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Hi, i'm getting BT Broadband soon and wanted to know whether they are better than Blueyonder?

Also, i've got Xbox Live and I need to know what to do when I change my ISP because when I set up my Xbox Live Account I had to get a MAC address from Blueyonder, do I have to do that with BT?

I'm getting Sky Digital too!

Cant wait, the last time I had Sky was about 2 years ago. I've really missed the movie channels.

:-(

We're getting 1 MEG Broadband now for £22.99.

I simply cannot believe you are so excited about lowering your pings, then go on and consider wireless networking.

As for your other question, I think it's time everyone learnt the difference between routers and firewalls: None.

Hmm.... Useful to know having 512 over 1 Meg doesn't affect the ping...

What's the best broadband provider? Kinda want to use a router so... Is wireless any better?

And is there anyway to get it routed to two computers without slowing down the connection or adding a firewall?!?

Hm everyone I know with BT Broadband has lots of problems with it, you should try find someone else.

Coin wrote:
> For example (from an advert in T3) 512 Kbps (same as BT)
> £19.99.

Yeah but my dad is getting that all for £15.99 because he works for them, it wqas either get BT Broadband or NOT get Sky so I said I wanted BT Broadband.

Ah I didn't actually read his post.

You know, on some games you can get a lower ping on 128k ISDN than you can on broadband.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Yeah but a higher transfer speed can be very useful.

Of course it is, but the way Coin was talking he was thinking it makes online gaming better, but it doesnt. Pings are the same, and online games use very little amounts of data, so dont need big transfer speeds, upload is the same as 512K so no better at hosting a game. If you were sharing the connection then online gaming should be a little better if the other users were downloading, browsing or playing online games themselves.

Yeah but a higher transfer speed can be very useful.

You do know Coin that there is no difference in ping from a 512K ADSL connection to a 1Mb ADSL connection. £31.99 isnt amazing for 1Mb, Plusnet do 1Mb for £29.99.

Found this other Broadband service, migrating from BT to it in January when they put the 15GB limit on.

By the way, for anyone who cares, it's actually not 15GB downloaded (ie. 150 episodes of Anime or about 3,000 songs) but 15GB transfer. Which means each page you visit / refresh on. So leave it. Don't touch anything with anything in anyway similiar to a download / transfer limit. Ever.

For high speeds, but not high costs (whooo! Slogans 4 eva!!111) get fasthosts.

For example (from an advert in T3) 512 Kbps (same as BT) £19.99. Which is the same speed and everything, only without the 15GB limit.

1024 Kbps (which I might get) £31.99. It's like the mother of all gaming lines. The mother. Yes, really.

Mmmm... Pings of 50 on US servers... Mmmm...