BT openworld 512/256 at 50:1, had it for a good few years now and no bother at all, all for the princly sum of £27.99

The only thing I dont like about BT broadband is that they dont provide fixed IP addresses without paying extra! My home network relies on having a fixed IP address.

The only thing I dont like about BT broadband is that they dont provide fixed IP addresses without paying extra! My home network relies on having a fixed IP address.

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You dont have a way around it?

My home network powers 23 computers using an internal network and an external 108Mbps wifi (http://www.netgear.com/promotions/WGT634U.php), with a great big arial on the back of the house

I also use a BlueSocket for the WiFi which secures it alot, although the BlueSocket cost was a 4 digit figure (http://www.bluesocket.com/solutions/index.html).

My connection is powered by Blueyonder 3Mb and 2x Nildram 1Mb ADSL lines, all together for good redundancy.

All this was only recently setup though, so its still my best toy

23 Computers you say? The WiFi spreads quite a long way, so anyone with a WiFi adaptor or Laptop etc... let em connect too - only so I can browse their hard drives without them knowing

Warren

23 Computers you say? The WiFi spreads quite a long way, so anyone with a WiFi adaptor or Laptop etc... let em connect too - only so I can browse their hard drives without them knowing 

Now, Warren, surely you of all people know about the Computer Misuse Act...

while its a topic thats current, i have been considering moving up to BT's 1Mb connection. It costs around another £10 per month and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts (good or bad ) about it.

Reason for upgrade is the X-box shares the ADSL and it would improve the occasional lag problems when both X-box and PC are running games on line.

My ISP is Karoo. A service only available here in Hull and the surrounding areas due to BT not operating in Hull.

I pay £28.99 per month and get a 608kbps connection max downstream and around 400kbps upstream. I've seen better packages out there from BT and the likes outside the Hull area but considering my contention is very favourable, the fact that I get 580kbps speed more or less constantly, I can't grumble.

Work has a 2meg pipe by the same provider and ironically, due to their city crentre location, they get slower speeds than me during the main day. They get a max of around 1.5meg once it's gone 10pm as everywhere else is shut.

For my cash, I also get a nice 20mb worth of web space. No good for a serious website but adequate for me to post a bit of stuff about me and what I get up to.

Tony

Reason for upgrade is the X-box shares the ADSL and it would improve the occasional lag problems when both X-box and PC are running games on line.

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XBOX Is a bugger for that, I fear to check my e-mail whilst on a game just in case I get booted!!

Warren

Reason for upgrade is the X-box shares the ADSL and it would improve the occasional lag problems when both X-box and PC are running games on line.

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I think a change of ISP would be a vast improvement, BT aren't exactly renowned for being a decent ISP for gamers. Unfortunately, I'm not too sure who is at the moment, but it's definitely not BT. A 512k with a better ISP that's more geared towards demanding use would be an upgrade from where you are now, and probably for not much more than you're paying now.

OTOH, changing some settings in the modem\router or even changing it can help, as can upgrading the routers firmware, if you're using one... sometimes!

If you've got everything running at peak efficiency at your end, and it's still slow, then I would look at changing ISP's before splashing out on the 1 meg connection.

www.freedom2surf.net

£22.50 per month, 50:1 512K, static ip address

Very reliable!

Mike

That sounds pretty good Adrian, have you got a web address for them? And can you write a review for us to tell us what you think of it when its been installed?

D

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Hi Dale if you want more info go to my web site and click on my "links & Offers page"

As for a review well I recon I can but you will be getting it from a user view only, I can do things like change my modem upgrade the memory (You know the easy stuff) The more in depth stuff I'll leave that to you lot.

Adrian B)