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On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 08:22:54AM +1000, Kai Hendry wrote: > Since my parent's exchange has been enabled, I thought they should get > broadband. > > Though with Demon and with most ISPs, the free modem seems to be USB. > I'm not going there. Is it wiser to buy your own modem/router to have > DHCP piece of mind? Or does an ISP give a decent modem away... The USB works but the problems with me were - Inconvenient location of the USB port on the machine - You can't network locally - Get a switch and at least it will operate as a simple hardware firewall > > After checking the number, it seems 1mb down and 256up is the best one > can get. Disappointing. Or is this incorrect? Depends on your local connection. BT are promising 2MB any day now with an upgrade to 8mb when the tests are complete > > Is Demon alright still? :) > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/30/demon_broadband/ > > Else can anyone recommend something that isn't the draconian > pay-as-you-go.
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