Broadband in
our neck of the woods is good, maybe because we’re close to the exchange in
Maentwrog and not many people use it. But inside the house the wireless
facility struggled to get round or through thick stone walls.
We’re BT customers
so I looked on their website for advice but nothing seemed to fit. I found some
forums in which people were asking what to do and others were explaining what
they had tried, how complicated it was and maybe eventually they had got it to
work. I don’t like uncertainty in these
matters!
Googling
away I found a YouTube film in which a member of staff from Solwise explained
in simple words how their product extended wireless reach through the mains. It
seemed so easy I felt there had to be a snag; so I phoned. My hand was held and guided to select the
right product, credit card details taken and the following morning two small
gadgets arrived, about the size of a 3-way plug adaptor.
One plugged
in to the mains by the computer with a USB cable into the BT hub. The other
gadget plugged into a socket in the living room. Power switched on and without
any messing around or ‘configuring’ the wireless laptop worked perfect in the
living room. It also works in the bedroom above and the bedroom above that one.
For an outlay
of £80 we have high speed broadband whizzing around a house built 430 years BTI
– Before The Internet.
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