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sav112
04-03-2007, 16:49
Hi lads.

Im keeping My virgin BB after getting Rid of my phone and TV and thought i may as well ask this.

My friend has BT home HUB. Its basically connected Ethernet to one PC and on his laptop by wireless. His range on his laptop is rather good he can walk all over the house and out into the Garden and away down the lawn.

Do Virgin do a Wireless Modem? As I have the original NTL100 one.

I’m getting a new top of the range gamming pc in May and a Laptop. I fancy the laptop out the back in the Garden in the summer:cool: . Or is it just a case of getting a wireless router that’s good quality?
AbyssUnderground
04-03-2007, 16:54
The BT homehub is a router. I doubt wireless modems even exist so it would be easier to get a wireless router.
Carl J
04-03-2007, 17:05
The BT homehub is a router. I doubt wireless modems even exist so it would be easier to get a wireless router.

The BT Homehub is a wireless ADSL modem-router. Wireless cable modems certainly exist, though handing out wireless routers would certainly be the best bet :)
v0id
04-03-2007, 17:14
The techs in the newsgroups have hinted that the free wireless router offer that was available to extelewest XL BB customers will be back for virginmedia. I don't know when though :/
sav112
04-03-2007, 17:20
I'll have to keep that in Mind for the summer Void - a free Wirless router would be nice.
DJ Dave
04-03-2007, 21:48
That's why I don't want to go out and buy one yet.
Hex
04-03-2007, 23:34
It's the old saying though, you get what you pay for. I cant help but wonder what the quality of these free routers will be like.
Sherlock
05-03-2007, 14:59
Quality wise they are fine. The only bad thing is the software that comes with them. The software for the Telewest router was awful.
AndyCambs
05-03-2007, 15:00
The one "recommended" by NTL was pretty poor as well. I eventually bought a Linksys and never regretted it.
sav112
05-03-2007, 18:13
Thanks lads, i'll keep that in mind.
ntl engineer
05-03-2007, 19:20
they are testing the new wireless modems out for the network which do look very nice i must say and very soon they will be one out guys so bare with them