I moved house at the beginning of August and am still waiting for them to transfer my service to my new address. Yep, eight weeks. I have phoned about 6 times and each time have been told that my...

Openzone brags about its 11M connection speed - but what is the true bandwidth that can be achieved. Tried one of their hotspots yesterday and got a measily 6K bandwidth - like watching treacle drip...

Peter wrote: the way I would do it is to use a proper firewall. Come to think of it, in any business use I'd use a proper firewall. How would you explain to the local press "well we had a data...

This seems too good to be true. http://www.dialstart.co.uk/adsl/default.asp No activation fee Free modem No download limit And only £17.99 per month

I want to take advantage of new, cheaper ADSL offers, but to do this my current ADSL ISP demands a £30 fee to provide a necessary migration code and the new supplier wants £15 to set up the account...

Mindwipe said Plusnet will be very proud to call you a customer. In fact, maybe Plusnet's brilliant support would like to comment on the company's policy on customers who are abusive on usenet. Do...

I'm looking for an ISP that will allow me to share a 1M broadband connection with my neighbours. Does anybody know of an ISP that allows sharing? Thanks Tracey

Is there anyone using this company and if so what like is the service? I'm thinking about subscribing to either EFH http://www.efhbroadband.com/packages.asp or Freedom2surf...

Hi I'm helping out a friend with their new Tesco broadband connection - they have everything they need except the ADSL dial number I need to set up a connection! They're having trouble getting...

My ADSL was activated on the 16th September but it's never worked. A nice man from BT turned up today and put me on a shorter line and finally got the modem to sync with the exchange. As I've been...

I noticed there is a large quantity on ebay for around the £10 mark. Are they any good? (I hope so, I just won one for my mums ADSL connection). I kinda assumed they are gonna be better than USB...

Hi, I wonder if anyone would care to give me some advice. I'm looking for an ADSL connection for an aging parent in the Thames Valley area. Main points are: a) less than 20 quid per month b) easy...

OK, thanks for recent help getting my fledgeling network up and running. I now have a Belkin wireless modem/router hooked up, a wireless network adapter in the laptop, and an ethernet card...

Using webmail with plusnet. I have created some email accounts like myself@username.plus.net The webmail says to login via myself+username & then enter the password I have tried this on both the...

I am thinking of moving from AOL to Plusnet and was just wondering if anyone had any experience of their news server. Is it reliable, how long are the retention of binaries and are there any download...

Hi, Just checking what is probably the obvious for everyone else here - I am a cable broadband user so need a little help when it comes to ADSL. Buying broadband for parents and think ADSL is the...

Thanks to all who gave me advise. I have isolated the problem to a dodgy extension. I now have a 15m extension lead running witha filter at the end into which the modem plugs. On my laptop , the...

Has anyone here any experience of using f2s - Freedom to Surf? I'm thinking of trying their 1Mb 5Gig cap home service. Any feedback or alternative suggestions welcome. Syd -- reply via newsgroup....

I had ADSL installed last month - a managed HH>ADSL conversion. The BT engineer supplied a filtered face plate. The line is used exclusively for ADSL. I'm quite a way from the exchange - I'd estimate...

I recently received an email from my ISP (Fast4) inviting me to sign up for ADSL 512 (uncapped) for £9-99 per month. I duly signed up (well, after a shaky start they have been pretty good recently)...