ADSL Modems

Try R L Supplies - they are good VF£. Much cheaper than BT and do a roaring business. Their website is:

http://www.rlsupplies.co.uk

It's not a site of beauty but it does work and the bods are helpful if you visit - not the easiest place to find but worth the effort.

ok, seems like a good site.

is usb or pci best?

Not cetain but an on-board modem will do the job - pci. The transfer rate of a modem is relatively slow so a pci based solution should be OK.

You might want to check out:

http://www.insight.com/uk/apps/category/index.php?GR=4&C=101&S=1009

...for both internal (PCI) or external (USB) ADSL devices. Good product descriptions and prices aren't bad

A suggestion, before making your decision, consider buying is an ADSL router with integrated switch/hub. Why? In the future, if you ever needed to connect more than 1 PC to your ADSL line, then this would be the perfect solution. Although a little more expensive than a bog-standard ADSL modem (prices go from about £70), they give you multi-user/pc access, hub/switch for a network (some even give our DHCP addresses and act as print servers).Check out:

http://www.insight.com/uk/apps/category/index.php?GR=4&C=109&S=1057

Good luck!

omb's suggestion is a good one but a bit more expensive. It all depends on how you intend to expand you computer and whether you have or will have more than one computer and/or many printers scanner. But if you've only got one machine and have plenty of USB ports on it then there's no need to buy anything other than the internal ADSL board. It all comes down to £££'s and your plans.

If you can imagine at some future point in time having more than one computer that you want to go on the internet with, get a standalone modem that has RJ45 output for normal CAT5 cable. Network cards and hubs are cheap. USB or internal modem solutions are not very flexible.

Regards
/RID

goodness i've sparked a debate.

i was hoping to get a cheap adsl modem but connect two computers to the internet by network.

so comp1 would have the modem and network card and comp2 would have network card and connected to comp1. I know they connect together(TCP/IP) as I have played games between them.

Would comp2 be able to connect to the internet like this?

Yes.
But you need to run comp1 all the time. You need to run some software for sharing of the internet connection from comp1. If you care about security and flexibility, you may find that a standalone modem and a router/hub give more real value for money than running for example windows ICS or something like that on comp1, together with some fiewall application.

Regards
/RID

standalone modem = not connected to any computer?

so do the computer connect to the hub, which connects to the modem and then that connects to the telephone line?

rick

Standalone = a separate unit, connected either to a computer, or to a hub/switch/, directly or through a router. In essence, as you said:
"so do the computer connect to the hub, which connects to the modem and then that connects to the telephone line?"

Regards
/RID

personally i think patrickab2 has been the most helpful. this is the method that i think i shall adopt. anyone disagree?