Broadband UK Broadband - early/mid 2000's

[dasnico]

Hi all

Random topic here but I remember back in the early to mid 2000's there was a broadband provider in the UK that provided customers with what I remember to be as a purple modem/wifi router, likely dsl/adsl. Initially I thought it was a Three UK product as I remember the curves of far eastern/dragon type design, then the name "voodoo" seemed to ring a bell, but Google isn't yielding any results. I don't remember it being around for long, but at the time I remember thinking "wow, that's fast internet!" It's a random thought that's turned into "I have to find out what that service/product was called!"

Does this ring any bells with UK/English form members?

 

[mikeyeah]

Was it linksys by any chance?

 

[myars]

Hi all

Random topic here but I remember back in the early to mid 2000's there was a broadband provider in the UK that provided customers with what I remember to be as a purple modem/wifi router, likely dsl/adsl. Initially I thought it was a Three UK product as I remember the curves of far eastern/dragon type design, then the name "voodoo" seemed to ring a bell, but Google isn't yielding any results. I don't remember it being around for long, but at the time I remember thinking "wow, that's fast internet!" It's a random thought that's turned into "I have to find out what that service/product was called!"

Does this ring any bells with UK/English form members?

got to have been NTL before virgin bought them out . first broadband was 2000 generally. with adsl and modems in general use

 

[mikeyeah]

He says router, and purple. This picture is of a modem, and it’s blue 😊

 

[myars]

He says router, and purple. This picture is of a modem, and it’s blue 😊

he remembers it as a purple modem/wifi router, if i remember there were very few options until 2000 with most fast systems being dual bonded adsl ntl . were one of the first. also technically newer modems werent modems at all . just tried to jog his memory. did you have a suggestion?

 

[Aristotle]

NTL was the first broadband company I had in 2000-2001 but can’t remember the colour of the modem/router tbh. I do remember it being slow though.

 

[lamblamb]

99.9% sure it was NTL

 

[weimaraner95]

Yeah NTL for sure, , we were Telewest on dial up 1p a min

 

[Socerraid]

I am pretty sure it was NTL but it was blue ish color and not exactly purple although some might see it as purple.

 

[v8grunt]

Back in the early days of NTL cable broadband they used a "shark fin" router. I only know this as I was working in their tech support department back in the very early 2000's

 

[thebesh]

Blueyonder and Telewest were another couple of early ISPs

 

[manfat]

My first ADSL 'broadband' modem was the Alcatel Speedtouch USB one which I think did about 10Mbps looked a bit like a stingray :

 

[browney]

My first ADSL 'broadband' modem was the Alcatel Speedtouch USB one which I think did about 10Mbps looked a bit like a stingray :
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This is pretty much the first broadband modem I remember, and the BT voyager 100.

 

[mikeyeah]

99.9% sure it was NTL

Yeah I’m pretty sure it was NTL too!

 

[userlee5267]

Remember AOL giving these out. Dead good routers

 

[revaido]

My first ADSL 'broadband' modem was the Alcatel Speedtouch USB one which I think did about 10Mbps looked a bit like a stingray :
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I was going to say that as well - think I had that on Claranet at 0.5Mbps - sounds like nothing today but it was amazing back then and probably 15 times faster than what we got on dial up back then