[Malvern] Is there life in BT Broadband?

[Steve Cashmore]

At 13:42 04/10/2004 +0100, ian.pascoe at bt.com wrote:
>Broadband 500 is generally OK up to 3.5 - 4 km radial
>distance from the local exchange.

I don't believe this is the case.  Originally it was supposed to be within 
5.5km, but experience has shown that ADSL often works at considerably 
greater distances.  I understand there are some installations working at 
10km for a 512kbps circuit.

BTW the number is 17070, not 17040.

A router with firewall is a very good starter option, but not adequate 
alone in my opinion unless the router firewall is specifically configured 
to block certain traffic, rather than relying on NAT alone.  It does depend 
to some extent on what
kind of machines you're trying to protect.

--
Steve