----- Original Message -----
From: "Herman" <whitehouse.madhousetakemeout@bigfoot.com>
Newsgroups: uk.telecom.voip
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Fritz Box on O2/Be

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>
> I have no reason to suspect your Fritz will not work on O2/BE. This is
> assuming you are on their basic service which is annex A. I believe their
> more expensive services are annex M and therefore not compatible.
>
> My only doubt is whether the sync speed will be as good as with the O2/Be
> provided box, without frequent drops. I believe it should still be better
> than ADSL max (which I believe you are on). I was previously on max at
> 1meg. I'm now on 2+ with almost 4 meg. Even the Fritz provided a better
> sync than the speed I was getting with Max.
>
> One thing I did find out today in a separate post is that BE seem to ship
> with the Bridge template wizard already installed. That means that it is
> easier to configure (just use the wizard).[/color]

Thanks for that. I'll give them a go, although neither O2 nor AVM have
responded to my question put to them directly. I'll report back with my
speeds once I'm connected.