Isp with free wireless modem?

My sister will soon be getting broadband and has a laptop pc with built in 11mb
wireless card.

She has asked me to recommend an ISP but says she will only go with one who give
her a free modem. (ok i have explained that it's not really free but she says she
will only go for one that throws in a modem!)

Obviously this could be restrictive as her phone socket is in the hallway and she
does not want an extension cable trailing all the way to her laptop in the living
room, so a wireless modem would be *far* better, but most free modems are "wired
usb" ones, but with wireless technology getting cheaper all the time there must be
an isp who may consider bundling a free wireless modem??

NTL rent you a cable modem. See "No need to splash out on expensive Cable
Modem equipment" at:

http://www.ntlhome.com/ntl_internet/...worldportalnav
broadband

Also about wireless solutions see:

http://www.ntlworld.com/linksys/


"Adrian Boliston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c65d3f$7ptba$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My sister will soon be getting broadband and has a laptop pc with built in
11mb
> wireless card.
>
> She has asked me to recommend an ISP but says she will only go with one
who give
> her a free modem. (ok i have explained that it's not really free but she
says she
> will only go for one that throws in a modem!)
>
> Obviously this could be restrictive as her phone socket is in the hallway
and she
> does not want an extension cable trailing all the way to her laptop in the
living
> room, so a wireless modem would be *far* better, but most free modems are
"wired
> usb" ones, but with wireless technology getting cheaper all the time there
must be
> an isp who may consider bundling a free wireless modem??
>
>

> She has asked me to recommend an ISP but says she will only go with one
who give
> her a free modem. (ok i have explained that it's not really free but she
says she
> will only go for one that throws in a modem!)

Spell it out to her: There are no "Free" modems any more than there are
"Free lunches.

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:58:12 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband "Adrian
Boliston" <(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>My sister will soon be getting broadband and has a laptop pc with built in 11mb
>wireless card.
>
>She has asked me to recommend an ISP but says she will only go with one who give
>her a free modem. (ok i have explained that it's not really free but she says she
>will only go for one that throws in a modem!)
>
>Obviously this could be restrictive as her phone socket is in the hallway and she
>does not want an extension cable trailing all the way to her laptop in the living
>room, so a wireless modem would be *far* better, but most free modems are "wired
>usb" ones, but with wireless technology getting cheaper all the time there must be
>an isp who may consider bundling a free wireless modem??
>
If she is going for an ISP bundling a free modem it will only be a USB
one, utterly useless in most cases and especially in this one. She
will have to buy a wireless router\modem and use that and leave the
"free" modem in the box. So she may as well not bother with a free
modem at all. Any ISP offering a free modem will only want minimal
outlay, hence the cheap USB ones. If they bundled a wireless
modem\router or whatever the cost of the ADSL would rise to account
for the extra cost of the modem.
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