[SWLUG] Speedtouch USB modems.

[Dick Bain]

Justin Mitchell wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 19:47, Phillip Evans wrote:
> 
>>I am thinking of going broadband (probably with pipex) and will be 
>>connecting with a Speedtouch 330 USB ADSL modem. I believe that there 
>>are Linux drivers available for this, I currently use Mandrake 10 but 
>>may switch to Suse 9.2.
> 
> 
> Save yourself a lot of trouble and go with an ISP that will sell you the
> ADSL with a decent ADSL-Router box, or will sell it to you wires-only
> (ie you buy the router).   
> 
> ADSL Routers start from just 40 quid and will be guaranteed to work with
> every operating system, you get connection sharing at the same time for
> free, and optional wifi for just a little extra.
> 
> Flavour of the month seems to be PlusNet http://www.plus.net
> they offer a selection of speeds, and choice of modem/router/none

here is a modem/router/firewall that looks good for the price
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48449