As I posted last week, I’m moving over to Be There from IDNet.  Well yesterday my free (loaned) router arrived from them.  I’m currently using a Linksys WAG54GX2 which has been pretty good and reliable, so I’ll probably want to use that eventually because it already has all my firewall exceptions and NAT forwarding details plugged in.  However, just to get up and running with Be, I’ll probably just drop the Thomson Speedtouch in first and see how we get on (speedtest results soon!)

Anyway, if you’re thinking of joining Be, this is the BeBox modem package you’ll receive:

I’ve got to say it’s been a nice package, and a really impressive switchover process so far.  Be’s online portal is good at keeping you informed of what’s going on, they respond to tickets on the nail, and they text you updates of how the process is progressing.  The documentation in the box is clear and comprehensive as well, and has my details on so it’s not just generic.

However, I’m not sure the reviews of the Speedtouch are great (apparently its setup is unintuitive and they aren’t the most reliable) and I don’t fancy setting up all my forwarding and MAC lockdowns on the wireless again, so I will probably revert to the Linksys as soon as I can get Be to give me the necessary connection details.

Dan

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