[Gloucs] Re: what broadband providers do people use

[rob at cmsnet.org.uk]

I'm using the Telewest 2MB down/256KB up unlimited cable service. It  
costs me £15 per month, which includes a cable TV service as well. I  
haven't had any outages in the year I've been using the service and I  
can always get full speed up and down. I imagine it would be very hard  
to beat this service on price.

I use a Linksys WRT45G router which runs OpenWRT  
(http://www.openwrt.org). I bought this about 2 years ago for roughly  
£45 and it's been extremely reliable. I've had no problems whatsoever.

Rob

Quoting Gary Bliss <gary at garybliss.com>:

>
> 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.