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I recently had to change my broadband provider, mainly as a result of moving house.

Previously on Twin Peaks I was with Virgin Media. I had a fibre-optic cable in to the house which provided cable TV, phone and broadband services. The broadband ran at a nifty 20Mbps (20 mega bits per second) for downloads.

In my new abode I’ve had to resort to ADSL. So now I have a shiny new BT Home Hub, which seems to manage about 4Mbps most of the time.

Cool things which I like about the BT Home Hub:

  • it looks cool
  • it has a VOIP phone handset which charges up when sitting in the integrated cradle
  • I’m automatically a member of BT FON

Let me tell you about FON :-) The idea is that a tiny bit of your bandwidth is made available on a completely separate WiFi network which is open to anyone (with valid credentials) who happens to be within range of your WiFi router.

In return for providing this service for people in my area, I can connect to any other FON hotspot in the world (and there are many) for free. So if I’m out and about with my smartphone and I notice I’m in range of a FON hotspot, I can log in with my BT Broadband credentials and browse away. Magic :-)

BT FON is enabled by default on all new BT Total Broadband packages which include the Home Hub.

As you can see from the FON website, it’s not just BT who are doing this. I think FON started in Spain (although I’m less sure of that now) and have expanded from there. Their routers are called ‘La Fonera’. Which is nice :-)

So, if your stuck with ADSL, BT seem to be a reasonable option to take.

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