Richard Ibbotson writes:
Jack
why not get an external one that hooks to your pc via cat 5 cable to your network card. I picked up one (westel i think) that my provider found for about 200 or so. works nice. im at work so can not tell for sure the brand name. With the eithernet hookup you can easily move it from one machine to another if that need arises an all u have to worry about is having a working nic in the machine.
Yeh ... but over here you get one choice. It's called BT and that's it. Cable only exists for a small minority of people in the local area. I am told that I will use an Alcatel USB modem and that's the end of it.
From the providers end they should not care what you use. The phone makes sure that you are getting the signal to your home, then you can use whatever you want. I think a lot of companies have moved toward PPPoE for authentication. Before, the provider had to have the MAC address of the NIC card you used to connect with, but gone are those days.
Where I am you can get this with a company called Blueyonder. But not many of us can get access to this.
Thanks
-- Richard
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