Modem Recomendation?

[The-Wolf]

hi all
I currently have a BT voyager 105 external ADSL modem
I'm thinking of getting a PCI (internal) ADSL Modem but am clueless as to which specs I should be looking at.

My connection can be upto 8meg but I often only connect at 6
(as I'm writing it is 6.1)
any ideas on which make, model to go for?

 

[Squid]

Can i ask why? Is it purely for cosmetic purposes?

Squid

 

[The-Wolf]

more of a space and wires kind of thing

 

[Squid]

I have just looked at a couple of places i use online, and most PCI modems are still for dial-up, and i couldn't see one for generic ADSL modems.

I have found this place with one though : http/www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=603537

I guess the main thing you need to understand is the difference between:

ADSL1 = up to 8Mbps
ADSL2 = up to 12Mbps
ADSL2+ = up to 24Mbps

I don't know how this relates to your ADSL connection though, or whether a modem that supports ADSL2+ would work with any ADSL connection. I guess someone more techie than me might be able to answer that one.

The modem i linked to above does upto 8mb down and 640 kbps up, so i guess it depends on what happens with ADSL going forward.

Squid

 

[The-Wolf]

see that is where I get confuddled, what exacetly is all this up and down speed

why can't computer stuff be simple

 

[idlefingers]

down speed (downstream to be precise) is the speed at which you can download a file and upstream is the speed at which you can upload.

With adsl as it stands, downstream is considerably faster than upstream, but it's slowly improving.

With regards to choosing adsl 1, 2 or 2+, unless you a really bothered, go for 1 as this will be here for many years to come and is the most supported of the three. (and your 8mbit line will more than likely be adsl 1)

Personally, I'd hate to have a modem which requires a computer to be on for it to work. but if internal is what you want...

 

[The-Wolf]

Thanks idlefingers, that makes things clearer.

Personally, I'd hate to have a modem which requires a computer to be on for it to work. but if internal is what you want...

can I ask why?

 

[Squid]

Thanks idlefingers, that makes things clearer.

Personally, I'd hate to have a modem which requires a computer to be on for it to work. but if internal is what you want...

can I ask why?

Wolf,

This probably applies more to people like me who have a couple of computers in the house. One laptop that uses wireless, and a pc that uses either. If you have one pc, the line is in an appropriate place in the wall, and you do not intend on getting another pc in the near future, or any other device that could make use of broadband, then this should be fine.

The slower upspeeds explain why it takes you longer to put videos out on the internet rather than downloading other peoples chap!!! I should have explained that bit, so cheers idlefingers

Squid

 

[idlefingers]

Thanks idlefingers, that makes things clearer.

Personally, I'd hate to have a modem which requires a computer to be on for it to work. but if internal is what you want...

can I ask why?

Because an external modem gives you much more flexibility.. You can use other devices which can make use of the internet with much more ease. Even if it's not wireless, it means it's completely separate from the computer, so if the computer dies and you borrow a laptop of a friend or something, the internet is still running and ready for you to plug in and use it.

 

[idlefingers]

it's a bit different to what you're asking for, but this is what I use at home: http/www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834G-54M...9963&sr=8-1

it's served me well so far and has a lot of configuration options and things you can play with which you may or may not be interested in.

 

[The-Wolf]

Thanks but I have no intension of ever going wireless

 

[The-Wolf]

I won a pci card on ebay
http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140098591519
I'll let you guys know if my tenner was well spent after it arrives and is installed