I now have my new broadband provider

…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

2 Responses to “I now have my new broadband provider”

  1. dangtri says:

    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…)

  2. dangtri says:

    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).