Hi, a friend of mine is looking to sign with a new broadband provider. She has narrowed it down to 2 choices. The first is bulldog, they have a £40 a month package which includes BT line rental and...

I am using a Broadband service with a 1GB monthly usage allowance. I thought that that would be enough but it is not. I have exceeded this limit and have been fined accordingly. Because of the...

Hello all, I'm on the brink of investing in the Netgear hotspot offering version to sign up with The Cloud as a hotspot location using Metronet 512K ADSL at 20:1 contention. As I read it I'll need...

Just wondering if anyone here on this group uses avcbroadband (the sat` broadband via sky dish) I am using it and using BTOpenworld for the uplink (normal dialup) Just wanted to ask a few...

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:55:08 +0000, Mark Graves <mark@SPAMTRAPukwealth.com> wrote: a) wait for BT to install "copper overlay" to provide a real copper pair that will carry ADSL broadband b) use an...

I'm a Mac user wanting to get broadband but not understanding some aspects especially of payments to different providers. EG Homecall seem offer a good deal at £24.99 per month for broadband...

On 16 Jan 2005 in uk.telecom.broadband, Tx2 wrote: Yes, from memory. Some ISPs offer a clunky 'retrieve for a specific user@account.ispname ' option, but few provide truly separate...

Tx2 <tx2newscollection@hotmail.com> wrote: They do use the format above, but you can operate them as seperate POP accounts if you wish. However, there is one caveat, they all share you original...

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:27:26 +0000, Alex Boosbeck <bach_slash@dot2dot.com> wrote: Does it still install loads of proprietary crap installed on your system? Have a google:...

has anyone used the freeola ADSL product ? What are the speeds like(i'm looking at either 1 or 2mb) ? is it reliable ? has it got a decent news server ?

The plusnet news server(s) have just burped up old messages since July 2004 as "new" several groups showing tens of thousands of new messages Has the new spool03 just been let loose? Are the article...

Hello Everyone, Im posting to this forum, to make an announcment regarding a project called Horizon, that we, a small development team, from Sydney, Australia have been working on. Like most...

Alex Boosbeck wrote: I know one thing, a new group was created a couple of months ago on a topic I am particularly interested in (alt.satellite.gps.garmin) and it still isn't available on their...

Hello all, Happy New Year. We have been using BTOpenworld and now BT Yahoo! Internet dial-up for years, but are now feeling the restrictions on downloads and general useage. Our computer is about...

I am completely at a loss to find a reason for slow downloading over my ADSL connection, and would appreciate it if anyone can suggest a reason. I have had ADSL for about 14 weeks. For the first...

Hi, We share our broadband with our neighbour via a Netgear wireless router and adaptor. I use Bandwidth Monitor Pro to monitor the usage of my machine but it does not appear to be able to monitor...

"Alex Boosbeck" <bach_slash@dot2dot.com> wrote in message news:k4fhu0hvuibptrpad06s5bqnflesrj31hr@4ax.com... I'd like to know as well, or more to the point is there any ISP that does? Besides Clara...

Alex Boosbeck wrote: Very average - not that many groups and I don't recall an occassion that I didn't need PARS to recover incompletes with Wanadoo. The service was more consistent than PlusNet,...

"Tx2" <tx2newscollection@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1c51fcdb5c74f4b3989f68@news.individual.net... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4175805.stm Regards Mike.

I'm geting between 15 - 25 mbps with a 54g wifi and says low on wireless network its also going via 2 thick walls, and a distance of about 5 metres. After doing a Broadband speed check the upload...