Threat of service disruption by ISP (TalkTalk UK) if their modem not used
by grumpyskeptic from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5N0P8)
I have received a stock letter from my ISP which says:
"Having reviewed your account we have identified that you have an older router model...so we have sent you a new router at no extra cost."
"It is very important you (sic) install your new router as soon as it arrives, as your Broadband service may be disrupted if you do nothing."
Background: The new router they have sent me is a wireless router, although it does have some ethernet sockets. I do not have any wireless devices at all. I do not want to use wireless due to the lack of security. I live in a crowded area where my nearest neighbour is about twelve inches away on the other side of a wall. There does not seem to be any way of disabling the wireless part.
Some years ago they sent me another wireless router which I similarly never used and left in the box.
I am still using the non-wireless modem/router that they sent me before that. Although a few years old it still does a good job and is more than fast enough.
What should I do now?
I would like to continue to use my old modem/router, in other words do nothing.
They may just be guessing that I am using the older possibly less secure wireless router that they sent me previously.
Thanks.
"Having reviewed your account we have identified that you have an older router model...so we have sent you a new router at no extra cost."
"It is very important you (sic) install your new router as soon as it arrives, as your Broadband service may be disrupted if you do nothing."
Background: The new router they have sent me is a wireless router, although it does have some ethernet sockets. I do not have any wireless devices at all. I do not want to use wireless due to the lack of security. I live in a crowded area where my nearest neighbour is about twelve inches away on the other side of a wall. There does not seem to be any way of disabling the wireless part.
Some years ago they sent me another wireless router which I similarly never used and left in the box.
I am still using the non-wireless modem/router that they sent me before that. Although a few years old it still does a good job and is more than fast enough.
What should I do now?
I would like to continue to use my old modem/router, in other words do nothing.
They may just be guessing that I am using the older possibly less secure wireless router that they sent me previously.
Thanks.