Hi! Out local exchange has passed its trigger level and its status is "Triggered. Awaiting 'Ready For Service' date." Unfortunately there's no indication of how long it might stay like this. Is...

I'm soon having to move home and, sad to say, broadband availability is a big issue when looking for a new home. I've used Infobel to check broadband availability in specific areas but I'm a bit...

Does anyone have an recommendations for ISPs that offer 400kbps upload speeds? cheers

I don't know who the lawyers for this newsgroup are .... BUT!!!!!!!!!

In article <c91d20tproht1u22cdel9ocor8m7ijbkpg@4ax.com>, Lurker@your_outhouse.net () wrote: Migration has the benefit that the downtime is about 5 minutes whilst you put in the new username and...

Lurker@your_outhouse.net wrote: If supported, it may well be significantly shorter downtime (few minutes, compared to a few days)

Can anyone help me? I'm looking to buy a used Linksys WRT54G for £50 (is this a good deal?) and i would like to use it to connect to my ADSL line. I am currently with Nilram which use PPPoA. As far...

Whilst I wait for my BB to be enabled I thought I would try and set up the wireless side. Having, I thought, followed the instructions I can see router from my desktop and I can also see it from my...

you can now use a router and connect as many computers as you want to aol broadband wired or wireless

Using the reviews at http://www.ispreview.co.uk/ I have joined them from pipex as the service was going down and down. Anyone know if Fire are anygood? I like the idea of 200mb of webspace and the...

So after a dozen times taking card out / in diff drivers diff slots still no go with XP. It totally screws up the conextant adsl internal modem and boot process. Why are these cards so damn difficut...

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:04:27 +0000, matthew wrote: There is a known prob with Binatone ADSL 2000 routers and Fujitsu DSLAMS in exchanges, don't know if it applies to the 500 as well. Dave -- And...

Ok, I'm new to routers, I understand networking, and have set up several, but none with a router. Now I'm gonna have to get a router. For convenience it's going to have to be wireless, with a built...

Hi, How do you cancel an ADSL account with Nildram? I've sent them a couple of emails both of which have so far been ignored and I can't see any info on their website. Cheers.

I was contacted about a year ago ( march 2003) and offered free broadband as long as i signed up to a certain insurance policy,(which i wouldn't have minded at the time) but my town wasn't upgraded...

My brother has one of these routers, and while he's on holiday, i've been using his broadband :). The thing is, about once a day, the internet connection will stop working, if I go into the router...

Evenin' all.... I'd like people's opinions on what is currently the best all-in-one ADSL Modem, Router, Firewall and 4-port switch currently on the market. I'm not interested in wireless at this...

Does one exist? Tiscali will not give me the relevant information about my account to allow me to migrate. They are trying to force me to cancel and re apply for broadband to maximise my down...

Hi - I have access to a couple ADSL links and wonder if there's anything that can merge the lines e.g. I'm surprised GetRight doesn't appear to support >1 connection. I've tried midpoint but it's as...

PPP is Point to Point Protocol, PVC is Perminant Virtual Circuit. In this context, Pvc0 refers to the interface from your router to the ISP. (Just like on a linux computer you'd see Eth0 which...