Hi, I had a 1.1 line which worked ok without performance problems. After a month it became very very slow. It was downloading at around 10kB/sec. I reported it to my ISP who logged a fault with BT. About a week later it was running at 80-90 kB/sec so I thought good they have fixed it. This lasted for 2-3 hours then went back to being 10kB/sec. After a few more days my linespeed went to an...

I will be installing a wireless router for a customer who has various plug-in extensions, probably not BT-installed, plugged into the master socket. The router will be connected to the master socket. Is there any advantage in connecting all the other extensions to the phone socket of the microfilter, rather than connecting them directly to the master socket - ie ------- master ----- MF -----...

Thinking of going over to Broadband. I am presently with Wanadoo dial-up. I am not to sure what the true significance of the 'capping' is. I have retired now and am on line a lot also my son downloads music. What happens if you do go over the say 3GB do you get cut offf until next month or do you get a nasty bill? I think what I should be asking what is the cheapest non-capped Broadband...

On Tue, 24 May 2005 22:03:47 GMT, "Clive" wrote: Was on 2mb for £37pm. Looking for a reliable service (top priority) and MUST be uncapped. Not bothered about Web space. Just a 2mb or faster connection at £37 or less BT Business Broadband for £35.24 per month, to open the bidding. Check out http://www.ukonline.net/8000/ to see if they are round you.

We have our house up for sale and hope to move to cumbria when sold. We are moving into a ADSL enabled area and have dial up at the moment. Have looked around and there seems to be a couple of providers doing a telephone+broadband+line rental package. The ones I have seen so far are onetel, NTL and Homecall anyone have experience or know of any other companies doing the same, requirements are...

I have a Belkin 54g Wireless router which indicates the actual down/up data rates, currently 576 and 288. I have a feeling my DSLAM has been upgraded to the new higher speeds, currently coming online on the BT network. Is there a way I can check my sync speed for this router? -- Mike Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 19/05/2005 09:24:59 UTC

is there a supplier that supports linux i.e supports connection and the router? regards

Hi guys. Not had any complaints with CPBB as of yet (apart from the price which was actually really good when I started with them!) But it appears from their website (www.cpbb.co.uk) that FAST24 have bought em out. I can't find that much about FAST24, but what I can find doesn't appear to be that great. Anyway a copy of the press release.... PRESS RELEASE

Hi all, I've been pointed in your knowledgeable direction to ask a couple of posers! There are 7 of us moving into a house for the next student year, and we all want to use broadband on our own individual computers, through the same broadband account, and we are not sure how to go about it. Do we need a wireless router and then a wireless card in each of our computers, or is there a better...

Is there a bare board ADSL filter with punchdown or screw terminals suitable for putting in to a piece of equipment which directly terminates a phone line? I could always pull a regular one apart or dangle wires with the right connectors from it, but was wondering if something of this type already exists? -- Andrew Gabriel

Looking for a reliable 1mb uncapped (or capped at around 4gb) ISP. Demon would be my first choice, but £30pm is more than I can afford. Is there anything in that league at £20 or less. Thanks for any help.

How can I tell when my ISP (Tiscali - so known for being difficult to get away from!) has released my line before I am able to sign up with a new ISP. They have said upto 15 days from cancellation. I did have a link https://www.cs-server1.bt.com/hhway-cls/com.bt.icm.opt.OptSummary?CUSNUM=&TELNUM= to use which would show the BT work order but that no longer seems to work (I have removed my...

Hi guys, Wondered if you have any thoughts on a little problem I'm having with my downstream ADSL noise margins. This is how things stand at the moment: ADSL Link Downstream Upstream Connection Speed 2272 kbps 288 kbps Line Attenuation 44 db 23 db Noise Margin 26 db ...

anybody know where I can get the drivers / installation Cd from please - as yes I have looked on the BT site -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 0 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

My monthly payment to Zen for 512k is due on 2nd June. I am considering an upgrade to 1 Meg, should I pay for the 512 k connection now or wait until the new reduced prices come into effect. Or should I request upgrade after I paid my 24.99 for monthly 512 k. TIA

I've just got Broadband and via personal recommenation I've used Griffin. They tell me their news server is news.griffin.com and I've set it up ok. however I get a message when trying to download the groups: 502 NNTPCache-3.0.1 access denied , you do not have connect permissions in the nntpcache.access file. Configuration: Account: news.griffin.com Server:...

Hello - I'm looking for a broadband supplier for my non-technical parents. They want something faster than their modem, but their current usage is less than 500MB per month. Having had a bad experience with accounts departments of another ISP, I'm reluctant to recommend them paying via direct-debit or continuous-credit-card, so BT Broadband Basic (with the 1GB/month limit and payment by cheque)...

I got a snotty email from Tiscali saying they have a "fair usage" policy of 30 gigs up and down per month, and I am exceeding it. I went looking around, and found UK Online. They only charge £9.99 for a 512kbs service, and specifically mention 500 gigs per month as fair usage. Since there is no such thing as a cheap uncapped service, I was wondering where is the catch? They say they are...

Well, for anyone who had to wait for extended reach ADSL this may be of interest. When I initially applied for Broadband, I was turned down....too far from the exchange (although I only live 2 miles out of the city of Lancaster). Following the Extended Reach trials, I was told I could get ADSL. Applied through Pipex, and have had no problems with the service at all. I use Broadband a...