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BT Broadband Basic Broken?
Posted on August 13th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Hi, Is anyone else finding accessing websites slow tonight? BTW, Im using BT Broadband Basic 1Meg (I dont meen BT Yahoo or BT Openworld) Thanks.

Cannot connect to certain sites and networks
Posted on August 13th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Since yesterday morning I've been unable to access certain sites / networks on my BT Yahoo 1MB service. I couldn't connect to our services at work (VPN, POP3) etc so, thinking our work line was...

St Cyrus exchange - anyone connected yet?
Posted on August 13th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Exchange went live on 4/8 and an order placed (and passed to BT) before that has still not been actioned. Anyone connected - if so which ISP? JP

Confused: new to broadband and networking
Posted on August 13th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi guys, The more I read up on this subject the more confused I get but for those who like mensa type puzzles I would be greatful if you could shed some light on this scenario - Current set up:...

Free Broadband from October - Sign up now !!!
Posted on August 13th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Free Broadband available from October. Limited number of free places. Join now http://tinyurl.com/48ky7

Parts of the country out?
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I couldn't connect to Virgin BB this morning - got the error that the 'remote computer' could not be reached. According to Virgin, parts of the country appear to be out - BT fault. I'm in the 01305...

Re: How can BT tell the # of actual users? Also service levels?
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Peter <z123@nospam.com> wrote: PlusNet will offer two static IPs as part of their unrestricted BB packages. I don't know about other providers. No. The general consensus appears to be that there...

FS: NETGEAR RP614 Cable/DSL Firewall Router & 4 Port Switch
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

New, unused (but not sealed) Netgear RP614 Cable/DSL Firewall Router with 4 Port 10/100 Switch £20 plus £5 postage if anybody wants it, before it goes on Ebay. Send me an email Cheers Dom

Tiscali, router, 2 PCs
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Can the cheapest Tiscali broadband be used with a modem/router or just router and the Tiscali supplied modem, and two PCs run off this one broadband line? Ideally I would like the router at the...

Cheapest broadband
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Look at this article. Interesting. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1092034925,22928,

Static IP Question
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 9 Comments

"Sam King" <kinger@samjamwhamslam.com> wrote in news:dwmSc.228$Hw4.198@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net: One will do, and a router. Forward port 80 for the web site to your web server. That's what I do on my...

Re: How can BT tell the # of actual users? Also service levels?
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:15:06 +0100, z123@nospam.com (Peter) wrote: Sequence numbering on the packets is one indication. While it's not going to be 100% conclusive it will (especially if Windows is...

Re: Which UK broadband have download limits?
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

On 11 Aug 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, Pete wrote: Plenty offer accounts with download limits. Some have been around a while (MetroNet, from 10 to about 23 quid a month, plus VAT, on...

new dsl limits
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 5 Comments

At the moment i am 5k from the exchange, we failed the line test. All the lines are new (new build house), i am hoping when the noise limits are relaxed we will be able to get 512. A question, at...

Re: Which UK broadband have download limits?
Posted on August 12th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Pete wrote: BT, Tiscali and Wanadoo are the 3 main "cappers" it seems. Other smaller ISP's may have some sort of caps on certain packages (i.e. pay less, have a cap etc).

Re: Weird Speedtouch problem ....
Posted on August 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Can you borrow a different modem/router from a friend and test that? Similarly can you test your router on another connection? It will tell you if your router is at fault or if there is some kind of...

any phone engineers out there?
Posted on August 11th, 2004 | 4 Comments

can any one explain as to why i can not use the analogue output from my broadband filter to work through a phone system in addition to my data connection. its a samsung 816,i'm able to use it ok for...

Re: From Shell to Hell: the modern egg industry
Posted on August 11th, 2004 | 1 Comments

On 7 Aug 2004 14:01:49 +0100, go@fish (Vicar Peter Parsnip) wrote: Or has been in it/on it. Rumour has it some people hump animals before slaughter.

wet overhead lines
Posted on August 10th, 2004 | 17 Comments

How much more lossy is an overhead line in the wet than the dry? -- robert w hall

Accent UK to remain seperate from Pipex
Posted on August 10th, 2004 | 1 Comments

News for Nildram customers: AccentUK will remain a separate and distinct division within PIPEX under AccentUK's existing MD and Senior Management Team, reporting to Mike Read, (Chief Executive...