The correct order for big changes

[TreizeVents]

I am about to buy two new computers and

switch to wireless, probably with Free. 

I currently have a deal with One Tel that deal with all my phone calls

automatically, and gives them the low rate they offer.  I am hooked up with ADSL, Wanadoo/Orange,

now.  I cannot get the full fFree deal

as I live in a small rural town, but I can get the free phone calls and the

high speed connection.  My question is

what order all this should take?  I have

to buy the new computers.  Install all

the data from each old computer to each new one.  Cancel the One Tel deal, presumably so I can switch to the gratuity

Free phone deal.  Get rid of the modem

and connection for Wanadoo/Orange. 

Connect the Freebox and make sure both computers can each connect to

Free.  Then fiddle about with a seven

year old laptop to get it to connect to the Freebox, eventually.  Although I have done all this myself in the

past, usually not at the same time.  And

never with wireless.  At present both

computers are networked in a way I don’t understand, but it does involve a

physical connection with a wire between the two.

 

Having

done each step, except the networking in the past, I am now thinking the best

solution could be to hire a guy to come to the house and “just do it”.  Computer things seems to be getting more and

more complex, and I am not keeping up. 

Since the two of us are on our machines a total of maybe eight hours a

day, I would be good to be able to do this the most trouble free way

possible.  I realise that I will end up

paying for a couple of months connection to Wanadoo that I don’t need, but am

prepared to pay one or two months, but not a lot more.  Any advice?  Thank you.

[Bugsy]

What region are you living in ?

[Anton Redman]

Go to Brazil or Morroco , have extensive plastic surgery and complete gender realignment, sell your house to yourself and start again. It will be cheaper, more effective and less painful  

[TreizeVents]

[quote user="Bugbear"]What region are you living in ?[/quote]

I am in rural Herault.  I already have ADSL.  My town can get Free, but non degroupee.

[Bones]

If you're not degroupee you might as well stay with Orange (though they can be a right pain).

Go with the Livebox (Sagem version) and create a wireless network between the PC's.

The new ones will be wireless ready, your old laptop will need the wireless 'dongle' that comes with the Livebox.

Transfer your old files to your new PC's: you can either connect them via a cable OR just copy your files on to a CD/DVD and insert that into your new PC (I ended up popping my old hard drive into my new PC and transfering the files over via windows explorer - dead dead easy).

Creating a home wireless network via your livebox should be very easy - that's what it's for!

Buy a Lynksis (or simillar) cordless Skype phone: Skype is really cheap and dead easy to set up (the phone will come with a disk) - 0.17 pence a minute to the UK. The Livebox deal will include free calls in France.

Sorted.