I got turned down last year due to distance and (possibly) line quality. I'm going to place an order with plusnet (most likely) on 6th September, but I've just noticed they're charging the same for 512 and 1mb (ok, the optional download limits vary slightly). Now I was just going to put in an order for 512, but I was wondering what would happen if I put in an order for a higher speed. If I...

Does anyone have any experience, good, bad, or indifferent of Lixxus ADSL Pay As You Go services ? A Google search of this group reveals nothing ! http://www.lixxus.co.uk/ TIA

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Tx2 wrote: When you buy a faulty product in the High St, you generally are protected by consumer law. If the product develops a fault, you can expect a refund in the earlier days, a repair or replacement thereafter. Given certain criteria, you can reject the goods after a repair if the

poster wrote: On 1 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, "Dave" wrote: If so what's their newsgroups service like?? Do they include binary groups?? Looking overall for thoughts on Tesco as an ISP, from those who have experience of them before I commit. Read comments from users of NTL to see what the news service is like, as Tesco.Net is managed on behalf of Tesco by them. ...

Peter wrote: snip What solutions are there for greater security, which can be installed on a laptop? You're looking for VPN software, or a newer wireless card for the laptop that does WPA. A Virtual Private Network is one where all the traffic is encrypted before sending over an unsecured link.

Tried to connect a computer in the spare room with a wireless link today but it won't work ggrrrr. Any ideas would be greatfully appreciated. Got the Dynamode R-ADSL-C4W-G modem/router to work with the main PC but plugging the USB wirless unit into the remote PC....no signal....no link! I think I have the software installed correctly both ends, correct channel etc. Software wireless icon...

Please can someone recommend a simple plug and play Router for BT Broadband USB Modem and the best place on line to purchase it from? Thanks, Stewart

Does anyone know what NTLs smtp retry schedule is if the first delivery attempt produces a 4xx error (i.e greylisted, try a little later)? Not sure if all of NTLs services use the same MTA pool, but specifically I'm on about mtaXX-svc.ntlworld.com regards Paul -- paul at spamcop.net

Hello, after hearing about BT's threat to start capping downloads, I've browsed the newsgroup for info on this subject and found lots of useful information. But what I don't know is whether or not I will actually be affected by the download limits. I currently use my broadband connection to listen to the radio over the internet for several hours most days (one of the joys of working from...

All sorted - bought a Zoom X3 router/modem combo from PC World (ugh) earlier - managed to knock them down from £50 to £42.63 tho which is good - even better considering it was in the sale from £60 originally :) Thankyou everyone for your help :)

"Tx2" wrote in message ... When you buy a faulty product in the High St, you generally are protected by consumer law. Snip You were whinging on about NTL a few month`s ago and IIRC you always seem to be moaning about something or other..

"Tx2" wrote in message ... snip If your contract is with Plusnet then it is nothing to do with BT as far as your concerned. It is up to Plusnet to sort out their refund from BT and not use that as an excuse to hold back your refund from them (Plusnet).

Which routers show attenuation of the signal? -- Chris

Tx2 wrote: When you buy a faulty product in the High St, you generally are protected by consumer law. If the product develops a fault, you can expect a refund in the earlier days, a repair or replacement thereafter. Given certain criteria, you can reject the goods after a repair if the goods are still not of a satisfactory quality. You generally have the same rights as if the...

A (hopefully) quick question on behalf of a friend. What do we need to connect up 2 computers to the following NTL device: http://www.jaimem.plus.com/cable.jpg Is it just a case of a router (such as - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=52897) and Ethernet cables to nics in each machine?

Peter wrote: snip What solutions are there for greater security, which can be installed on a laptop? You'r looking for VPN software, or a newer wireless card for the laptop that does WPA. A Virtual Private Network is one where all the traffic is encrypted before sending over an unsecured link.

Any suggestions as to why I am getting slow broadband download speeds? BT have updated my phone system and the engineer got 467Kbps download from www.adslguide.org.uk right at my PC connection using his laptop & modem. My PC (1.8Ghz Win98se) and modem only get 63Kbps! I have tried two other computers (500MHz Win98se & Compaq Laptop XP-Pro) using the same modem but all give poor results.

Hi, The current situation I have is this. At my house I have 2 separate phone lines. One line for general use and another that was installed for the internet in the dial-up days. For the past year or so I have had Zen 512kbps BB installed on this line (internet line). After realising that it would be cheaper to purchase 1Mbps BB on the general line and save on the 2nd line rental I am looking to...

I'm getting a bit of noise of my phone line when I'm using my BB - would this in all likelihood be the filters? Cheers

hi, want to actually monitor and see figure how much is coming in and going out through my BB, not believing what the ISP says. This program could be preferably free. thanks