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calling UK,mobile from NZ
Posted on January 24th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Greetings from New Zealand,some advice please. A friend of my wife in the UK only has a mobile phone. I have a PC loaded with Skype etc. Looked at it from this end but even Skype out calls were ten...

ADSL connection problems
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 15 Comments

Hi all, I hope this is the right forum to ask these questions. I've been having problems with my broadband connection for the last week or so. I have a 1Mb connection with Garner Digital (I was...

PC Pro ISP survey
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 5 Comments

Do I believe this or all the posts on this site? PlusNet hardly seems to be as bad as the posts would suggest, particularly as the winner, Zen costs a lot more. But then surveys like these are...

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Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

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DACS & ADSL
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments

I've been helping my bro-in-law upgrade to broadband, and we found that the 2nd line he had installed for dial-up is via a box (hidden behind furniture inside the house) labelled DACS2, off the 1st...

Plusnet Email
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hi, just received an email this morning from Plusnet stating that from April I may be able to get upto 8MB speeds for the same price and it mentioned BT. Does this mean BT are upgrading all exchanges?

Pipex problems in Hook, Hants tonight - anywhere else?
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 5 Comments

Connectivity is up and down like a yo-yo with frequent BT wholesale pages saying that connection to my ISP is down. Anyone else? Pipex's status page says no problems. Yeah, right.

BT broadband sometimes slow at looking up websites
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments

This happens occasionally, quite a lot with google- I often have to load it twice, second time no problem. I'm on BT broadband, and wonder if there is anything I can do to tweak this, or if it is...

Re: Freeserve Broadband 12months @ £19.99
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Aren't you lucky. I've been a Freeserve dialup customer for years and before Xmas signed up for their Broadband service. To date it still doesn't work. I've had to ring them loads of times and each...

Gravity Internet
Posted on January 23rd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Anyone here have any experience with Gravity Internet. I'm looking for a new ISP and am considering them. Cheers Iguana

BT Broadband Talk - Which Router?
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hi, I want to get BT Broadband Talk. I already have a Netgear DG834G modem/router and a wirleess network of several PCs. Which BT device do I need to go alongside this? The Voyager 10V, the Voyager...

How can I tell if broadband is activated
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hi, Just want to check that I'm thinking along the right lines: Ordered wanadoo broadband a week last Thursday, and got the livebox on Thursday. Anyway - couldnt get the Livebox to work, so tried a...

Significant problems with BT Broadband
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 5 Comments

For the last week I've found that we're getting a lot of "The Page cannot be displayed" errors. This doesn't happen to all sites. For instance google.co.uk often fails as do pages on...

NTL Broadband limits
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 9 Comments

My monthly limit with NTL is 65GB. Can anyone tell me if this is a download limit or a combined upload/download limit? Also, what happens if I exceed the limit? I'm also wondering when the monthly...

Re: Zen just aren't doing it
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 2 Comments

see my post a cpl of days ago... ppl were saying I should change to Zen! Im glad Im not evan thinking about it.

hosting - anyone know about www.streamlinenet.co.uk ?
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 9 Comments

Just asking on behalf of a youngster looking to spend quite a bit of pocket money on a web host - in their words, "I will need PHP and other scripting - PHP 4.1" They appear to offer what sounds...

NTL query
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hi, I am planning ahead here... I am getting NTL BB installed and have a question. I am going to be installing a wifi router straight away, will I have to register its MAC address with NTL? Will i...

Re: BT's Broadband
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 3 Comments

Thank you all for the replies. We have ordered the BT package and await the possible visit from their engineer. No discount will be given for the reduced service. Well, we didn't really expect...

Wierd ADSL problem
Posted on January 22nd, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hello - I've just signed up with Demon for ADSL over a BT line. Demon Tech Support aren't answering the phone at present, so here's my problem: I get a very poor downstream SNR, usually less than...

Setting up wireless internet on wanadoo Belkin Wireless G and Dell
Posted on January 21st, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hi. I am a novice user and my partner wants me to set up a wireless internet connection. She is currently on wanadoo and is using theor provided wireless box, which she is charged for. She has a...