…and O2 is really good. While it was easy to set up the router, the instructions are meant for the clueless and I’d really like a more sophisticated router (the only available wireless security is WEP, for example). However, I now have 12Mb download and 3.7Mb upload. That really beats BT all to hell and back.
BT turned itself off this morning around 10, and I activated my Pay-As-You-Go mobile broadband router and paid
I’d expect you can use any wireless modem/router thing, like this product line from Netgear http://www.netgear.co.uk/home_wireless_cable_routers.phpor the equivalent from Linksys (their site is a mess…). You’ll need your ADSL username/pw, and will probably have to figure out the settings on the router. The O2 forums seem to be a good source of info here (http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=18468&sid=01f554eb2b48ccbcbbc22a6f7bb4b3cc for example…)
Sorry, wrong link for Netgear. The right one is: http://www.netgear.co.uk/home_wireless_broadband_routers.php — you DON’T want a cable router but a DSL router (with the DSL modem built in).