[ubuntu-uk] Low cost, low usage broadband suppliers

[David Restall - System Administrator]

Hi

is anybody aware  of a UK broadband supplier that has a product to
replace a standard dialup ?

I'm building a new desktop for my mum and she doesn't have broadband.
I'm going to set her up to use dialup but this is not going to be ideal.
What would be a better solution would be a low cost, ADSL connection with
a lower download speed and/or a bandwidth limitation, say 1M/s 2G/month.

The problem with dialup is the frequency of updates to Ubuntu - it's not
unusual to get 20MB of patches/packages, this is a pain over a 56k modem
but doable over a broadband connection.

All the broadband suppliers have wonderful offers on the face of it,
but they are for three months then they go up to 15-20 month.  This is
massive overkill for my 'old dear' who only wants to pick up and send
the odd email and sometimes surf the net.  She's not into mega-surfing
for hours on end, audio content or downloading massive movies (it took
me long enough to get her to get a digital TV and she still only watches
BBC News 24 on the digital side and she uses the analogue for the other
terrestrial channels).  I wouldn't call her a Luddite, but you know what
I mean :-)

Regards,



David
ubuntu/uk-2008-04-26.tx                                        ubuntu-uk
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