BT out of the picture for fast broadband?
Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:11:15 +0100
Has BT lost te race to be a fast broadband provider? Seeing as they have
not got an infrastructure in place to provide fast broadband (I am talking
50~100 mbit or more), and looking at what they have not done to make this
happen, it looks increasingly unlikely that BT will ever be able to provide
such high speeds ...
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Establishing Broadband
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:43:50 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
A friend told me that the split needed to run phone and broadband is
made at the exchange.
But I have read that the split is made in the users home using a
splitter.
Can anyone explain.
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Broadband -Newbie Questions
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:13:39 +0100
This year I want to move up from dial up to Sky's broadband which will be
quicker and cheaper than what I am currently paying.
However, over the years I have been happy with dialup, Pop3 access etc and
only occasional connection problems.
I want control and I currently connect to the Internet by manually cl ...
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o2 customers risk prosecution due to security problem
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:03:56 +0100
If you currently use the o2 Wireless Box 2 or 3 you will no doubt be aware
that o2 is supplying the routers and encouraging people to use them KNOWING
there is a security problem.
Example of code to explot the security problems can be found in the latest
edition of PHRACK Magazine.
At the moment every o2 custo ...
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Virgin broadband + phone bundle.
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:16:20 +0100
I don't understand if the Virgin XL Unlimited deal here
http://virgin.net/allyours/bbandphone/index.html is ¡ê20 a month
including ¡ê11 line rental or ¡ê20 a month plus ¡ê11 line rental, it's
confusing me;-)
Does anybody know?
Thanks,
Moose
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My ADSL tester for sale
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:32:02 +0000 (UTC)
Not that any of you twonks are bright enough to use it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ADSL-dsl-broadband-tester-trend-linksys-cisco-bt-
belkin_W0QQitemZ160357138203QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:GB:101
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OT - LAN problem, XP
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:31:37 +0100
I used to be able to browse to other computers on my LAN to copy files
and folders, except now I can't. My Computer > and clicking 'View
workgroup computers' just produces a bong error noise. My Network
Places is also empty. I can ping, print to a LAN printer, use the
internet, email and etc..
The problem o ...
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BT ADSL Max Upsteam Speed ?
Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:34:12 +0100
My father has just had his IP-Stream based ADSL service upgraded from a fixed
2 Meg service, to an 'up to 8 Meg' rate adaptive service.
I've taken a look at his router stats.
d/s sync 7.6 Meg u/s 832 k SNR was hovering between 8 and 9 dB
Before the upgrade it was 2.2M d/s, 256k u/s SNR 24-25 dB
(as th ...
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How to escalate a complaint within OFCOM?
Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:06:15 +0100
I have recently had cause to complain to Ofcom (and had to chase to get a
reply) only to received a standard letter sent by someone who had clearly
not bothered to read what I had written.
Is there a procedure to escalate a complaint within Ofcom?
Thanks
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O2 don't seem to care about security!
29 Aug 2009 07:13:52 GMT
O2 broadband users might like to read this (especially if you have a
Wireless Box II or a Wireless Box III):
http://www.jibble.org/o2-broadband-fail/
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