Internet connection advice

[Fred]

Actually Teleconnect tick all your boxes plus they offer unlimited free calls to the UK. Of course they're not "free" because you pay a small subscription for them but nothing compared to the actual cost if you make quite a few UK calls.

You don't rent the modem from them. It's their property and if you cancel they want it back.

Average cost is about €38 a month for everything you're looking for.

Thanks Admiral, I had a look at their site and it said €31.90 a month with 120 minutes of calls €5 more for unlimited. Though phone calls are not important as we only use 30 minutes every other week.

So that would be 31.90 + €16.90 line from Orange = €48.80 a month.

BUT....if they test your phone line and discover you're out of broadband range then end of story....

You don't live in the middle of a converted haystack do you?

At the moment we do live in a haystack and can only get dial-up, so I can't put the number in yet till we get a new line somewhere else. Hence me asking for advice / opinions.

Trying to be helpful for once, why not try Lewis Edginton as a starting point in your quest? He runs Edge Informatique shop in Lathus - opposite the disused bar on the Le Dorat road and is more than well up on everything computer. His number is 05 35 54 14 54. And yes he is English with fluent French. If, for some reason he can't help, he'll know a man who can. Nice guy.

Thanks will keep it handy, though I like to try and go it alone if possible.

PS: Don't give up your France Telecom landline. I know too many people who've signed it over to other, cheaper, providers and if anything goes wrong FT don't want to know and you're left 'phoneless.

Good tip thank you, I must admit I'm thinking of staying with them at the moment. Not that I want to, but if you have to keep your line with them I'm thinking I may as well keep it all with them.

Just checked on the Orange website and their Livebox Zensounds like it could do the job €28.90 + €16.90 line = €45.80

But still open to suggestions if anyone has more, or comments for/against staying with Orange.

Thanks.