Having connected at 8128 for the last 18 months something went tits up yesterday. Didn't see what happened but now I'm synced at 7296 and the exchange has turned on interleaving and looks like it upped the SNR margin to 9db. I am getting about 1 corrected block per minute so there isn't much wrong with the connection (although it might be a bit worse than 2 days ago). I seem to remember...

I'm in the UK. I have the usual F-series connector on the coax entering my cable modem. http://www.newtechindustries.com/newtech/catalog/images/200-045.jpg -------- I need to remove the connector every now and then so I lubed the threads with a smear of vaseline.

A question; Do the LES interface trays exist in a -48V version ? (e.g. normal telecom power supply) If so is it a new tray or can the PSU module of a 13A AC tray be replaced? Ta!

On one address I've been having about 20 - 50 a day (mostly French) and now they've stopped! Had only 1 in 2 days. 3 days ago there was an e-mail from Tiscali re. extra web and e-mail space (but still no more addresses) and spam filtering, so I don't know if it's a coincidence. Any one else seen this? -- Peter.

Plusnet have just announced that BT Wholesale are increasing their charge to cease broadband service on a telephone line. This will not apply to MAC transfers, but it will apply if a customer moves house. The charge made for this is being raised from £5.75 to £20 which is an increase of more than 247%. Just how can such an increase be justified? Why have OFCOM allowed this? Peter Crosland

Apologies for the cross-post from uk.telecom but its relevant to both NGs. Any advice most gratefully received: For the sake of brevity I'll spare you *all* the grim detail but essentially we took over a new Virgin VIP phone/broadband/TV package last month. On Saturday morning we realised that none of phone, broadband or TV were working. I got onto technical support and was told there was a...

Received some useful advise here regarding Broadband but before I proceed further can someone help me with the following regarding Sky Base ? 1/ Does Sky fix a limit on the amount of data downloaded per month ? 2/ If at some future date I wanted to give up my Sky TV would the Broadband also stop or would I be able to continue with it at a nominal monthly cost ? 3/ My family has three...

Has anybody seen connection problems with Demon ADSL in the Diss and Pulham areas of Norfolk, since about 14:40 today? I have two clients in that area and both show ping failing 80% of the time. -- Graham J

It appears that a reported line fault will be charged to the customer, despite the problem being external to the house (that is - not in customer's wiring or equipment). This will happen in the circumstance that a lineman does not find the specific cause of a fault, and enters a "No fault found" as the clear. In other words, if it's an intermittent fault, and it isn't happening when the...

For several days now I am noticing that 'news.individual.net' is not working between 6pm and 11pm on Tiscali. Is anyone else experiencing the same? Is anyone else having trouble with 'news.individual.net' in the evenings, even if you are not with Tiscali? Thanks Eric

A guy i know spends about £10 a month on a dialup I suggested one of those USB dongles at £15 a month and he likes the idea - but hes worried about going over the monthly GB allowance I've did the usual google search and had a quick look at o2/three/etc From what i've read so far none of them give the option of just stopping the connection once you reach the monthly limit

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Hello all, Is there any other way of getting the BT internet phone working using Netgear DG834GT router. I do not want to use the BT Home Hub, but of course I'd like to be able to make cheap phone calls. The wireless on the BT Home hub is woeful in comparison to my Netgear stuff, and I haven't a clue where to begin with this, as far as I am aware, I can only get a skype phone to work?

I am on dialup paying £10 a month. Sky would like me to have their base plan at no cost, although with a hefty connection fee. I have no experience of broadband, routers etc apart from what I have read on this forum I use the Internet for 5 hours max a day and wouldn't want a router connected when not required. Would there be problems with this ? M

Is anyone else having problems with McDonald's free WiFi "service"? I have tried contacting McDonalds and The Cloud but not having any success McD Bangor - connect to The Cloud but get BT Openzone screen with no mention of McD free service or The Cloud McD Holyhead - could not connect to The Cloud

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Hi, What is the difference between me using PC Suite on the laptop and using one of these USB dongles and a mobile broadband package? Is the SIM card in the later set up differently? I was playing with one of these at work, and the connection seemed a lot more quicker than me using PC Suite on the phone, as I have done in recent times. Thanks. Andrew.

Following a tormentuous time with UK Online (who previously provided a good service) I fear the time has come to fly the nest. It seems that O2 since buying Be had a few problems in the early days but generally (from what I can tell) seems to be getting very good reviews. So, Is O2 the same base network as Be in the same way that Uk0nline is, since Sky bought Easynet a few years back, the same...

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Other than Virgin Media are there any other ISPs who have access to broadband via Virgin Media cable ? I think the answer is no - but was asked this question by a neighbour today and thought I'd better check before saying no. TIA. -- Regards,