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Used it for years, never had a problem.

Currently use their TV and phone package which has been problem free and will be using them for broadband as well when we move.

What would you use? Just to clarify I mean to use it as a wireless router. Edit: Turns out it is a wireless router although I'd still be interested to know how you'd turn a wired one into a wireless one.

If you've only got a wired modem/router is it possible to link anything to it to make it wireless? (this isn't for me)

+3 for gmail Stopped using an email client over a year ago and just use the web interface. Makes life so much easier.

^What he said. If it only occurred whilst being moved then something has come loose that doesn't get used in safe mode.

I've never had a problem with 02 either, coming up to 2 years with them now.

You're probably right, for a tenner it's worth the risk and it seems that it may be possible to extract the username and password from the router so that I could use my own hardware if I wanted.

Aside from difficulties in upgrading my speed (it took bloody ages) from the up to 2MB to up to 8Mb service last year I've never had a problem with stability.

The more I read the more I'm being put off now tbh. It seems that if their own router breaks out of the warranty period that they cannot supply you with a replacement. Just read a story where a customer was told by 3 Sky employees that the only way to get back online was to leave Sky and use...

Sounds a bit daft and I've not read favourable stores about their own router. At least I know my hardware works as it should and can hold a stable connection. I assume it's a wireless router as the pic on the Sky site shows an aerial, does it also have ethernet ports? and does it have NAT?

Cheers guys, missed that bit of news. Would have thought they'd have let their customers know.

The place we're moving to is able to get Sky Broadband Max (up tp 16MB) and for £10 a month is definitely the cheapest option available to me. I have my own router, so wouldn't use anything they provide. Going on service alone, is it actually any good?

Just noticed on the bottom of their emails that it now says: "Pipex Communications UK Limited, a Tiscali UK company, 20 Broadwick Street, London W1F 8HT" When did Tiscali buy them?

My 7900GS needs a power cable which is why I thought his card would.

Cheers for the confirmation. It's actually quite scary. He was going to do an MCSE in Desktop Support but he hasn't got a clue. I've just had to explain the physical difference between IDE and SATA to him and then he asked me if that was inside the case.

Thank you :)

My brother has got one along with a few other bits, he doesn't know what he's doing so I'll be upgrading his pc for him. He thinks that the card doesn't need any additional power (he hasn't currently got a 4 pin power connector). Does anyone have one of these cards and if so, does it need...

There won't be a norm. It will depend on your distance from the exchange, wiring in between and possibly your own setup. Try this for a speed test: http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

Cheers guys. If it's peaking around the 6 Mbps mark that will do me, anything else is a bonus and less is a disappointment. Sky Max is up to 16 Mbps so we'll see.