Topic: BB soon

[TR]

Looks like I'm going for this one? what do you reckon?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1580947961&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=52754

Ps: if the link doesnt work  

[Sandra]

Netgear seem to be quite good Hooky and that one looks fine.
I was a bit worried at first after reading some of the reviews on ebuyer as someone said they couldnt open ports yet a few posts further down someone said they had complete control and no problems so I can only assume that the first guy didnt know how to do it and it is possible after all  

[Camstop]

I've started looking too as my exchange is being enabled in January...

This was the one i fancied...>>

[Adept]

Looks like I'm going for this one? what do you reckon?

I've just ordered one of those for work Hooky. They look really good don't they. My experience of Netgear stuff has always been good, so I'm hopeful

[TR]

Me to Adept...but knowing my luck this week I doubt it lol.

As soon as I signed up with V21 2 days later they dropped all there Prices  ..so I phoned up asking why they didnt tell me they were dropping the costs, guess what? they said they couldn't tell me as they hadn't signed up with Telefonica until today..Ba$%£%$$£.

Anyway, they have now told me in 2 weeks I can migrate to the lower cost of £16.99 per month uncapped..whooooo.

Sod that for £26.99 I can get 1mb  

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place.

Famous for setting pricing standards in the web world, V Two One has
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best possible price and signalling the beginning of the end for dial-up
Internet connections.

Three different ADSL packages are available, tailored for customers with
differing degrees of web usage and needs, with the standard 512k
connection - which is ten times faster than dial-up, priced at an
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connection for £26.99 a month and a 2M connection for £42.99 per month.
However, V Two One hasn't stopped there - it has also reduced its
activation fee, which is now just £58.75 for a year contract or £69.99 for
a monthly contract with no ties.

V Two One has also dramatically reduced the cost of its hardware from
£58.74 for a USB modem to an astonishing £16.99 - crowning the ISP as the
most aggressively priced broadband supplier in the market place today.

To upgrade your account today from an unmetered dial up account to super
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visit www.v21.co.uk and click 'sign up'

[TR]

Ok..I have my activation e mail   but slightly confused  

Once your equipment is correctly configured for your machine you will be
able to check the status of your line activation through the ADSL
indicator on the modem. Once this light goes steady green your line has
been connected to the ADSL equipment at the exchange and the configuration
of your line should be completed within 48 hours after this. Any attempts
to connect before the configuration is complete will simply result in a
harmless connection failure. Due to the way in which ADSL operates it is
necessary to specify your username with the domain portion intact unlike
most dial-up systems. We have therefore included below the full login
details that you will need to enter when configuring your software.

Does this mean I have to leave it once its connected and not be able to connect at all over these 48 hours   I will have withdrawl  :'(

[Sandra]

Did you get the netgear router or the usb modem Hoooky ?
If you have the router just connect it up and switch it on then access the router through the routers IP address and enter your details, if it doesnt connect straight away it will keep trying to connect until it does so  

[TR]

Sandra. I went for the Netgear router.

Ok let me get this straight, I only have 1 tel point coming in the house do I split that between my old Modem and the new Router?
             

[Sandra]

The splitter (or filter) goes into your telephone point.
One side takes the standard BT telephone plug for your phone or modem, the other takes the connection for your router.
I would think that you could have your modem connected as usual and connect the router but have it switched off at the mains.
That way each time you start a session on your pc you could switch the router on and see if you are activated and on line, if it is you're sorted, if not switch it off and use your modem  

[TR]

Clear as Mud Sandra lol.. I think its sorted ..I have an extension through the house to a socket under my PC..put the splitter in that socket and split between Modem and Router   .

Just had notification from ISP saying it will be Thursday or Friday for connection.

[Sandra]

That should be ok Hooky but dont forget that any extensions that you connect a phone into elsewhere in the house need to be plugged in through a splitter too.
As far as I know ADSL would work directly into the phone line without a problem, if you had the correct adaptor, its just that the noise on the ADSL interferes with the phone if the phone isnt connected through a splitter  

[TR]

Bit of luck I have ordered 2 splitters  

[Simon]

Not sure of this is what you've already done, Hook, but I simply have a socket doubler going into the phone port of my splitter, so I can have my phone and 56K modem plugged in as well as my BB Modem, then if BB goes down, I still have a 56K back up.

[Sandra]

You are still with Pipex arent you Simon ?
If you have Pipex and a router it doesnt go down unless theres a fault at the exchange which takes your phone out too  

[Clive]

I have the same setup as Simon and it works fine.  But I haven't bothered installing additional splitters in the extension sockets and don't get any interference problems myself.