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Richie	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 14:42
	quote: Originally posted by mwg My Uncle cant get broadband without it being ridiculously expensive because of where he lives in the sticks. So has 56k. He doesn't use it online that often but need some internet security for his new computer. I tried to download Avast but it was going to take hours and hours to do. Is there some 56k friendly free internet security I can put on it instead? How do they work that out? BT guarantee 512k minimum to 99.9% of homes and there is no theoretical distance limit anymore. It won't be no more expensive than any other service.............. it simply doesn't work like that if he already has a phone line. Doesn't cost a service provider any more money if the distance of the line is longer. If you are 6km or less from the exchange you can get 1/2mb depending on the quality of the cable run whether it's all copper or an alloy. I've got someone in Usk who's bloody far away from the exchange and we've got 512k working at their farm.
andy1868	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 14:38
	all well and good, but if hes out in the sticks and has a shocking phone line, is he likely to have decent mobile phone reception? if he has then fair enough :lol:
mwg	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 14:12
	That sounds much better than what he has. Thanks :)
Sam	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 14:10
	You can get Pay & Go type mobile broadband too, here's O2's offering for example: http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobilebroadband/tab/Pay_and_Go You just pay for the USB modem and you can pay for broadband use by day/week/month.
mwg	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 14:08
	How much is that likely to be? He's just on a BT pay as you go type thing at the moment so doesn't cost him much at all.
Sam	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 13:56
	On a side note, surely your uncle could get mobile broadband?
pow	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 11:01
	something like clamwin
Pablo	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 10:33
	you can download the updates to and manually install
mwg	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:57
	I thought about it but wasn't sure about the updates? Will they not take forever to download on 56k?
Simon	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:55
	download it on yours and take it round his on a usb?
mwg	posted on 27th Nov 09 at 09:50
	My Uncle cant get broadband without it being ridiculously expensive because of where he lives in the sticks. So has 56k. He doesn't use it online that often but need some internet security for his new computer. I tried to download Avast but it was going to take hours and hours to do. Is there some 56k friendly free internet security I can put on it instead?