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Plusnet attempting to ignore their way out of contract?
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 67 Comments

I would be interested to hear from any other Plusnet customers who signed up to their Broadband Home product in the period 1 June to 25 August and have subsequently been charged for a bandwidth...

How long can BT make me wait?
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Hi Not sure if this is the right group, but I ordered Adsl for my parents for Christmas - going with EFH Broadband - high setup costs but £10+vat per month. They gave a start date of 12 Nov but...

Structure of name, userid, address of whatever you call it
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 9 Comments

Newbie needs advice on name to choose for "fresh start" - unclear on conventions. Broadband availability approaching here, and it's crunch time on choice of ISP, because self and wife currently...

BT enforcing capping?
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 8 Comments

Are BT actually enforcing their 1GB a day capping on their 1MB service yet?

Pipex broadband and newsgroups
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 11 Comments

I signed up to Pipex broadband because it was recommended to me, but I find although most web pages download fairly rapidly, it is not the case in the newsgroups. I am only trying to download text,...

Ebuyer can't add up!
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL router @ £59.56 (QF: 52244) Netgear DG834G wireless ADSL router & FREE WG511 PCMCIA card @ £77.99 (QF: 63964) Free? Say what?

Networking Problems - Help!!
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi Guys, any help with the following problem would be greatly appreciated; I have a 3 PC network in my home. Until recently, I was connected to the internet via an NTL Cable modem (after passing...

2 way Satellite broadband
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Anyone out there had any experience with 2-way broadband delivered over satellite? any information and web sites/ contacts would be appreciated Helen

Parts missing from web pages
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I'm getting some very odd behaviour from MSIE6. Most pages now contain one or more messages like this: "Action canceled Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you" And many GIFs etc...

Any one on TalkTalk Broadband, Any Good?
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 4 Comments

As Above, Just thinking of joining? Regards Mark

New Router but Norton Update Problems
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 6 Comments

Hi Just changed from a modem to a router but getting this message when I try and run update. I know I am a bit thick but what do I do to sort this one out. Ken

Im broke
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 32 Comments

I noticed Central Point now does 150kbs at 13.90 a month. To save money Id thought id switch for a few months then upgrade again when I can. Anyone used 150k? Is it usable?

V21-who are they
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I've been with Pipex on half meg for about two yrs now. I was very happy with it until I noticed the price of other uncapped half meg lines. I'm looking into Bulldog (now Cable & Wireless), and V21...

Is Broadband acitvated early ?
Posted on November 19th, 2004 | 1 Comments

My exchange was due to be activated (RFS date ) on Wednesday 17th Nov. My ISP advised my service will be live five days or so later and I have been given a live date of next Monday. When I pluged in...

Have Netgear stopped creating firmware updates
Posted on November 18th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Have Netgear stopped doing firmware updates. I'm looking for an update to the WGR614v1, as it keeps freezing if a lot of data is sent via the wireless connecion. Whilst looking for new firmware on...

Newbie Help Please
Posted on November 18th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Allegedly, my line was activated yesterday. I'm trying to set up a Draytek Vigor 2600Gi. I've been using the 'Auto Detect ATM/DSL Setting' to see if the line is ready. I haven't been able to...

Bulldog going fishing?
Posted on November 18th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Not one but three leaflets for Bulldog's new 4Mbps service arrived through the door with my Grauniad this morning in leafy North Bristol... Funny thought I didn't know we'd got LLU in Thornbury...

BT wholesale - higher speeds?
Posted on November 18th, 2004 | 2 Comments

With the cable companies upping their speeds again, and the new 8mbps service (local loop unbundling) is there any hope of BTWhole increasing there speeds (for free??) lol or releasing higher speed...

Speed test...
Posted on November 18th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Is this good, average or poor? adslguide.org.uk... Direction Actual Speed True Speed (estimated) Downstream 452 Kbps (56.5 KB/sec) 488 Kbps (inc. overheads) Upstream 244 Kbps (30.5 KB/sec) 263...

Draytek 2600VG or 2600G+VOIP adapter?
Posted on November 18th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hello, I'm looking at buying a Draytek router + modem and like the sound of the Draytek 2600VG (VOIP+wireless), but don't know if better to get the 2600G (wireless only) and use a separate VOIP...