Changing ISP - what happens with newsgroups?
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:03:12 +0000
I am thinking about changing my ISP. At the moment I use the news
server belonging to my present ISP. I use Forte Agent as newsreader.
If I change to another ISP is it guaranteed they will have a news
server, or are there independent news servers that I could use?
Any advice appreciated.
Scott ...
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Nuisance call - any ideas?
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:50:21 +0000
I have received a call from a 'Withheld' number. Normally I don't
answer these but this time I did. It was an automated call with an
option to press 5 to speak to an advisor. I pressed 5. As soon as I
said that I wanted my details removed the 'advisor' replied: "Why
don't you shut the f**k up?" I said, "Pardo ...
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Thieves nick 1km of copper phone cable
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:38:58 +0000
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8333774.stm>:
----- Begin Quote -----
Hundreds of people were left without their landline phone service for
nearly 48 hours after thieves stole 1km (0.6 mile) of copper cabling.
Sussex Police said the 6in to 8in cable was cut and removed from the
area near Drusill ...
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Complaint to Otelo of BT fraudulent contract
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:09:46 -0700 (PDT)
Anyone else find that BT do not reply at all to complaints?
Perhaps you would like to follow the progress of my complaint?
LETTER 1 to BT (no answer received):
Nigel Stagg
British Telecom
Durham
DH98 1BT
Dear Mr Stagg
Account: xxxxxxx
Your Ref: xxxx
I write regarding your letter dated xx/6/09 whi ...
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UK Telecom Tariff Comparisons at http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/ - Oct 2009
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:52:49 GMT
UK Residential Telecom Tariff Comparisons, v138, 30 Oct 2009
Comparisons of 131 residential and 63 business telephone tariff call
costs, and 187 residential and 118 business call plans charged by 126
different operators and resellers in the United Kingdom, compiled by
Magenta Systems Ltd.
05pence, 0844 Calls ...
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Re: Orchid diallers.
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:48:46 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:09:00 +0000, Paul Cummins b wrote:
> In article <hcea2o$k1a$1@news.eternal-september.org>, bass@nowhere.com
> (Bassplus) wrote:
>
>> > Was I in prison? I don't recall...
>> >
>> > Message-ID: <w-qdnd5eUsbeDVLXnZ2dnUVZ8tKdnZ2d@giganews.com>
>>
>> Google yourself - it ties up with you ...
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Re: Orchid diallers.
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:09 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <hcea2o$k1a$1@news.eternal-september.org>, bass@nowhere.com
(Bassplus) wrote:
> > Was I in prison? I don't recall...
> >
> > Message-ID: <w-qdnd5eUsbeDVLXnZ2dnUVZ8tKdnZ2d@giganews.com>
>
> Google yourself - it ties up with your long period of online
> silence LOL.
I did. I am aware of the sol ...
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Which network is this mobile on?
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:04:12 -0400
Can you specialist help.
Which network is this mobile number on?
07986 337XXX
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Re: Orchid diallers.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:49:22 +0000 (UTC)
>> Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
>> Wasting Bandwidth since 1981
Is he out of prison? Oh.
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British Gas harvesting phone numbers by duplicity
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:02:55 GMT
(1) British Gas obtains my number in a sneaky way.
(2) They make it hard for me to request a removal of my number
(3) When I manage to request it, they don't actually remove it
(4) I find my number may be with other subcontractors.
Is there an action group anywhere which is trying to stop
practises like that b ...
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