bt yahoo broadband and more than one computer

it says in the nethelp files you can only connect one computer to your home
service.Does this mean at a time ? Or is it OK to connect a laptop for
instance when your desktop pc isn't connected?

SeriousStan wrote:
> it says in the nethelp files you can only connect one computer to your home
> service.Does this mean at a time ? Or is it OK to connect a laptop for
> instance when your desktop pc isn't connected?
>
>

It means you get a USB modem which can only connect to one computer at a
time. There's nothing stopping you networking other computers to that
one computer though, or using a vigor 2200USB, or swapping the modem to
a laptop.

"Rusty" <rusty.soft@com> wrote in message
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> SeriousStan wrote:
> > it says in the nethelp files you can only connect one computer to your
home
> > service.Does this mean at a time ? Or is it OK to connect a laptop for
> > instance when your desktop pc isn't connected?
> >
> >
>
> It means you get a USB modem which can only connect to one computer at a
> time. There's nothing stopping you networking other computers to that
> one computer though, or using a vigor 2200USB, or swapping the modem to
> a laptop.
>
Or even installing a Router/WAP

BTW Why do so many people ask this question?
dont any of them look back over the old posts.
Im sure this was covered only a few days ago.

But to put it at its simplest.

BT dont care what you connect. BUT they wont provide support to you. You can
still report Faults and service problems
But you will have to be sure your network is OK. And personally I dont blame
them and im sure most other ISPs are the same with giving support to users
who have equipment that they didnt supply.

The last call i took from a customer was for a network of WinXP Win 95, 98
and Linux, Its lucky I can access most OS's except Apple ones so could help
them, but its hardwork getting them to check things and having to talk them
through it as in their own words "Im not too good at this PC stuff" thank
god I work for myself and dont have to help if I dont want to.

Ian

In article <bssun7$mpg$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) (SeriousStan) wrote:

> it says in the nethelp files you can only connect one computer to your
> home
> service.Does this mean at a time ? Or is it OK to connect a laptop for
> instance when your desktop pc isn't connected?
>
>
>
Physically you can only connect one device at a time. If that happens to
be a modem/router running NAT, or the PC you choose to connect happened to
be running ICS or a 3rd party proxy, then who would be able to tell ?

If you want to use more than one PC at a time then you will have to do one
of the above. Many people do !

Read the small print in the AUP.

- Steve

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:37:27 +0000 (UTC), "SeriousStan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>it says in the nethelp files you can only connect one computer to your home
>service.Does this mean at a time ? Or is it OK to connect a laptop for
>instance when your desktop pc isn't connected?

I can't see how they would even know if you were to connect a home
network to their system, never mind if you only connected one computer
at one specfiic time.

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