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September 18th 20 09:28 PM
by Mark | 155 | 3,067 |
| | Plusnet "reward card" by
Chris
Hi all,
My PN contract is coming to an end and they're promoting their new
deals with the above-mentioned card. There are very few details what
the reward card is other than this in the small print:
"The Plusnet Reward Card is issued by Blackhawk Network (UK) Ltd, an
Electronic Money Institution authorised in the UK by the*Financial
Conduct Authority with Firm Reference Number 900023;...
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| | UK drops down broadband speed rankings by
Chris
Not really a surprise...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/02/uk-broadband-speeds-among-slowest-in-europe-study-finds
As a side note why is downloading a "movie" the media proxy for speed? Who
downloads films other than pirates? All legal access to films is via
streaming, which means that you can watch a film without depending on raw
d/load speeds.
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| | Fritz!Box 7530 inconsistent behavior by
Graham J[_3_]
I've never used one of these before.
Friend has FTTC. Before her router arrived I tested the FTT connection
with my Technicolor TG588v v2 - worked perfectly.
The Fritz!Box 7530 duly arrived. I plugged it, it configured itself via
TR-069 (from Zen); and appears to work OK, Friend can browse websites,
can ping things on the internet, speedtests show the expected speeds,
router shows the...
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| | FTTP question by
Graham J[_3_]
There are several third-party FTTP providers: for example Rutland
Telecom, County Broadband near Colchester, Gigaclear, Hyperoptic ...
generally these suppliers have dug trenches in the pavements to install
their fibres.
If any of thee suppliers were to go broke, who would own the fibres
installed in the ground? Do we expect to see such providers forced
out of business just to get access...
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| | Delays accessing web services by
David[_4_]
My PC has suddenly started pausing before loading web pages.
I would normally associate this with a network time out or long wait for a
resource.
Given that there seem to be a large number of sites invoked when a web
page loads (trackers, ad servers etc.) I wondered if there was some glue
in the network at the moment.
I know that there has been a recent large outage in London but I thought...
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| | when moving to fibre... by
tim...
Will the old wired BB be turned off?
My Fibre is to be activated on Friday
but I've yet to receive the router
could be without a connection for the whole weekend
(Yes, booking it on a Friday was a silly idea)
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| | Gigabit broadband: Rural households urged to claim upgrade cash by
Java Jive
Gigabit broadband: Rural households urged to claim upgrade cash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53693585
"The government is urging struggling rural broadband customers to apply
for cash it has set aside to pay for ultra high-speed connections.
Digital Minister Matt Warman said £70m is "still there for the taking"."
Yeahbut, the grants are £1,500 per household premises and £3,500 per...
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| | the lesser spotted Gigabit Ethernet port ? by
Abandoned Trolley
hi there
I am just wondering what the general view is of the astonishing number
of wireless routers on the market (both xDSL and cable) which are
offering wireless connections of hundreds of megabits, but have no wired
connection faster than 100M.
I realise that most connections are directed toward the internet, and
that that majority of customers have download speeds less than 100M so
its...
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| | toob by
Malcolm Loades[_2_]
https://www.toob.co.uk/ FTTP 900Mbps is now available to me. I
contacted their sales dept. to ask if I they provided a static IP address.
No, and it's neither available by request nor by extra payment! A
really huge disadvantage when you run your own mailserver. Could a
broadband supplier who is unable to provide a static IP address really
be considered a 'serious' provider? I think...
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| | BB Providers - ADSL to FTTP by
David[_5_]
Currently on ADSL copper wires from Exchange but lots of activity to put
in FTTP from Exchange.
Plusnet do not do FTTP so Ill not be renewing with them this year and I'd
be interested to know what experience anyone has with:
A and A
Zen
Aquila
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| | Email hosted by Elite by
Graham J[_3_]
Does anybody here have an email account hosted by Elite?
See: https://elite.net.uk/
I have one that I set up in May 2016 which I use for a small amount of
personal email traffic. It has worked OK up until 21 June this year.
Since then some emails that I send have bounced - possibly over half.
The non-delivery message is of the form:
Failed Recipient:
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| | Are any BB suppliers any good at getting a grip of Openreach? by
Roger Mills
Rant
PlusNet provides my landline and FTTC broadband, and has usually been
pretty good about fixing faults.
However, my landline went dead on the morning of Tuesday 23rd June, and
is STILL dead 13 days later as of Monday 6th July. Thankfully my
broadband still works.
I used the online reporting system to report the fault as soon as I
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| | plusnet web site down by
tim...
Due to a cock up my DD got refused this week
so I have to pay manually
but each time I try I get :
"Cannot reach this page"
I gave them some slack yesterday as it was Sunday,
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| | Broadband interruptions by
MB[_2_]
Short interruptions to my broadband seem to becoming more common, only
every few weeks and for a few minutes but annoying.
Is there anything (reasonably cheap!) that could be used to monitor a
broadband connection and log interruptions?
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| | Shell energy broadband by
Chris
Where have Shell broadband come from? Can't find much info about them. They
have some interesting deals at the moment.
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May 23rd 20 01:55 PM
by Chris | 7 | 1,525 |
| | WiFi dongle driver please by
scbs29
Hello all
I hae been given a USB WiFi dongle to replace my Netgear WPN111. The
only writing on the new dongle is WiFi AC 600M Wireless USB adaptor.
On searching Amazon for dongles the picture of the
XVZ USB WiFi dongle for PC 600Mbps dual band 2.4GHz/5GHz fast high
gain antenna 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless network adapter
shows a dongle identical to the one I have been given. I do not,
however,...
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May 22nd 20 04:52 PM
by scbs29 | 6 | 1,292 |
| | Powerline brands to avoid? by
Chris
My daughter is being moved to WFH with a work supplied PC in two days.
Her room is a fair distance from the router meaning that wifi may not be
reliable enough - although she streams films all the time. So am
considering powerline rather than run ethernet cables through the house
and down a floor.
Given the short notice I don't have time to consider what is best, only
what to avoid. So are...
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| | W10 L2TP question by
Graham J[_3_]
Two virtually identical laptops trying to connect via a dial-up VPN
using L2TP - one connects - the other fails. I have syslog output from
the Vigor router that they try to connect with.
Both laptops are apparently fuly up-to-date.
Reference Judy: Windows 10 Build 1909 version 18363.778 - this one works
Reference Simon: Windows 10 Build 1909 version 18363.815 - this one fails.
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| | Fibre Broadband router/modem connection. by
Tufnell Park
I am being advised by my ISP that my Fibre router/modem must be
connected to the Mastersocket only and not to an extension socket.
Is this absolutely necessary for the fibre BB to work?
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