just an update:
bought the cheaper edimax one.
Also, just got upgraded to BT Total broadband with:
unlimited download limit, speed up to 8mb (I know my line won't go any faster than 3mb but hey, better than the 1mb I am on currently...) BT home hub, BT hub phone and their new freeview/hard drive/on demand box for free. All for £20/month all in (which is what i was already paying anyway)
I have set up the home hub linked via LAN cable to my desktop (for which I didn't seem to make it work, apart from not having enabled the LAN connection ), and now my work laptop can access the internet with the wireless card (inputting the WEP key though, as the network is secure) but it works
is WEP secure enough guys? I'm guessing so, but I thought I better check