Hello I have just received this from Opal "As a recent user of the Pipex free newsgroup service from Giganews, we are informing you of some changes to the service. Unfortunately the current free service will be withdrawn on the 30th July 2010" Marvellous!

Please forgive my OT question. I have Windows Live Mail on my computer for e-mails and NewsGroups. I keep getting e-mails saying people have made me a friend in Windows Live. I do not have Windows Live, or at least I think I haven't. I do believe there are a set of program called Windows Live, maybe WLMail is part of it. Any ideas please? Not wanting to click on any links on these e-mails in...

I'm with Tiscali, now taken over by TalkTalk. The only broadband equipment in my local exchange belongs to BT and is rented by other ISPs. My line speed is 2.5Mbps. TalkTalk recently wrote to me to say they were changing me from my unlimited download Tiscali package to a 40GB download TalkTalk package. The package cost quoted was high at £28.23/month due to the passing on of the BT...

I've been offered this is Orange Broadband worth a go ? Stephen

I have a Sky Netgear router and leave it plugged in overnight.This morning I've noticed the Internet light which is normally a steady green is today flashing green rapidly. I rebooted the router and the colour changed from amber to steady green and then flashing green. I can still access the Internet via the router although speed is slightly slower, not that I get high speeds living 3...

As Virgin Media is my ISP, I was interested to try their on-line back-up service, called "V Stuff". However there are postings on their forums that it has not been working properly for months - allegedly it does not back up updated versions of files but just keeps the original. Has anyone on these forums used it successfully, and what is the legal position if it does not work and data is lost...

"Mark" wrote in message ... On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:06:45 +0100, "Carl Waring" wrote: "Mark" wrote in message ... the foot anyway. After all MP3 downloads are a promotion tool for...

My ISP (Entanet) has started throttling newsgroup server access at busy times, which I find a big nuisance. (Newsgroup downloads seem such a small component of download traffic I don't really see what they are saving.) No other complaints. Can anyone recommend an ISP that doesn't do throttling? I'm currently on ADSLMax with a 3GB/month limit, @ £16/month.

Friend has had his mark 1 BTHH replaced by the current sexy curved model due to line dropping problems which BTW it seems to have solved. However, he claims he has never changed any of the security settings - but *none* of the passwords on the back of the thing work. Neither the admin password nor the wifi one. The help suggests hitting the reset button with a warning that you will have to...

PeterC wrote: On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:37:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: The IDnets of the world want to create a business to make a living from, by doing excellence, not volume. Every customer counts, because they will tend to accumulate all the ones that don't get on with the majors. Not perfect though. I 'phoned IDNet as my speeds are pathetic at times with ...

Since last night I've been unable to access any PlusNet servers - including email, the Plusnet portal and hosted websites. Is it just me, or is there a general problem? -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked.

I'd like to snip these little beauties off and fry them up in a little garlic butter. http://bayimg.com/KaneLAaCI

Mark wrote: On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:30:38 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: uhnuhntiss wrote: Poor, as in financially not as well off as the rest of the population to afford such luxuries. It's really bad when people cant even see their own spelling mistakes.

It's very likely that SWMBO and I will be moving house to a new location some 250 miles away - although still in England. Engaging Samknows shows that there are the following suppliers on the new exchange: BT, Plusnet, Eclipse, and Talk Talk. Currently, I'm on a PlusNet legacy product (BBYW Option 2), but doubt whether that would be portable to a new exchange. I'd like to get away from PN's...

Hi all. Bt contract provides a dongle with 1GB free per month. BT have replaced my sim but a new dongle is £39. Does anyone know of any cheaper options that will accomodate the BT sim? regards Rob

Dear Sirs, Unfortunately, whilst frantically masturbating, I have inadvertently deposited a copious amount of semen upon my wife's Velour™, conservatory curtains which has since dried into a matted mass of pubic hair and burgundy fabric. What is one to do? --

Anyone know when the new version will be available? The current one is a bit tricky to use. I'm never quite sure if it's connected or not or if I've switched it off or not. Such a mad design.

A report produced for Ofcom by PA Consulting concerning Radio Frequency Interference from In-Home PLT devices has just been published he- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/technology/research/emer_tech/PLT/pltreport.pdf http://tinyurl.com/37hj4bn It makes for both interesting and frustrating reading. Their recommendations have been based on statistical projections out of their...

I have an old Freeserve dial-up EMail address that I occasionally use in some mailing lists. Every so often I had to reactivate it and it would occasionally stop responding but it seems to have died completely now. I tried connecting online to the Webmail but it just goes into an endless loop, I tried the Orange help pages but they are not very helpful with out of date instructions. Have...

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