On June 13 I asked if anyone had tried a 256kb/s ADSL service on a long line where 512k was marginal. Noone had, though I got some useful advice. We are about 10 km by road from the exchange, and...

I have just had my new broadband account activated. I have gone for a 2Mb package but have noticed that I am only getting 1Mb. I have been looking around the internet and came across a site which...

Hi- I have a Plusnet "up to 2Mb/s" ADSL package. ADSL has just become available where I live, and we are a long way from the exchange, so I didn't expect 2Mb/s! According to RAC site, it's a 6.5km...

What sort of transfer rate would you expect from a 2 Mbps ADSL line? I was downloading a lot of drivers from various sites (eg HP's) on a customer's 2 Mbps AOL line through a Netgear router (cable...

I want to move from BT Yahoo Broadband (cos' it's too dear) to either PlusNet or maybe a Onetel calls/internet bundle. However, I want to keep my ...btopenworld.com e-mail addresses for a little...

Like an idiot I just bought a BT1800HG adsl wireless router from eba without doing enough research. It seemed a good price and I thought I was doing a mate a favour. Seems it is designed to work...

Just testing this new lightning-fast connection :-)

A friend of mine is thinking of getting his phone turned off, so he does not have the line rental to pay, my question is, can he still keep his Broadband?, I would have thought bt would turn that off...

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/ Bulldog have an offer on where the 1st month is free and then 5 months at a reduced rate. -- For South East Brum: http://www.south-east-birmingham.tk For Free £10...

Freedom2Surf rolls out 8Mb and aims for 24meg service for same price as 1mbit http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/21/freedom2surf_llu/ BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! The stuuopid cluless fscks at...

are they part of one company or something. i have been researching for a new bb provider and have read a lot of good reviews for plusnet and somewhere about www.f9.net.uk they have exactly the same...

Hello Can anyone help please. I am looking to put some extensions in my house, around three. As I have only the one socket in at the moment then I know that my wiring, BT have just installed a new...

I'm a bit hazy as to whether uPnP just configures local network devices or whether it has implications for Internet use - on our router it's enabled by default, is there any risk to this? We have a...

Hi, I'm with Claranet at the moment, and they claim that charging £30 for a 512Mb connection is necessary for them to maintain a reasonable profit margin. So how on earth can Plusnet offer £21 for an...

I am thinking of upgrading to 1Mb broadband. However I still need to have a dial up facility on the PC. Will a dial up connection still operate on an ASDL enabled line? Thanks John.

Rumour has it that tomorrow afternoon Demon are changing all their broadband users to 2Mb -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural...

Anyone aware of any issues sending e-mail from Virgin Net (cp.net) to AOL - like AOL having blacklisted cp.net, for instance? One of my customers (on Virgin Net) is saying that their e-mails to...

Hi all, I popped into a mates on Sunday because he said his "(wireless) network has stopped working, Zonealarm had come up with something (don't you like that) so they removed it (?) but none of the...

hi there.. are there any BB Providers with no 12 months contract?

OK, let me try to be brief! I am a mac user (OS X.3.8) and I have recently subscribed to the wireless and talk service from Wanadoo. They say they do not support mac os x but I have picked up on...