Wireless Internet Router for £35 delivered- Can you beat it?

Debs_2-2

Having given notice to leave Telewest, I have been offered a monthly deal of Talk anytime (01 & 02) landline numbers, 2 meg broadband and, as they do not currently offer wireless connection, £60 cashback to purchase a modem all for £19.95 per month. Not sure if a good deal but shows what can be offered when you plan to leave. Currently paying this just for line rental and 200 mins call time & no broadband.

BexTech

Back in September I got them to keep me on my initial offer of 4Mbit broadband and starter TV for £19.99 (I've heard some get this for £17.99 now though) I'm happy with that at the moment, I have satellite (now just the 100+ free channels) to add the extra TV channels, and have been using VoIP for my phone service since dumping the landline over 18 months ago (had been using before then too), so don't need a phone line. With my VoIP I get all the free features you get with VoIP - Caller ID, 3-Way Calling, Call Waiting, Caller ID on waiting call, Anonymous Caller Rejection, Call Transfer, Voicemail (though I don't use it) Call Blocking, Distinctive ringing. I had got over 15 months of completely free calling, but some months back they made it Ten Euro's for 120 days of free calling, up to 1,200 mins per month to UK, USA, Aus and several other countries. I know have 12 months of free calling and 1,200 mins per month is enough for us, as I used up my easyMobile free credit to top up my VoIP account.

So I don't really mind paying £20 per month for that, but would be happy if they wanted to reduce it.

Mr_t_12

buses7675 wrote:

Hi All,

If anyone is on Telewest Cable 4mbit or 10mbit (or Virgin Media from Thursday) you can get a free Netgear Wireless router if you call 150 from your Telewest phone and ask them! All we were told is if we cancelled broadband within 12 month, we'd have to pay tht £40 for the router, otherwise, no problem!

Arrived very quickly too and works fine!

For some reason, I believe NTL (or ex NTL customers) can't get the free router for some reason, yet anyway, but it may be worth ringing to ask!

Cheers

Steve

Thanks for this but I just called tele and they finished the offer on 4th feb.
:cool:

Alfie_E

MSE_Martin wrote:

If you've ADSL broadband, which is internet via the phone line, it's a box you plug in to the phone line instead of your modem. If you've cable broadband (NTL/Telewest) which is a DSL modem, you plug your router into the modem.

ADSL is type of DSL - Digital Subscriber Line. The A stands for asymmetric. That just means the utilisation of the line is biased in favour of one direction. Downloading gets much more “space” than uploading. ntl:Telewest/Virgin Media use a variant of CableLabs’ Cable Modem. For cable modems, the acronym equivalent to ADSL is DOCSIS.

If you’re considering going wireless, it would be a good idea to see how many other people near you have gone wireless already. If I scan for other networks where I’m sitting, I can detect up to eleven other wireless networks. This can be a problem. See The Register’s !!!!!! has my Wi-Fi network gone? I’ve noticed that my wireless network can slow to a crawl at certain times of the day. The times are the obvious ones, such as when everyone gets home from work. This could be exactly the time you want to use your network too. You could borrow a friend’s wireless laptop, PDA or mobile phone to check what’s already around you.

Also, be careful of “cheap”. Ideally, a router should be completely transparent. A broadband router can’t hope to be completely transparent, due to the fact that it has to get multiple devices onto the Internet using only one Internet address. But, if you make heavy demands of your broadband connection, an under-powered router could create even more limits. See Which Router Reigns Supreme for P2P?. It should be noted that even newer, more expensive routers can have problems. SmallNetBuilder found the Belkin N1 to be seriously lacking.

TKPeters

FON are offering a free wireless router

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=370155

paddyrg

If you already have a router with an ethernet port, you could just buy an access point (eg a Netgear ME102 - several on ebay for not much, although it's 802.11b (max 11Mbps, but if you're only seeing 3.5Mbps from your ADSL like me, hardly a concern)).
I would not advise this for a technophobe, but if you know what you're doing there's no need to get a new router to go wireless, just an AP.

roseygrech

I am totally confused with all this! Having a senior moment!

I run MAC OS X but my partner runs Windows - what do we need to buy to go wireless? We have ASDL.

espresso

roseygrech wrote:

I am totally confused with all this! Having a senior moment!

I run MAC OS X but my partner runs Windows - what do we need to buy to go wireless? We have ASDL.

An ADSL wireless router.

crispeater

i got this one and its great!

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=2CS5&fb=909&InMerch=1

£19.12 delivered. dunno if it helps anyone

djm49000

I install wifi kit. Avoid the Linksys kit if a long range is required, as they do not come supplied with an external aerial. Consequently, their range is poor. Netgear & Buffalo wifi kit is much better for transmission range.