Broadband (without wires?)

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I'm currently trying to sort out broadband access for a friend who's just moved in to rented accomodation in Hungerford.

I've done the usual first checks :
- is it a cabled area? - NO
- is there a BT line currently connected? - NO
- does he have a mobile 3g pcmcia card? - NO (haha) - he also what's to purchase a laptop that needs to be capable of playing RomeTotal War - but that's another story.

I've told him to find out how much reconnecting the BT line would be and how long it would take - but has anyone else any ideas on mobile data (maybe 3g).

I looked at t-mobile stuff maybe 12 months or so ago for myself on my train commute, and at the time I think it was £18 a month (but I returned it as the coverage was poor). Looking round now for anything mobile based looks to be the wrong side of 30 quid a month (and relatively long contracts).

Anyone any ideas for BB access at his new location?

Cheers,

[Jay]

3g is very expensive and not all areas have it, if not it will drop to GPRS.

It would be much better to get a BT line in, it takes about 10 days (even though they say 30) and then have it activated for ADSL. Simple

I worked for a company who had a contractors that used the 3G PCMCIA cards and they all hated them.

You could go for UK satellite broadband but that looks way expensive

[Phil_P]

I've told him to find out how much reconnecting the BT line would be and how long it would take.

If there's already a BT line, but it's just been disconnected, then this is definitely his bet bet.

I use GPRS on my mobile/laptop for work (no 3G here) and it's painfully slow - worse than plain old dialup. It's best used in emergencies only.

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Cheers for the responses, it looks like BT is the way to go - they still seem to have a very strong monopoly in a lot of areas!!!

[Jay]

well they should, they did pay for the copper to be installed in most, if not all areas of the UK!