Re: Orange Unique / Broadband / Mac

["Stuart Grimshaw" <stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/28/07, Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 28 Jan 2007, at 12:33, Phil Harris wrote:
> >> The Orange "Livebox" is the biggest POS adsl modem
I've ever come
> >> across. Don't touch it with a bargepole is my advice.
> > ...or use any one of the many and varied ADSL routers that are
> > available
> > from every "cr=E8che of Satan" (PC World) and it
doesn't matter what
> > modem
> > they give you. Then it's just a matter of what the service is
like.
>
> The orange "unique" service uses wifi enabled mobile phones
which
> presumably switch to a VOIP like service when in range of your adsl
> connection. I doubt it would work with anything other than the
> livebox. If you're going to use your own adsl modem, you might as
> well just pay for a vanilla adsl service...

Except that you save the extra (=A317 in my case) that the vanilla adsl
cos=
ts you.

Currently I'm on Orange PAYG because it was costing me =A340+ a month in
charges & line rental, but I'm still paying that now, so if I sign up
for the Racoon =A335 package, I get free adsl, free land line calls, and
the =A317 I save puts the net cost of the package @ =A318 ....

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-S

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