WOT Help Questions rgd Singtel Recontract

[expmfg]

Hello guys. I have some questions i hope can be answered. I've search through the forums; half the time catch no ball.

Ok, here's my situation. I'm a 3mbps user, looking for 3mbps recontract. There's 2 plans currently - $24 (ethernet modem), $27 (2wire router).

1) From what i understand in the forums, the 2wire spoils easily. So would it make sense to save [(27-24)X24] to get my own wireless router instead?

2) I have a wired modem which i use for my desktop. Now that i've got a laptop, i would like to move on to wireless. Do the speeds differ?

3) I understand they have 12 months FREE SingTel Movies Channel (Ch 317). Wise to take up the offer, and cancel within 12 months? I wish to keep my analogue land line though. Will the inclusion of mioTV/2wire integrated modem change this?

4) This is noob, but just to confirm. I believe I can connect both my laptop and desktop to internet at the same time right?

5) Many fellow formers complain of singnet DC. Touchwood, but everything is fine with my adsl wired modem. Will you guys, in any chance, attribute that to the use of the 2wire wireless router and/or mioTV/ mioVoice?

Thanks for your time. Really appreciate.

[liangtam]

1) Its the power adapter that spoils easily. This hold true for some of those MIC based manufacture. Of course, buying your own 3rd party router is ok too, support is on your own.

2) On some occasion, yes.

3) There are no relation of mioTV to fixed analogue line service. Of course a physical phone line is required for the delivery of both service.

4) Yes.

5) Yes. But the attribution is somewhere else than those you listed.

[expmfg]

hi there liangtam. thanks for your reply.

a couple more quick ones here.

anyway, can i ask if i can choose to use the 2wire integrated modem for both wired connections to my desktop, and wireless for the laptop concurrently?
and how much is a standard wireless router like?

kam sia!

[billa13]

hi there liangtam. thanks for your reply.

a couple more quick ones here.

anyway, can i ask if i can choose to use the 2wire integrated modem for both wired connections to my desktop, and wireless for the laptop concurrently?
and how much is a standard wireless router like?

kam sia!

a simple router at challenger i think can get like $20+.. so its cheap n good.. depend on what brand u want too, but dont seem to matter much since its still a wireless G anyway..