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Poor speed since upgrade to 1Meg
Posted on January 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi. After being on 512K for the last 18 months I decided to upgrade to 1 Meg with Metronet. Since then the speed has slowly dropped and was so bad that on Sunday it was unusable. Now metronet say...

Problem with bulldog dsl
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, I have "Home all Time 500" bulldog dsl. I have a router that is always connected and turn on. In the last days the Ip address changes often (randomly). Is it normal? Because I'm a foreign student...

Plusnet BB - what about email?
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 11 Comments

I'm looking hard at upgrading to broadband and am attracted to the Plusnet £14.99 package. Especially now that I've noticed Plusnet people responding in this NG. What I can't find anywhere in...

intermittent ADSL (long)
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 10 Comments

I've had ADSL since about April 2004. In September the service became really poor, days would pass without a connection. We tried everything, plugging the router directly into the master...

PIPEX
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 5 Comments

anyone having problems logging in this morning (i'm in the north west)

ADSL Migration
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I plan to migrate from BT Yahoo ADSL to Pipex ADSL. What will happen to my BT Openworld email account, can I still use this or will it be lost once I migrate to Pipex?

Do you download music without paying? - Online survey for student project
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hello everyone, Do you download music without paying? I am a Third Year Undergraduate student studying in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Huddersfield in the...

Wanadoo ADSL Outage Sunday Evening 23rd Jan
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 11 Comments

Anyone else experience an outage of around 1 hour this evening ? Could not connect to the server at the far end. ADSL on the line was OK. The Wanadoo recorded service status said that the network...

My Tiscali Broadband is so slow....
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 12 Comments

Anyone else noticed its been poor for a while now? I'm on 512k, but struggling to get dial-up speeds... John

Wanadoo "Broadband in a Box"
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 13 Comments

Hi All, I just purchased Broadband in a box from Dixon's for £18, this includes a Thomson speedtouch 330 modem, 2 filters and 2 months connection. My question is, if I don't go with Wanadoo, which is...

Netgear DG834G won't do https
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 15 Comments

I've recently had broadband installed. I'm using a Netgear DG834G router, with one ethernet connection active to test it, to a PC running RH9. It does http just fine, but won't do https. I've...

How long after exchange activation?
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 8 Comments

Hi Our exchange at Ventnor IOW went live on Wed 19 January but I have to wait until 2 February before my line is activated. Is this delay (2 weeks) normal, I placed my order with Metronet on...

LTT Broadband going under???
Posted on January 24th, 2005 | 3 Comments

The following changes have taken place on the companies that we are monitoring for you: Changes for LTT UK LIMITED(03844791) 20/01/2005 - CCJ event hmmmmmm i assume this is a County Court...

VoIP connection to Switchboard
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 29 Comments

I would very much like to be able to connect and ADSL router like the Vigor 2600V or similar to my telephone switchboard. The problem I see is that the POTS port is designed to accept a normal phone...

Problems with Bloomsbury (London) exchange?
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi there, I'm on Bulldog's 4Mb LLU ADSL service in central London which has been up and down all weekend - it goes up for a minute or two then goes down for 3 or 4. This pattern has been occuring...

ADS Progressive deterioration
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 1 Comments

The following seems inevitable: ADSL employs unscreened pairs and achieves bandwidth by bi-directional launching rf up to 100+kHz at some significant power level for each new subscriber. As the...

Which ADSL Wireless Router Supports WDS (Wireless Distribution System)
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 6 Comments

Hi I have the Linksys WAG54G ADSL Wireless Router and the Buffalo WLA2-G54C 54Mbps Airstation Wireless Bridge/Repeater. The Airstation support WDS however the linksys does not. I'm not sure how I...

line length
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 8 Comments

wanadoo have accepted my order for broadband will they be able to provide with a line length on 10.6km ? thanks cliff goldsmith

I'm Looking for a new Broadband ISP
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 10 Comments

Hi guys, I've been on Pipex ADSL 512K for 2 years and have been very happy so far. At the time the deal looked great but with so many new offers since then I think I might want to upgrade. Ideally...

NTL Freedom
Posted on January 23rd, 2005 | 2 Comments

Just inches away from signing up to BT Yahoo! for £26.99, when I suddenly find out about NTL Freedom. 5GB sounds fine for me. Any one use them - thoughts please? Do you get NG access? Allan...