Hi, I had a Freeserve broadband connection on my line from last September until last week. The connection was 100% reliable. Now I am trying to sign-up with Plus.net and their (and bt.com) ADSL checker says that I am too far from the exchange. Even Freeserve checker now says I am too far. I am physically about 1 mile from my local exchange. So how can I be too far?. I tried calling a number of...

Hello... I'm trying to get my aunt up and running with AOL Broadband. Everything is installed and set up correctly as far as I can tell. However, the connection only holds for a few moments before dropping, and Windows XP displays a message along the lines of "a network cable is unplugged". Then, after a few moments of that nonsense, it connects again for a few moments, before disconnecting and...

Is anyone out there using KeConnect Broadband and can give an opinion please

I'm trying to decide between plusnet and pipex for adsl. I've heard that pipex's newservers are a bit cack, particularly for binaries. How does plusnet compare? Also does plusnet's £14.99 include binaries? tia

"Jackeline D" wrote in message ... I am on NTL broadband and use XP Pro. I don't think I am using a proxy server. When I post to the Usenet via "text.news.ntlworld.com" then I see that in the headers that my IP address is 81.111.135.93 However when I go to this website: ...

I have a D-Link 604+. As far as I can see there is no inbuilt firewall log to see if anything is trying to hack its way in to my network. Is there any software I can use to log any such activity?

Can anyone provide me with a list of ISP's which provide IP blocks for free or for a one off admin charge that also have decent outsourced nntp access? I am with Nildram but I refuse to pay monthly for a blcok of ips, as I think asking me to first change to full adsl package adding a few £ then asking £3.50 for a static ip and then asking £6 for a block of 8 is somewhat milking money above and...

I gig a month!!!! I moved that much data in 3 hours this morning downloading 3 episodes of series 5 of the Sopranos......

Hi, Can anyone tell me how good the ISP pipex is? Judging on personal experience and length of time using it. Thanks

UK ISP Blueyonder are tomorrow expected to announce a upgrade to its broadband subscribers, which will see their cable broadband connections increased by 50%. The best bit? Well, its for free. http://snipurl.com/5y0l -- Regards Andy M Jenkins UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power cycle the router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?

The new and amazing firmware comes with a warning on UK-Bug: "This firmware is for the 2MB rapid secure models (060-5861-XX) and not the usual (ex-BT) 1MB (120-5861-003) models." - http://www.uk-bug.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=223&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 On ADSLguide Steve wrote:

On the freeserve 512k broadband package has capping started of 2gb per month or if not, when will it start?? Also, "per month", is that from the 1st to the 30th of every month?? or every 30days from your last statement?? Is there a way to check this?? Cheers Bhavik

Hi, I saw Plusnets new £14.99 service which is capped at around £24.99 for heavy users. This sounds perfect for me as I don't use the internet for anything heavy like large downloads. I clicked on the "Move for free" promotion but when I try to sign-up it says there is an activation fee of £58.75? Am I doing something wrong or is it not totally "free".

Thanks for your imput which you peeps have provided on Plusnet. I have just placed my order for the £14.99 service and will be cancelling my NTHell account next week. I have just been into the members control panel and have to say it quite nifty with all the options and help. They seem like quite a professional annd caring company...even providing all thier hourly telephone stats :-) I wonder...

How long does it take Pipex to upgrade my line. I ordered it yesterday. Wednesday seem posssible? Also, whats the downtime? Dan

Just to remind people thinking of moving to this ISP, the forum is still up and running and is quite informative Ronny www.cpbbforum.com

I'm trying to set up port fowarding for a range of ports.. eg: 6881 -6890. How does one specify a range of ports, rather than having to map each one individually. Any help appreciated. TIA

Hi, Just tried to set one of these up for a friend and failed. I can't see it on either wireless card I have tried. The manual says the WLAN light should light, but in my case it does not. Any one have one and can tell me what it should show. Dave

BT set to fight any move by Ofcom to ring the changes SCRUTINEER MARTIN FLANAGAN CITY EDITOR IT SEEMS almost another era when British Telecom was strutting around the globe via joint ventures, trying to become a worldwide force rather than just a dominant player on home soil facing upstarts like