Broadband Equipment

Manik · 19 July 2005 at 5:36PM

Hi all,

A friend of mine who had broadband has recently switched to cable broadband and offered me his broadband modem.

I currently use dial-up.

I was wondering, after getting BT to upgrade my telephone line to recieve ADSL, would i be able to use this equipment to sign up to one of the cheaper broadband 'no modem' offers rather than the standard offers which includes 'free' modem but tends to be more expensive monthly?.

This would be my first foray into the broadband 'bandwagon' and hope this option of a free modem may keep my costs down, as often this no modem offers tend to be more flexible and not tied into a 12 month contract.

Many thanks for any advice.

Manik

shrek101 · 19 July 2005 at 5:39PM

Yes it should be okay but bare in mind that you also need filters for the modem and able to get adsl in your area and that the exchange isnt full to capcity.

Manik · 21 July 2005 at 4:55PM

Thanks for the advice.

Quick query..what are 'filters'?

Manik

shrek101 · 21 July 2005 at 4:59PM

Here you go

http://www.epanorama.net/documents/telecom/adsl_filter.html

There cheap less than a tenner last time I looked.

Manik · 21 July 2005 at 5:11PM

Many thanks Shrek101.

Was just doing a quick bit of reearch on the web on micro-filters.

edna_clouds · 22 July 2005 at 2:02PM

you can get them on ebay for about £2-00 or so

shrek101 · 22 July 2005 at 2:44PM

I have heard from other people that there can be problems with cheap adsl filters. I never had any problems with mins in 5 years of having adsl, although mine was a BT install you couldn't install adsl yourself back then. So it maybe false economy buying cheap filters for the small extra cost I would go for quality filters.

edna_clouds · 24 July 2005 at 4:38PM

These bt ones are cheap but not cheap if you see what I mean

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=90720&item=5792222303&rd=1
I know they are not £2.00 each,but are good value.

oranabana · 29 July 2005 at 12:05AM

edna_clouds wrote:

you can get them on ebay for about £2-00 or so

or go for 'normal' retail, (ordered over the net or bought instore in West London) from: http://www.qtds.com/code/products.asp?recid=636&catid=47

cost about GBP 5.00 incl delivery.

>;-)

(bought here in the past, never had a problem).

Daniel_B · 29 July 2005 at 9:53AM

Have you checked to see he's not giving you a filter with it anyway?

They usually come with one or 2 filters, and if he now has gone wireless, that would have 1 or 2 filters with it anyway.

Chances are he will have a spare filter for you.

Dan

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