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RE: Bit the bullet...


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  • Subject: RE: Bit the bullet...
  • From: "Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:28:39 -0000
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Phil,


I have a netgear isdn router available, £100 plus postage and its yours.
(Or
anyone else's if Phil's not :)

Its the RT328.

I havn't got around to advertising it yet, need to sell some bigger value
items first hehe.

DesG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 March 2001 23:21
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Bit the bullet...
>
>
>
> I finally got so cheesed off at my crappy internet connection speed
that
> I've ordered Home Highway ... it goes against several earlier
> decisions but
> with no ADSL even on the horizon and Cable Modems rapidly heading that
way
> too then I was going to be stuck with 1.7kbytes/sec transfer rates and
> typically 1 minute 20 seconds wait to dial up and connect to my ISP!
>
> £39.99 a month for a Home Highway line, £7 worth of inclusive calls
and
> 6pm - 8am on weekdays and 6pm Friday - 8am Monday as free internet
access
> periods with BT acting as my ISP. Gets installed next Friday...
>
> Now ... ideally I'd like to find a reasonably (OK *cheap*) ISDN router
so
> that I can just plug it into my existing network however that's not
likely
> to happen ... the people who had the house before me left their
> BT Speedway
> ISDN TA (complete with manual and CD but unfortunately no serial
> cable) here
> when they moved out so I do have an external ISDN "modem"
already. What I
> was wanting to know is ... has anyone actually compared external and
> internal ISDN "modems" for performance, reliability and
speed? I
> need to be
> able to share the ISDN connection across my network (including my
ePod).
>
> Any comments and/or suggestions are gratefully appreciated...
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
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