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15 Aug 10
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I currently have Virgin fibre optic internet. Nice and fast, works fine most of the time.
Yesterday about ten minutes into the premier league games, my internet cut for a few hours. It would be good to have a backup when this happens.
A dongle is not ideal because of the data limit and the fact it's fairly slow. Is it easy to get two broadband internet connections from different companies in the same house?
Cheers.
Yesterday about ten minutes into the premier league games, my internet cut for a few hours. It would be good to have a backup when this happens.
A dongle is not ideal because of the data limit and the fact it's fairly slow. Is it easy to get two broadband internet connections from different companies in the same house?
Cheers.
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if you have a Bt phone line...simples
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You will need a second line installed, which is easy to do. Call BT and request a second line. Its quite costly (£100 - £150) to have it installed, but loss of net could cost you that during betting inplay. Once you have your second line installed, you can order broadband (doesn't have to be with BT).
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do you pay additional monthly fee for the second line?
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http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/
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Thanks a lot guys, I'll look into it.
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google "dual internet connection" investor. I'm sure there's some peice of hardware that speeds up your streams by using the two connections and obviously just uses the working one if one drops.
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I have 2 internet connections but on 2 different phone lines. Also have a dongle but that's really for when I'm out of the house and would agree a dongle isnt any good if you are trading and placing lots of bets.
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How slow is a dongle? Thinking of buying a laptop to replace my old desktop. Nearly all my bets ( just 4-6 a race ) are placed in the 2-3 minutes before a race. I need a reasonable speed. Is a laptop going to be fast enough?
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I use a PC and a laptop both wirelessly connected to WLAN, both work fine.
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Thanks Feck.
Are you referring to a Dual-WAN Router? I googled it, but it's all a bit technical for me. Clydebank, so you just got BT to install a second line on which you could then get any additional internet connection you want right? |
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Dual-WAN router explained:
http://www.scripting.com/stories /2008/05/03/whatIsADualwanRouter.html |
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Investor are u a full time betfair trader or do you do other work outside of betting?
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I use a dongle- a vodaphone unlimited usage for £18 a month. I also have an iphone which is basically a handheld gambling device with a phone for me. The dongle is about a couple of seconds slower depending on reception. Hope this helps. I think these options are more flexible than a fixed line (though not as fast).
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That's it investor.
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