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news.individual.net
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 25 Comments

News.individual.net, does anyone know if there is a problem with this news server just now? -- Derrick Fawsitt

virgin broadband with Netgear DG632
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I'm new two broadband and have signed up with virgin (mainly because you have only a 1 month contract). I got the USB modem from them, but decided to use a netgear DG632 ADSL ethernet modem...

NTL is UK's largest broadband ISP
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 7 Comments

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/05/ntl_broadband/ Interesting - BT$'s claim that it is the biggest is clearly a 'lie' as their retail division hasn't won enough customers to beat NTL. They...

Router auto reconnect
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I've had an Actiontec Wireless ADSL router/modem for the last few years and it's worked fine. For the last few months, though, I've been getting loss of connectivity, ever few hours on average -...

ISDN Feature question
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I'm currently investigating the replacement and enhancement of telephony and data services across three small offices which are geographically close ( well! within a 10 mile radius anyway) but on...

Problems with Belkin wireless desktop adaptor
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I am trying to install a Belkin wireless adaptor in my daughter's PC. But I can't get it to connect to my wireless network. My home network uses BT Broadband, shared with BT's Voyager...

Video calls with VoIP?
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Apart from Yahoo! Messenger, anyone know of some free or cheap video call software that works on both PCs and MACs? Cheers, Paul DS -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

VOIPBuster - anyone tried it?
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Call 18866 who we use for my wife to phone her mum in the US are currently pimping voipbuster.com - a VOIP service which is offering Free VOIP calls to other users and to UK, US and German landlines....

Talk Talk Advice on moving to
Posted on April 7th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Today I made the decision to move to Talk Talk and signed up for their current £24.99 Talk 3 & Broad band bundle. I am moving from BT. The reason I am moving is BT's total lack of customer service....

Broadband useage on a Netgear DG834G router
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 9 Comments

I recently transferred to broadband and am still learning. As I have a capped service does anyone know if any of the menu's on the router set up pages will give me a log of up/download Gbs.

broadband with no postcode
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 10 Comments

The firm I work for as a site that has no postcode. BT or any other ISP will not install broadband as there is no postcode. Has anyone had a similar problem. The lane line is provided by...

BT$ can be forced to split if it misbehaves
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 0 Comments

BT$ can be forced to split btretail and btwholesale if it proves btwholesale favoritism to btretail continues at the expense of other telcos. So start keeping detailed accounts of delays and...

My First VOIP Telephone Call.
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 10 Comments

Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05...

BT beats 5 million ADSL user target a year early...
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 13 Comments

"This week BT will connect its five millionth wholesale broadband customer, beating a target set by the company a year ahead of schedule. Broadband is now one of the fastest growing consumer products...

Bulldog and active/unactive exchanges
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 7 Comments

The following site suggests bulldog llu services aren't available on my exchange. However, when I go to the bulldog site, put in my phone number it allows me to order the 4mb service. What's going...

ISDN Feature question (Retract)
Posted on April 6th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Apologies. Posted in error to uk.telecom.broadband. Now resent to uk.telecom

Re: Should I let this NTL IP address through?
Posted on April 5th, 2005 | 2 Comments

"Sandi" <sorry@no.email.please> wrote in message news:962E60491E7574C1H4@62.253.162.203... 80.7.172.78 traced to: cpc1-seve3-3-0-cust78.popl.cable.ntl.com

Bulldog blocking Bittorrent ports ?
Posted on April 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

As of last 24 hours, Bittorrent has ceased working with Bulldog adsl. Interesting. Anyone else had problems ?

Can I get 2Mbps with this line?
Posted on April 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

My current line statistics at 1Mbps down, are as follows: Connection Speed 1152kbps, Line Attenuation 48db Noise Margin 26db From that data, is it likely that my line wouls work with...

Jerky Broadband
Posted on April 5th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I have very mixed experiences with my broadband connection. Sometimes it seems to work as advertised but quite frequently browsing is a series of interruptions. When I watch the little computers in...