Cool, thanks for the response....he's near Manchester in a rented house (that he's been in for 25years or so) so I'm not sure what he's got, besides the five channels he gets on the telly. I rung him up today and he was playing with his shortwave radio talking to someone in Ohio of all places.... Anyhow do you have any links to some isp's in the area? I even check dell.com/uk for some computers for him but was wondering if there were any less expensive options where he could just turn on a box and be on the internet.

Cheers!