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Bulldog: MAC request denied
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Dear All, After having ran out of patience with the mother of obnoxious and incompetent ISPs, namely Bulldog, I requested a MAC in order to free my line and get service from another - hopefully...

Wireless router and wireless phone - not a happy couple
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 3 Comments

My father has just bought a BT Voyager 2110 wireless ADSL router and has found that it interferes with his wireless phone (a BT Quartet 1100). Unfortunately the router needs to be placed close to the...

Constant engaged tone - still make outgoing & incoming calls
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi all, I have a wierd problem with my broadband. History: I subscribed to AOL broadband through my BT line and everything was fine for about a month or so. We live in a shared house and the...

Plusnet Traffic shaping and Business Accounts
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 3 Comments

On 11 Oct 2005 23:33:05 GMT, "Cary Moore" <cary.moore@noemail_sherbrooke.plus.com> wrote: Wow! If what you're saying is correct, and Plusnet IS also crippling NNTP traffic on business accounts...

New to PlusNet
Posted on October 16th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hi I am a light user (4Gb/month) and I've been with plusnet bb+ for a few months now without any real problems. Yes, usenet is slow on bb+ at dialup speeds, but that doesn't bother me because I...

Is this possible?
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 10 Comments

My ISP is BT Yahoo. They have told me that my line won't support 2MB so I am stuck on 1MB. In search of a different ISP, I have spoken to both UKOnline and Homechoice who both told me they can...

Help, No Broadband After 6pm
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 10 Comments

Hi All I loose my broadband signal at around 6pm every night. BT are being no help. Any ideas why this may be. Works fine during the day, just a problem in the evenings!

Can I connect a Netgear ADSL Wireless Modem to Cable Broadband?
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I have a Netgear DG834G Wireless ADSL Router(http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php) and have just got Cable Broadband in my new flat. Have tried my guts out (actually a mate who know...

Wanadoo Broadband
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 16 Comments

I'm currently on Wandoo broadband, paying £27.99 per month .(Current speed 512k. ) They've now offered the option of paying £20 one-off fee to upgrade to "up to 2MB." Not being very with-it about...

Re: T E L E W E S T S U C K .
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Gøñzølã wrote: Go elsewhere. No one who is right in the head would bother with Teleworst.

PIPEX News (Usenet) Status
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 11 Comments

PIPEX News Status Announcement Raised 13/10/05 at 17:00 Report: At 11AM on 14th October access to news.dsl.pipex.com and news-text.dsl.pipex.com will be unavailable as this service has...

Does any understand this log message please?
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 0 Comments

/usr/sbin/smtpc -m -h smtp.mydomain.com -r logs@mydomain.com -s "NETGEAR *Security Alert* " -U myuserid -P password </var/log/alert - À<°mo'!àTàÿ½' I have found this in my Netgear router's...

Plusnet NNTP Service
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I thought I'd let some of you know what I've noticed over the last 2 or 3 days. It'd be great of support could confirm this. I just downloaded 5000 headers from news.individual.net and got...

Usenet benchmark test
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I've decided to stop whinging about Plusnet's usenet speed and simply post the hard facts: http://www.xerez.plus.com/usenet.htm

Two wireless adaptors?
Posted on October 15th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Is it possible to have 2 wireless adaptors on a laptop (pcmcia card and usb) both working at the same time? My laptop connects wirelessly to my D-Link router using a Belkin card. I can connect my...

4 students sharing broadband
Posted on October 14th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, My daughter has just started uni and is sharing a house with 3 others. They want to set up a wireless network. Being students they money is tight so they want to know whats the lowest priced...

PlusNet buys into LLU
Posted on October 14th, 2005 | 1 Comments

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/plusnet_easnet/ PlusNet has become the latest operator to sign up to Easynet's unbundled broadband service enabling the Sheffield-based ISP to cut its...

Re: Monitoring bw usage with NetMeter
Posted on October 14th, 2005 | 1 Comments

In article <434e3fc1$0$60463$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net>, MinusNet says... transfers and the 'overheads' which have to be factored in. There is always a chunk of traffic over and above...

Just *one* website wouldn't load- Re-boot router sorted it?!?!
Posted on October 14th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hiya, wonder if anyone could help me on this strange problem. I installed a wireless adsl modem router at the weekend. It's directly connected to our desktop, and there's a wireless connection to my...

new contract/tariff with loads of texts not 3
Posted on October 14th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Looking at deals with 12 months free line rental : 1. But it can't be 3 - too many dropped calls. Orange or O2 see reliable. 2. Want 300 or more inclusive texts. Any ideas? SMS bolt ons seem a tad...