modem they are giving away free this month,

As others have written, it's much easier if you get a
router (as I have). Your computers will then just see
an Ethernet connection and won't care what type of
broadband connection is behind the router.

(My Blueyonder cable modem does have an Ethernet port
so it's easy to connect one computer. I've got a router
as well, as it gives me wi-fi, a firewall and a 4 way
Ethernet hub. Oh, and when I get bored with the
firmware I can drop in a variety of Linux
replacements. :-)


-- 
Graham Nye
glug at thenyes.org.uk





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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:48:18 +0100
From: "Sean Keane" <seanfkeane at googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [Gloucs] what broadband providers do people use?
To: "Gloucestershire LUG" <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> what broadband providers are people using, particularly at
> the cheap and cheerful end (ie 1-2MB, low monthly volume)

Not exactly cheap'n'cheerful here, Demon internet, 2Mb unlimited
monthly.  They don't admit it, but it does feel like they do traffic
shaping though.

Router's a Netgear DG814, 4 port gateway router which has served me
well for a couple of years...

-- 
Sean Keane



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