I signed up to Supanet a month ago and was initially at 512KB and now on 1MB broadband. Download speeds vary between 250 Kbps yp to full 1MB speed. Reliability is appalling and download speed are crap. Used to get much better speed on AOL and more reliable. have just done BT speedtest bypassing my ISP's network and reached full speed. Stay away if you can. They are pathetic.

Well it's been 2 weeks of full 512Kb speed, but it's all gone wrong again over the last 2 days. Half the Internet works at full speed, half is basically unavailably slow. Why? I can't be the only one experiencing problems??? I have no viruses, trojans etc etc etc, using IE, Firefox, Opera - all the same results. What a pain.

I am in the last stages of waiting for Broadband, hopefully less than a month to go. I have just read the following in an XP group: "Starting the computer in safe mode will load the OS without the add-on crap like virus/firewall/acrotray/printer software/etc." I had already decided that when I do an XP re-install I need to pull

Is there any chance that someone could point me to a source of reference that would show the terms of a computer acceptable usage policy to be drawn up for a small company? Outside the terms of reference of this group I know, but was not sure where to start on this one. David Bradley

Peter wrote: Hi, We have an in-house www server (on ADSL) which a friend configured and which works great. It hosts a few very small low-usage websites. The next job is to set up an authenticated smtp server. The purpose of this is to enable me and a few others to send emails using normal methods from a GPRS/GSM/WIFI laptop from anywhere. This isn't a problem either.

I hope this isn't a repetitive question but a google search has failed to produce any history. I recall someone having difficulties with their PC hanging during boot-up unless they removed the Speedtouch 330 USB plug. The view seemed to be that the VIA chipsets were at fault. Did anyone ever find a solution? Dennis Reynolds -- If you are expectng me to reply and do not

Well it's been 2 weeks of full 512Kb speed, but it's all gone wrong again over the last 2 days. Half the Internet works at full speed, half is basically unavailably slow. Why? I can't be the only one experiencing problems??? I have no viruses, trojans etc etc etc, using IE, Firefox, Opera - all the same results. What a pain.

BT today announced it has passed the four million wholesale broadband customer milestone and is connecting a new customer every ten seconds. The latest million ADSL connections have come in only four months and BT is now adding an average 8,500 customers a day, seven days a week. Ben Verwaayen, BT's chief executive said: "We are currently making a new broadband connection at least every ten...

Does anybody know how to set up Messaging when the username/password are different for sending and receiving? I have a BT broadband account with an add-on e-mail account from Plusnet. For receipt one logs on using the mailbox name (eg c****ts+chris) and password. For sending one logs on using the account name (eg c****ts) and password.

Hi, I have here two computers joined with an Ethernet changeover cable, one machine is me old desktop running vanilla W98 and the other is a newish laptop running XP Home, this machine is connected to ADSL via Speedtouch modem (courtesy of Demon Home 500) the Ethernet link work a treat, I used the XP wizard. I now want the desktop to access the internet via the laptop and ADSL, I have run...

What companies/products fits this criteria above. We are wanting to host a site for 25 users and lease line is too much, SDSL is n/a and broadband all seems to be high contentions. Thanks.

Built a PC for a work collegue, and it's working fine, until he plugs his Tiscali supplied Sagem F@ast 800 ADSL modem in, after which it's very diffucult to start the PC without it locking up or blue screening. Of course, Tiscali washed their hands of the problem (we all know they are a total waste of space anyway), and therefore the problem has defaulted back to me (even though the PC runs...

So, Connected to AOL V the sts USB ADSL modem and created an account for new router. We logged in using the new account and all seemed ok... Removed the AOL / USB ADSL modem from the main machine and replaced it with a ADSL WiFi router, watched the ADSL light come on then connected to the Admin account (the info on the quick connect sheet for the router was wrong for the admin account .. but...

What is the current perspective on Realplayer. Last time I looked into it, it was said to be full of spyware and should be avoided. So has anyone got the latest postion on it please and which version. The Plusnet site give a d/l link but I haven't looked to check the version. -- Regards David G

Since getting this I have set up my e mail account in outlook express but I cannot send any e mails. I get message ' recipient rejected by the server, Server response 550 SMTP AUTH required from 62.56.56.227, Port 25, secure(SSL) No, Server Error 550. I can receive mail no problem, I have used the smtp details demon gave. Anyone help ?

I want to set up two independent networks which share a common ADSL connection. Is this possible and what equipment would I need? -- Les Desser (The Reply-to address IS valid)

This is pure curiosity. I have just had ADSL installed (conversion from ISDN line). After setting everything up at my end the engineer went back to the exchange to install the dial tone, which he said would be between 10 and 40 minutes. After 40 minutes he phoned on my mobile to say he was having problems with it. About 20 minutes later I got a call to check and say it was ok. I would like...

and still no broadband. A friend signed up for a BT Yahoo 512k package, recieved a Voyager 502 router but the line doesn't appear to work. A BT engineer came and plugged in his laptop and pronounced that the line was OK - and it does appear to be. Voice calls are and always have been OK. There's only one socket in the house and it has a filter. It's been swapped out for another one.

NTT DoCoMo, Japan's mobile phone giant, said Friday that it has achieved a 1 Gbps download rate for mobile phone data on a laboratory 4G (or fourth generation) network. The company says it will take the technology into field trials next year. Figures like this are a little misleading, but still somewhere in the realm of jaw-dropping. Most United States phone operators have yet to reach 3G...

Are BT pulling a fast one on unsuspecting ADSL upgraders, or are the people who made the TV adverts stupid? Aparently their low end broadband has a 1Gb download limit rather than the 1GB I previously thought they had... Bob