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Is my old line to blame for lack of sync speed?
Posted on June 30th, 2006 | 15 Comments

Bob Craven wrote: If you are anything like some of my colleagues.......very little

synchronising the router
Posted on June 30th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Pete wrote: If you're on a fixed-speed service, then it really shouldn't matter too much whether you reboot frequently or not. Although some routers can experience slow-downs if you leave them on...

Faceplate v. microfilters
Posted on June 30th, 2006 | 6 Comments

My experience of old genuine BT ADSL faceplates is that they are chock full of internal pcb plugs/sockets that keep going intermittent. My adslnation Xf-1e microfilter gives an extra couple of dB...

Line noise *with* Adsl fliters - help!!
Posted on June 29th, 2006 | 4 Comments

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:25:11 -0700, sales wrote: Had the same problem, bought brand-name faceplate filters (two) and microfilters but not help, called my ex-provider (PlusNet) and got a so-so...

BT Wholesale No.?
Posted on June 29th, 2006 | 12 Comments

Dave wrote: Which you probably won't be able to do and you shouldn't try. If you need to deal with BT Wholesale provisitions, you need to do it via your ISP only.

Seeing outside IP address when inside
Posted on June 29th, 2006 | 9 Comments

"Spack" <news@worldofspack.com> wrote in message OK. I hadn't thought about the extra resources for maintaining extra state tables. I sort of understand now. I will go for a machine that is less...

Query on Max Product
Posted on June 29th, 2006 | 3 Comments

No such entry exists so far. Last night I was getting 270KB/s, this morning I'm getting 400KB/s ;-) Done this morning, speeds have improved. Adslguide is now reporting my down speed as...

Bulldog Broadband
Posted on June 29th, 2006 | 1 Comments

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:50:03 GMT, "George Roberts" <spam@dontbother.co.uk> wrote: Try adding a "." to your hosts file. It may help.

Microfilter query
Posted on June 29th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Martin² wrote: Alan said this in a similar thread. The site is very informative. You can buy different quality filters built into a faceplate - the components in a faceplate filter may be...

Connecting to BTexchange but npot to ISP.
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 18 Comments

Bob L <bl@thisaddressisnowhere.com> wrote: Do you know of an equivalent for those of us with Plusnet lucky enough to have been LLU'd to Tiscali? Peter

Safecom 2 Port ADSL and ADSL2/2+ Modem Router, GART2-4112
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi Mike "Mike Read" <Mike.Read.2a0rxw@broadbandbanter.co.uk> wrote in message news:Mike.Read.2a0rxw@broadbandbanter.co.uk... I have been using the Safecom SART2-4115 for around two months since...

What Does BRAS Stand For?
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 7 Comments

"kráftéé" <kraftee@dontspamkrafteeunless you know what'sgoodforu.pus.com> wrote in message news:44a19cbb$0$962$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...

AOL via a router/modem problem...*sigh*
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Alex Wilson wrote: The classic, try lowering the mtu to 1400. Aol support are pretty dreadful if you are using equipment that is unsuported. Have you checked that it works with a regular usb modem?...

VPN connection times out. DG834G or different ISPs?
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 11 Comments

Hi there, I've had exactly the same problem, with Netgear DG834G routers. Have you by any chance got to the bottom of the problem? I'd love to know! Thanks Marti

SMTP IN Hotels, who haven't a clue
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 14 Comments

"Gel" <barclayhomes@ukgateway.net> wrote in message news:1151172081.302323.276200@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com... Have you tried using your ISP's conventional SMTP server from the hotel ? Four...

ADSL Max Speeds - Update.
Posted on June 28th, 2006 | 1 Comments

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:52:19 +0100, "Mr Wiffy" <nospamthanks@irowley.co.uk> wrote: No. It has no idea of what the data throughput possibility is, because it cannot know whether you are attempting...

BT announcement re synchronisation
Posted on June 27th, 2006 | 10 Comments

Nightowl <owl@> wrote in news:LmhJsD8dxQoEFwIg@black.hole: I don't see any resyncing, just data getting killed for a bit as I said. A friend does however get booted every night at midnight though...

Limiting max sync on netgear
Posted on June 27th, 2006 | 1 Comments

pzboyz wrote: If you know any Openreach ADSL engineers you may be able to talk a line attenuator out of them, if not just get a 200mtr length of cable & put that in line every 3 days for a few...

Calculating broadband usage (are there utilities to calculate?)
Posted on June 27th, 2006 | 14 Comments

In message <mn.daa17d66c995a911.55888@vizbuks.con>, CheggersPop <vizbuks@vizbuks.con> writes About this: -- Devs "Punchdown Pete the old Kroner"

Question about sending emails at work and at home
Posted on June 27th, 2006 | 13 Comments

Hungerdunger <hungerdunger@so1585.MARXforce9.co.uk> wrote: It's at this point I'd suggest getting a gmail account, as you get an SMTP server you can use from any device / ISP, as you have to log in...