cheapest wireless bb ?

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who's the cheapest for wireless bb? i need to connect a wireless laptop and a non wireless pc, so would need a wireless dongle for that.?

Marlow

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who's the cheapest for wireless bb? i need to connect a wireless laptop and a non wireless pc, so would need a wireless dongle for that.?

Wireless broadband has usually nothing to do with that your laptop or PC is wireless or not. Wireless Broadband means, that the company is providing you the broadband via a wireless connection, most often fixed wireless, but then terminate the connection on an ethernet cable to your PC, ie. they give you a box that talkes wireless to their nearest basestation but they talk to you via cable.

If you want to go wireless from there, you'll have to buy a wireless access point or wireless router.

/Marlow

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thanks marlow.

can i not buy "broadband in a box" from digiweb and then get a wireless router?

Steffano2002

Do you want a wireless ISP (IBB, Digiweb) or just a wireless modem/router from a normal ISP (Ericom, BT)?

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hi, yeah i'd like ibb or digiwed (ie i don't want to have a phone)... then in someway put it trough a wireless router so i can put the pc on it using a wireless dongle.

that possible?

event

yeah

get metro lite from digiweb and then an ethernet wireless router. Plug that into the modem digiweb give you and thats it

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cool, thank you :-)

Steffano2002

It's actually cheaper to get IBB Breeze as they don't charge for installation at the moment like Digiweb do. You can also use a wireless router with IBB.

crawler

Steffano2002 wrote:

It's actually cheaper to get IBB Breeze as they don't charge for installation at the moment like Digiweb do. You can also use a wireless router with IBB.

Digiweb dont charge for install if you pay annually.

event

Steffano2002 wrote:

It's actually cheaper to get IBB Breeze as they don't charge for installation at the moment like Digiweb do. You can also use a wireless router with IBB.

is that the good one from IBB or the bad one?

Steffano2002

crawler wrote:

Digiweb dont charge for install if you pay annually.

The whole year upfront? :eek:

Steffano2002

event wrote:

is that the good one from IBB or the bad one?

LOL A part of me wants to say "IBB now offer a good one?"

It's the "good" one indeed Event. I didn't like it because I was mainly a gamer but for general internet use (browsing, e-mail, downloading, uploading) it was fine

qwertplaywert

with digiweb-do you get a free router?

Steffano2002

qwertplaywert wrote:

with digiweb-do you get a free router?

You'll get everything you need to start using the internet when they install the product (whether or not this includes a router). However, they charge for the installation (€89.66 EUR) so I wouldn't consider that "providing a router for free"...

event

Steffano2002 wrote:

LOL A part of me wants to say "IBB now offer a good one?"

It's the "good" one indeed Event. I didn't like it because I was mainly a gamer but for general internet use (browsing, e-mail, downloading, uploading) it was fine

ye know what i mean;)

qwertplaywert wrote:

with digiweb-do you get a free router?

they give you a thomson modem, which can only connect to one device at a time

Marlow

event wrote:

they give you a thomson modem, which can only connect to one device at a time

I'd say you'd be better of bying some decent ethernet wireless router anyhow. That way you can use it for any kind of Internet connection and aren't stuck with something rubbish noisy like a Netopia router

/Martin

event

well you have to

the thomson will connect to one device. ie either a one PC or another.

If you want more that one, get an ethernet router, connect it to that and connect your PC's to the router

Steffano2002

qwertplaywert wrote:

with digiweb-do you get a free router?

So basically, based on the above posts, the answer is no.

dathiultaigh

IBB dont charge for installation for residential customers - its free. However for corporate connections I think there is an install fee but you get the first 2 months ... best call their corporate sales lines though to check that first.

Steffano2002

dathiultaigh wrote:

IBB dont charge for installation for residential customers - its free. However for corporate connections I think there is an install fee but you get the first 2 months ... best call their corporate sales lines though to check that first.

I'm pretty sure OP is a residential customer though

qwertplaywert

event wrote:

well you have to

the thomson will connect to one device. ie either a one PC or another.

If you want more that one, get an ethernet router, connect it to that and connect your PC's to the router

but ,with the one they give you, can i use bb wirelessly on my laptop?

Steffano2002

qwertplaywert wrote:

but ,with the one they give you, can i use bb wirelessly on my laptop?

Well, if Digiweb is like IBB, you don't get one. You just get a wire (with RG45 connector) that you then need to plug into a PC directly or into a wireless router. Basically you need to come up with the wireless router yourself.

qwertplaywert

qwertplaywert wrote:

but ,with the one they give you, can i use bb wirelessly on my laptop?

can someone confirm or not this?

Wcool

Yes I can confirm: you need to buy your own wireless router if you want to surf wireless on your laptop.

Think the Digiweb modem as a one network plug outlet: you can connect 1 computer (through an ethernet cable)

More computers? = buy a router
Wireless connections? = buy a wireless router

qwertplaywert

thanks for the info guys
got an email saying can get digiweb wireless now

so i need a wireless router becuase i have 3 devices to connect[my laptop, my brothers laptop[whenever hes home from collage, and my wii]

watty

Yes for Breeze or Digiweb Metro you need an Ethernet WAN WiFi Router, called Cable routers (incorrectly) in Argos catalogue. Like an ADSL router except with extra Ethernet socket and no built in modem.

The WAN Ethernet socket connects direct to the Digiweb or Breeze Modem.

Breeze is limited in speed. The Digiweb Metro, you can upgrade by email or phone possibly to up to 8M down and 1M up. It has two phone sockets and one phone number. You can get a second phone number.

Metro has built in QOS to make voice, Fax or Dialup Modem (Digibox etc) work better.