Wireless For Less

Here at the Taylor household we’re upgrading to wireless broadband this week. We’ve always had a fast broadband Internet connection, but I just bought a laptop so I wanted to be able to get online from the comfort of my bed. As I’ve probably mentioned on several occasions I’m a world champion at laziness, so the ability to connect to the Internet while comfortably wrapped in a duvet strikes me as one of the greatest advances of technology in the history of the human race. Besides, I keep strange hours that means I’m usually in bed while normal folks are at work, so wireless broadband access from my bed will allow me to keep in contact with clients while they’re awake – you have to agree that being conscious while clients want to speak to me is a sensible way to run a business.

I was amazed while looking for a decent deal at the number of cheap broadband providers around these days. Last time we changed our ISP it seemed to be a simple choice between AOL, BT and a couple of crappy upstarts. Today there are hundreds of ISPs in the broadband game, and a large portion of those offer wireless broadband.

Anyway. Due to my legendary sloth we’ll be sticking with AOL. Not that the service is anything to write home about, but at least there’ll be no hassle switching to wireless, and they throw in a free broadband modem or router when you connect. I’m far too lazy to try anything else. Those of you who have a little more energy than myself (or just care about finding a decent wireless deal that’ll offer good service at a low price) should take a look around at the options available. If other people followed my example we’d all be being fleeced by monopolies.