Hi is anybody aware of a UK broadband supplier that has a product to replace a standard dialup ?
I'm building a new desktop for my mum and she doesn't have broadband. I'm going to set her up to use dialup but this is not going to be ideal. What would be a better solution would be a low cost, ADSL connection with a lower download speed and/or a bandwidth limitation, say 1M/s 2G/month. The problem with dialup is the frequency of updates to Ubuntu - it's not unusual to get 20MB of patches/packages, this is a pain over a 56k modem but doable over a broadband connection. All the broadband suppliers have wonderful offers on the face of it, but they are for three months then they go up to 15-20 month. This is massive overkill for my 'old dear' who only wants to pick up and send the odd email and sometimes surf the net. She's not into mega-surfing for hours on end, audio content or downloading massive movies (it took me long enough to get her to get a digital TV and she still only watches BBC News 24 on the digital side and she uses the analogue for the other terrestrial channels). I wouldn't call her a Luddite, but you know what I mean :-) Regards, David ubuntu/uk-2008-04-26.tx ubuntu-uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Restall, Computer Nerd, Cyclist, Radio Amateur G4FCU, Bodger | | Mob +44 (0) 7973 831245 Skype: dave.restall Radio: G4FCU | | email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : Not Ready Yet :-( | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it | | were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. | | -- H. L. Mencken | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
