I am going BB at the end of June. My wife needs it for the large files she gets from translation companies these days. Main reason doing it.

We are going with a company called Freedom to Surf. http://www.f2s.co.uk/adsl/homeuser.php we are going for the Connect Home package which is the up to 2mbitps with 10 gig cap (I have worked out that our need is 5 gig to 10 gig per month. Very unlikely to go above that.

We have 2 machines running Win XP Home. WE do not want to network the M/C's as each M?C is used for different reasons. We also do not want wires everywhere, so have gone for the USB Belkin Modem Router plus USB adaptors.

A question here. Can I do the setup of the router etc before we get a BB line, so that when we go live, everything is ready. This is important, becuase I need to keep my wifes M/C available for her because of her workload which is always on tight deadlines. Or do you need to have the router etc recognise your ISP etc at the time of installation.

Second question. I keep on seeing comment about disconnecting the internal modem. Does this mean disconnecting and isolating the int modem. Or does it just mean "disconnect the cable from the telephone point. I would like to have the 56K dialup facilty, incase the server from the ISP is down for a lengthy period. My wife is relaint on all her work via the internet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Les