Modems and broadband

fiona_farthingale

Hello, I am very new at this, so please forgive any errors!
I want to upgrade to broadband, but I am confused about the modem situation. I am already a onetel customer, and thus thought to go with them. They are quoting some £60 for their modem; however they do say that if you get a modem from elsewhere I can still upgrade with them. £60 is a lot of money to me. Can anyone who understands these things please advise me whether it would be better to buy a modem separately, or to stump up the £60 for the onetel one?
Many thanks, in anticipation!

skim

don't bother with a modem - get a router with a built in firewall.

ckerrd

Many compnaies will "give" you a free modem when you sign up so I would certainly shop around first.
You can get loads of deals.

Basically the modem in your PC (if it is an internal one) will become redundant when you go onto broadband as the modem you need is different.

skim

some cheap routers here

http://www.qtds.com/


For broadband providers checkout http://www.adslguide.org

deanos

If you want a cheap modem check out Ebay loads on there like this one from BT i used to have one like that an dits a very good modem and easy to install

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-BT-ADSL-VOYAGER-105-USB-MODEM-CABLES-FILTER_W0QQitemZ290040020895QQihZ019QQcategoryZ62025QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290040020895