[UK-CONTEST] It's a conspiracy

[Adrian Rees]

Actually, BT now send the same Routers to domestic and SOHO users. I have one.
My comments about the Routers still apply.
 
Furthermore, installing and configuring a Router via USB (and following instructions) may be easier for most users who may have to un pick IP Security settings applied via either Operating System or Additional Software to the established installed Ethernet card, before they can start configuring new devices.
 
For those users who don't have IP Networking experience, un picking this stack can be troublesome. Hence USB Connectivity via a "Virtual Ethernet Card" (even intially) would be the easiest installation method.
 
I am aware that BT ( domestic and business) users of ADSL experienced initial problems with MaxDSL. In deed I had initial speed problems myself. However, once these issues are resolved,it is a perfectly stable connection, as far as I have seen, is immune to RF and doesn't emit discernable RF. (At least I havn't heard / noticed).
 
73
MW1LCR

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From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com on behalf of Dave Sergeant
Sent: Thu 28/09/2006 10:41
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] It's a conspiracy



On 28 Sep 2006 at 10:00, Adrian Rees wrote:

> I have been a BT ADSL User since the first days of ADSL in the UK. I admit that I use the BT SOHO (Small Office Home
> Office) service as it offers better user Contention Ratios and 24 x 7 Support, no blocked ports, and a generally RAW
> Internet connection. I recently moved house, to the Hills of North Wales, and had to cancel my ADSL Subscription and
> re-apply. I subscribe to the BT SOHO Service from my new location and have the following comments to make:

Adrian is talking about BT Business broadband. Chris is on the
domestic BTYahoo service so much of what he says is not relevant. I
assume also he is talking about the original business routers which
are somewhat different kettles of fish from the current BT Total
offerings. With these you can do all the settings via its ethernet
web interface and do not need to do anything via the usb port at all.

>The change of faceplate on your master socket is something easily
>done yourself - and well worth doing, as it takes your internal
>extension wiring out of the picture.

Only if you have a new style master socket (with an unscrewable
bottom half section). Many of us still have the old style socket. In
fact the BT chap replaced mine with an equivalent old style master
while sorting out a problem and kindly re-wired my unofficial
extension wiring into it... A standard question from the Indian
'support' - expletive deleted - people is to plug your router into
the test socket. All us with old style sockets have no such thing...

73 Dave G3YMC


http://www.davesergeant.com

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