[ubuntu-uk] Broadband

[les]

Hello,

Sorry if I am asking a rather basic question - I think I sort of know 
the answer to this one but would like to be sure.

A friend is intending to use my old computer (dual boot with Ubuntu and 
Windows ME, 450 MHz, 256 GB RAM, 2 USB ports but no ethernet) for modest 
internet access. I have managed to persuade him that it is safer to use 
only Ubuntu for the internet, and I have provided a Thomson/Alcatel 
Speedtouch modem, for which I have Linux drivers, for use in the 
meantime. However, he may get a laptop at some point, in which case a 
wireless router might be useful. Has anyone any suggestions as to which 
ISP's are most suitable and Linux friendly? One constraint is that it 
would be best if the broadband contract does not affect the way in which 
phone calls are billed, as he will be using someone else's phone line 
(with their consent).

He has been looking at BT and Orange, but has anyone any comments on 
PlusNet?

Les.