Broadband in UK
I have been here in India for some time now and I think its about time I go back to UK and get my act together 
I have booked my ticket for next month… Yeh Virgin Atlantic.. you guessed it right Its the airhostesses.. not the fare which makes me go back to them every time.
I had a blueyonder broadband connection there which I got disconnected when I came to India as I didint want to pay for it when I was in India as it was a long trip this time around. I have spent this long hot and sweaty summer in Delhi and would love to go back to the damp cold and wet weather which does feel lovely for a few days after you get out of an oven which New Delhi is in summers..
Crap apart I am going to be without a broadband connection for a few days when I get to UK and as far as I know isp’s like bethere and ukonline who provide fast connections are still not available in Crawley (thats where I live) so I will have to put up with whatever is available like bt which is somethign I dont like due to a bitter experience a few years back and then there is blueyonder which has been alright but they are going to take a lot of time to get my connection up and running .. last time it took almost a week and I dont have a week to spare as I need the net 24/7 Yeh call me a geek if you like but thats how I make my living
As I was struggling to find out what all isp’s are available in Crawley my beautiful friend Anne shows up on messenger and told me about this broadband site which lets you see which all broadband providers are available in a given area and all you need to do is enter your post code and you get a list of what all is on offer by different isps and what is available for you to choose from with all the speacial offers and all those all singing and dancing packages they have for you. I am going for virgin media this time which has got some great offers and is very reasonably priced.. I would have gone for a 24meg connection from bethere but they are still not available in my area in westsussex.
Having said all the above I will have to wait for a few days before my connection is provided by virgin media as my flat is locked so I would need a way to connect to the WWW as soon as I land in UK because I also manage my own servers and with no one to help me on that front I have to have my e-mails accisible 24/7 as help comes at a price and I would rather blow that money in a pub instead of paying it to some server management firm who do nothing except for taking instructions from you and monitoring your server which any one with a little linux experience can do him/her self. I am going to get mobile broadband for starters when I get to UK and use it untill I get my wired broadband and this mobile broadband thing will also come in handy when I am travelling so it wont be a waste of money I guess.
Virgin media also provides wireless broadband which means they will provide you with a modem and a wireless router so you can use your wifi phone or laptop in and around your house without having to plug in a cable. I am planning to get this wireless router so I can use skype on my mobile phone when I am at home.
If you have any better ideas for me please leave your comments… And lastly I thank Anne for giving me such a wonderful idea Muaaaaahhhh.