Just seen a bit about this on Meridian. Although I have a 1mb connection the itvlocal portal only detects 364kbps ?? Switching to 800k I get a good picture but frequent video pauses. What about...

Since moving from Plusnet to F2S my downloads always seems to be averaging 170/180kb/s during peek times and of peek. I never seem to see a good solid 240 kb/s which I did achieve with plusnet during...

I currently have ADSL broadband on my BT phoneline, but i want to ge addictional broadband which is NTL cable broadband. Is it possible t have both ADSL broadband and NTL cable broadband in the same...

Anyone else having problems with t-mobile.co.uk ? keeps timing out on me. Im on Pipex Broadband...

I upgraded to Pipex 2Mb ADSL some 4-5 months ago. At first all was fine, with only an occasional (eg weekly) reboot of the router, a Netgear DG814 running firmware V4.10 (the latest I...

My Article on Disputes between TRAI and Dept of Telecom in October 2005 issue of RealPolitik Magazine Copyright: 2005, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad International Publishing rights in all media with...

Hihi, I've just bought a Wanadoo Livebox, which I want not because I'm a Wanadoo customer but because I think it's cute & natty-looking & because it runs Linux. I intended to install this at my...

to share my experiences of using skype, I've discovered that the best quality connections are when both parties are using a PCI card to connect to the internet. I've found consistently that those...

er.....just signed up this week, some probs (modem set-up cd) first few days, given alternate local rate number after 6 mins on premium rate customer line, 0845 045 1118, first two advisors fuckwits,...

I've had enough of terrible Netgear products, I'm switching brands and will never again buy a Netgear product. Anyone have any recommendations to replace my DG834GT? Linksys? D-Link? US Robotics?

Over the past month my NTL cable modem has been suspended four times, three of which were in the past week. In each case the reason for suspension has been that the cab;le modem's MAC address is...

since i installed BB at 1m when i try to log on to net4nowt my browser goes crazy unstable .i have tried other browsers and they are the same. it only happens with n4n ,no other website ! . any ideas...

Curious to know if anyone has comments on this unit - seen on Ebay but no review at www.adslguide.org.uk and no clue about reliability. TIA. -- space available for some advert / link / ego-trip...

Much is being made of all these ramblings about next year being the year of 8Mb broadband, and 24Mb broadband and probably a plethora of numbers in between. My question is, as someone apparently...

steve wrote: || Hi, || || || This is a friends setup, I don't think it has ever worked since it || was setup (does NTL test broadband when they install). Any TCP || connection is getting stuck in...

Hi. Just upgraded a friend's 3Com 3CRWDR100A-72 from 1.07(?) to 2.05(?) firmware (the latest anyway). Reason for upgrade - frequent router disconnects on ADSL - this problem has been described in...

I need to replace a borrowed Draytek ADSL router, but the telephone line is approx. 4.5km long and has low SNR for a 2 Mbps service. The exact stats are: SNR Margin 16.5dB NE Current Attenuation...

Hi, Does anyone know what qualifications you need to start a career in the broadband industry as an installer/engineer? Do you need a degree?, or certain GCSE grades? or do you just need to do a...

Anyone know if Metronet are going to be involved in 8Mb ADSL trials soon? They don't seem to be allied with any LLU company.

Can i pay for NTL cable broadband by using postal order(post office)? I so, how do i do that? Do i need to let dem know that i be paying by tha proceedure -- Tyson