If you live close enough to a valid exchange bulldog dsl are great I
have been very happy with my 4 meg line + phone for 40 quid a month
On 10 Feb, 2005, at 1:03, Aaron Fothergill wrote:
Avoid BT like the plague. Since they teamed up with Yahoo they've
dropped Mac support completely and become a great way to get flooded
with spam :( They also require a 12 month contract, whereas a lot of
the others only require a month or so notice if you want to change.
They're also more expensive than a lot of the others now. I'm using
Pipex who are pretty good, but there are also some Mac specific
broadband resellers like MacUnlimited.net
I've got an old D-Link DSL-500 modem/router which is so so. I'd go for
a modem/router with ethernet ports rather than a USB one as they're
easier to set up and seem to be less problematic (apart from
bridging). An old friend of mine runs Ozenda.com so I should mention
their wireless modem/router that's �59.99. It has ethernet ports too
if you just want to stick to using the base station for your wireless.
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From: walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lazy question
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:30:05 +0000
OK, guys, apologies for asking a question that has been asked many
times already, but maybe now there are different options around, so
here it goes again...
Our 'phone exchange will finally be upgraded to broadband at the end
of
March.
I'm thinking of joining up BT broadband, as a first port of call. I
think BT gives you a free USB modem which is of little use for Macs
(in
fact they say it's not compatible).
My setup is: iMac G5, iMac G4 and Albook (all running 10.3.7) joined
up
via an Airport Extreme base station.
Currently we connect to the internet via the base station modem and it
works very well on dial-up.
Once we get to broadband I understand the best policy is to get a new
modem and connect it to the base station via the ethernet port.
There should be no need for a router because the base station will
already act as a filter, or so I understand.
So, the question is: what is the best broadband modem out there that
works well with a base station?
Thanks for any advice,
Walter
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