BT's ADSL setup experience

I just set up my Uncle's British Telecom (BT) ADSL and as someone intimately familiar with the various back and front ends of an ADSL network I can't believe how well it was done.

Firstly, no username and password were necessary. The supplied ADSL wireless router was stock issue from their warehouse with a default PPP username and password - the authentication is done via the copper pair/termination point.

So that was internet up and running - plug in the phone and power.

The router includes wireless, but no generic security issues here - the stock issue router has wireless turned on, but with a randomly generated network name and WPA2 Personal encryption/authentication. No need to change these as the BT box included a card with the details that you could hand to a visitor to allow them to connect.

I literally spent 60 seconds setting the whole thing up and 5 minutes reading the FAQ because I was *sure* there had to be more to it!