[Klug-general] getting broadband

[nic dan]

Hi James

I'm on Virgin, but speed is nothing like as advertised

favourite phrase "up to" 10meg is really about 2

I'm considering going over to BE but this will mean signing up for a BT landline again

A friend has it and gets really good speed in Hertfordshire, but I don't know if Kent is different

https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beportal/homepage

No problem with linux with any broadband that I know of, and I've used 'Three' 3G also

Did you find it slow, also, unless you got a really strong signal?

Aitch
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> To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> From: james at jwm-art.net
> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:30:19 +0000
> Subject: [Klug-general] getting broadband
> 
> 
> Morning,
> 
> I'm a total broadband newb and know next to nothing about broadband and
> linux because i've lived (for a long long time) in an area where bb was
> not available and have been using a wireless dongle to get gprs/umts/3g.
> 
> My main concern is ordering a package and then discovering it uses some
> proprietary wotsit which means I can't connect within linux (the only
> option believe me). I don't know if this is likely or not (it was the
> case with the dialup provider my parents use).
> 
> Any recommendations for packages to avoid and packages to go for?
> 
> Cheers,
> James.
> 
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