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A tad OT
Posted on March 10th, 2006 | 6 Comments

How seriously do NOMINET treat complaints of companies' domains being listed as non-trading individuals and having the registrants' details withheld? TIA. -- Cheers, Guy

Netgear default password?
Posted on March 10th, 2006 | 5 Comments

What's the default password for a Netgear router? **SS**

Is there something wrong with the net today?
Posted on March 10th, 2006 | 8 Comments

Is it just me? I'm trying to install this new ADSL router modem (admittedly a cheapo from ebuyer), and I'm surfing quite well for most sites but then there are some sites I can't get to. So far I...

Wi-fi promises internet shake-up
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 0 Comments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4779124.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm

BT bumps broadband speed up
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 26 Comments

BT says that 99.6 per cent of UK homes and businesses will be able to get higher speed broadband from the end of this month. The UK incumbent said that 78 per cent of BT customer lines should be able...

PlusNet outages
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Two of my customers have been suffering problems connecting to PlusNet ADSL broadband for two days. The status page on their web site has several entries for authentication problems yesterday,...

How long before 100Mbit connections UK wide ?
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 16 Comments

100Mbit is your standard speed in Korea so how long before it's standard here ?

Thinking of moving to Plusnet?
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 18 Comments

Think again. Tracing route to cnn.com over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 529 ms 529 ms 529 ms 192.168.0.1 2 21 ms 550 ms 552 ms lo0-plusnet.ptn-ag2.plus.net 3 551 ms 549 ms 549 ms ...

Upstream and Downstream speeds
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 11 Comments

Testing my connection I got these results Downstream 6585 Kbps Upstream 659 Kbps Is it normal to have such a gap between the upstream and downstream speeds ? What is the technical reason for such...

Smart Dialer available for commercial call generation
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Unicorn Software and Solutions Bangladesh brings you Smart Dialer, a high performance VOIP dialer . Compatible with various gateways and gatekeepers and have many useful features included. Go...

Re: Have been looking for a new ISP and found this...
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 0 Comments

On 09 Mar 2006 07:08, Usenet <usenet@glennmillar.plus.com> wrote: Sorry, have no knowledge (except they were mentioned on ADSLguide in their news item about Max DSL, dated 01/03/2006). Since...

avoid BT like the plague
Posted on March 9th, 2006 | 32 Comments

all the stories are true. i've not used bt because of their bad reputation within the networking consultancy industry. for years i've used various companies, mainly demon, with no...

Virgin without tears.
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Touch wood, I have just set up a friend's computer - Acer 2355 notebook running Win XP SP2 with Virgin broadband and the much-mentioned Speedtouch 330 USB adsl modem. All went seemlessly and...

Connection puzzle
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 7 Comments

I've a friend who's got an odd problem. She's lost her broadband access (through a D-link router/modem) on her PC which is connected via a standard cat5 cable, but still has access via her laptop...

Man builds own 60ft tower...
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 0 Comments

....and you thought you had connection problems. Shamelessly nicked from Slyck.com http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=301 (kim)

Plusnet To Withdraw Usenet Binary Service
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 9 Comments

Not sure if this info has been posted in public or not but according to a recent service status post: With apologies to serious users of and legal downloaders from Binary NGs, I for one am...

the BB wacky race is on!! - BT fix modem or Telewest install whole new connection?
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 28 Comments

after well publicised BT problems i'm pleased to announce that the race is on... in lane 1: BT have to correctly configure one of their own routers to the customers network settings which they've...

Legality & security of wireless networks
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 11 Comments

Having just obtained a wireless laptop for use in my home, as well as a wireless router, I have found that there are about half a dozen wireless networks around the area to which I can connect. I've...

Astraweb
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 5 Comments

When Plusnot junks it binary service I'll be looking for a cheap news service. Does anyone know if Astraweb are any good? http://www.news.astraweb.com/ I'm not a heavy user - probably 10-20GB per...

NTL's Broadband Plus service
Posted on March 8th, 2006 | 3 Comments

What's everyone's opinion of this? Worth paying anything for or not?