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After waiting three years for Broadband the last few days are proving the hardest to bare! My line has HH (for the last three years so out of contract). I have bought a ADSL router which I have...

I have now heard from two people that, following succesful trials of something at the British F1 GP, BT are upgrading the Fibre Optic lines to take Broadband. Both incidents were mentioned round...

gonna purchase one soon, so i can get satellite internet broadband connection. can someone tell me the best DVB card to get, both in performance terms and the amount of services available to the...

Hi all, Slightly OT here - so I hope that this doesnt offend anyone - besides, the outcome is for the benefit of participants here - so it's slightly relevant to the group ;o) Due to the sucess of...

can anyone tell me what are teh best isp satellite broadband suppliers for p2p and internet radio traffic. I would like to get 2 way satellite but looks like i will have to go for 1 way and bt...

HI, I've been without my adsl for 4 days now... yes 4 days! :-( It just wont connect although the status light on my asus router/modem is fine. The back-up dial up service is like a 14.4k...

When I use my Netgear DG824M with a D-Link DWL-800AP+ range extender/signal repeater (bought in USA, not? available in Europe)located in my house about 50 metres from the DG824M in my neighbours...

"David Marsh" <use-userid-in-sig@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:slrnboft3u.4d4.use-userid-in-sig@pepper.viewport.lan... The telephone account in my house is in my parents anme, and the...

The first F2S broadband user to post here and recommend the service to me (and anyone else for that matter), gets 10 quid credited to their account. I'm just about to sign with them and it seems a...

In article <slrnbo35g2.47u.use-userid-in-sig@pepper.viewport.lan> David Marsh <use-userid-in-sig@127.0.0.1> wrote: "Reactivate" implies that the line isn't connected to the DSLAM: if you connect...

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:15:58 +0100, David Marsh <use-userid-in-sig@127.0.0.1> wrote: It is supposed to be - but a number of ISP's don't bother to check - or when they feed the order to BT it isn't...

Hi, I am waiting for delivery of an ASR-8400 Modem/router, what is the best way to set it up for 2 PCs one with Win98SE and the other with Win XP? Is it better to have them share one IP address or...

Having seen that the TPON 'upgrade' for my local exchange (Hardingstone) is due for the end of October (albeit with information from back in July), I've tried the BT number checker again (after a...

Any one know when the " Down the socket " ADSL will be publicly realeased? SWEB have sent me a pre-registration Email saying I can have it when its avail, as BT are to slack to update my...

Hi I have a Netgear DG814 router, and a PC running Windows XP. I am trying to connect to a customers network using the SoftRemoteLT VPN client. The VPN client always fails to connect, the log...

I get adsl next week Adt want £115 to put a filter on alarm line, money for old rope I think. Can I wire the alarm to the telephone side of an ADSL filter myself, I can't see a problem any advice...

Have got my 1mbit line activated on the 13th confirmed, but have not recieved no modem ect from Pipex, phonenenig them now s pointless. Anyone know how long you wait, they havent even said they are...

After installing software and connected modem with filter directly on the wall socket as detailed in their booklet, the green ADSL light continues to flash. Phoned up Freeserve and they confirmed my...

any body got any opinions on telewest thinking of changing to them