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Old 09-09-2008, 19:12   #33
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Re: I have to pay for a wireless router that is free to new customers?

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Originally Posted by bonzoe View Post
A lot of companies eg insurance, offer "come on" deals to new customers, the practice is not restricted to VM.
True, and that's why I switch insurance companies every year

Comparison sites have made it easy to do with insurance and utilities, but unfortunately broadband is a bit trickier. They are just relying on that fact to stop people switching I think, and to avoid having to offer them anything.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
The VM router cannot be altered to anything more or less then it is. So no reflashing of the firmware, no changing it to an access point only etc.
Hmm, okay, sounds fairly useless then as I really just want to use it as an access point, since I already have a pfsense based router which is far superior. It's a shame because I could do with a second AP to cover my entire house (very thick walls I think, the re-flashed La Fonera I'm using doesn't give a signal in some rooms).

I suppose I can understand why they locked it down to make tech support simpler, but I do wonder what will happen if a security flaw is found as happened with BT wireless routers.
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