Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
own home line, unless you were a two line household! Cheers Ian -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Andrew Oakley Sent: 16 May 2009 10:33 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread Andrew Oakley
As another posted noted, you cannot connect ADSL peer-to-peer. It requires [DSLAM | magic pixie dust] at the telephone exchange. David Restall - System Administrator wrote: > My mother has an Ubuntu PC and her broadband contract has just expired. > She uses the web very rarely (sends the odd ema

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 16/05/09 10:02, David Restall - System Administrator wrote: > I'm quite happy to do manual updates by taking a DVD over occasionally > but a thought came to mind, rather than use a dialup modem, can I set up > her broadband modem and my broadband modem so that they can talk > directly to each o

[ubuntu-uk] Broadband Modem peer-to-peer

2009-05-16 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, My mother has an Ubuntu PC and her broadband contract has just expired. She uses the web very rarely (sends the odd email may surf occasionally) but doesn't really use broadband to it's full and, to be quite honest, broadband for her is a waste of her money. I'm going to set her up with a goo