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Tiscali and their fair usage policy
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 23 Comments

Has anyone ever been disconnected from Tiscali for going over their 30gb fair usage amount? I am quite happy to be put on the bad boy pipe from 6pm-midnight for going over my "fair usage". In fact,...

(Annex A) ADSL Router
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I've seen a router with a sub description of being spec (Annex A) Would someone tell me what Annex A means in terms of ADSL Router specs ? Thanks

Demon Home 2000
Posted on July 5th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hi, Does anyone know what Modem comes with the Demon Home 2000 package? Thanks -- Remove " sync " &" privacy " to reply

BT broadband installation question.
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 22 Comments

My mother wants a laptop and wireless broadband for her birthday. I am in the US, and don't know much about UK broadband. She currently has BT phone service, so I assume it makes sense to use BT...

Telecom Plus/Utility Warehouse feedback
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

A couple of friends are on the point of signing up for their broadband deal, and I haven't been able to find any feedback on adslguide about them - does anyone on this group have any feedback - good...

Do BT keep logs of test results?
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 23 Comments

Back in the day (Nov 2003), I got ADSL installed, when the threshold for 512K attenuation was 60dB. AIUI, 60dB is now the limit for 1Mb. However, I believe my line has got a couple of dB...

Netgear WG311T PCI wireless adaptor and Windows 2000 - Wireless Assistant app fails to run
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I've installed a Netgear WG311T PCI wireless card into a PC running Windows 2000, which I've upgraded to W2K SP4. The drivers install OK and the card is recognised by Plug and Play. However the...

Unavailable
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 13 Comments

Since I signed up to Plusnet, when I do a "Synch All" in M$OE, it checks the e mails (I still have 3 a'cs with onetel which it checks fine, and then the 'new' plusnet one which it also does...

CHAP authentication failed - wotsit telling us?
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 15 Comments

A friend of mine has lost his broadband connection. He has recently been upgraded from 0.5Mbps to 2Mbps on demon ADSL. Perhaps these 2 things are related? I don't know which particular tariff he is...

PlusNet
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 27 Comments

I'm looking into getting broadband soon. After a lot of research, I finally settled on the PlusNet BroadbandPlus package for the following reasons: Up to 2Mbs (whatever the line supports) Unlimited...

End of line for traditional phone service; switching to IP in some parts Wales
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4646783.stm

Bulldog vs Easynet/UK Online
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi all, Lucky me - I'm about to move into a house served by both of the big LLU providers! :) I like the idea of a nice fast connection, with high limits, so I'm thinking of going with one or the...

Pipex brings in traffic management and possibility of being capped.
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Pipex brings in traffic management and possibility of being capped. http://www.pipex.net/legal/changes-faq.php -- For South East Brum: http://www.south-east-birmingham.tk For Free £10 credit when...

Bulldog LLU
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi, Does anyone know of an up to date list of Bulldog LLU exchanges? I don't think the Broadband Resource list is currently being updated

problems going from tiscali dialup to broadband
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 7 Comments

I'm sure this is a common problem. A friend has just installed Tiscali 512k broadband with a Sagem USB modem. The modem is connected to the master socket via two splitters which take extensions to...

External Lan cable - WTP?
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 8 Comments

Time and again, I'm asked why one cannot (should not) run a LAN cable outside the house, i.e. taking the easiest route from one room to another. Why is there a problem, and what is it? Would we be...

Home networking with Aol?
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 9 Comments

Hi Folks Thinking of going with aol silver but have read reviews that home networking is not available with the silver package?. I assume this means no networking support from aol?. I had planned to...

Why is my 2.2 meg pipex connection so poor?
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I recently upgraded my pipex connection from 512k to 2.2 meg. I was surprised at how quickly the upgrade was done. I requested it at 10 am, the pipex guy told me that it would be done in 7-10 days,...

ntl 1meg, £9.99 a month
Posted on July 4th, 2005 | 11 Comments

Hey.... I was in the process of pretending to leave NTL to get a price-cut, and discovered that for 1meg it's £9.99 for the first 12 months. I've been with them for a couple of years, but this is...

2wire 1800hg
Posted on July 3rd, 2005 | 1 Comments

sorry don't know how to share bandwidth between the various pc' -- spanna