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Broadband & internet access

Archives for April 2005

Hong Kong 1GB/S Broadband
Now this is what i call fast broadband http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=14545 If we had these types of speeds there'd be nothing to download?!!
Cheapest 2MB Broadband ?
Hi all After reading all the threads I still could not work out which is the best 2MB Broadband, capped is fine. Can anyone beat Tiscali 2MB at £19.99 and capped at 15GB ? Many thanks Mark
rougue dialler virus pls help!
I have recently been hit with a premium dial up virus which has landed me with a £300 BT phone bill. Both Bt and my ISP say they are not responsible for the numbers I dial and it is my responsibility. Is there any way that I can escape from having to pay this bill? Surely BT and the ISPs have a responsibility to stop these…
Tesco BB Reducing their prices
Just had a nice email from Tesco.Net reducing my charges from £19-97 per month to £17-99 per month. Still not the cheapest but I have had a trouble free 7 mnths with them.
Ntl Halfed my bill
I am currently on Ntl's Unlimited dial up package. The initial price was £10 per month in September 2003 when I signed, since then it has gone up twice and I received an Email saying that it was going to £13.49 in June. Although I was more than happy with the service, good speed, no cutoffs etc., This was the last straw,…
Madasafish - Any experiences?
Lots of talk about this Broadband provider...4 months free - 2meg speed - etc..... see Martin's Article..... http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1092034925,22928, ....I am about to change to them but would appreciate anyone's opinions who has already made the switch. Was the switch easy? Was the…
Ntl upgrade charge
Hi just wondering if anyone else has been charged a month extra as I have, I thought it was a free upgrade.
Various BT Openzone offers
CLICK HERE if you recently purchased a Fujitsu Laptop for free one month access to BT Openzone via BT hotspots. Same offer also available for purchasers of any HP wi-fi lappie CLICK HERE And again for NEC notebooks CLICK HERE Last but not least Toshiba notebooks CLICK HERE One month trial begins after 1st login. The…
Bt Openworld wi-fi 30 days access for £5(could be free)
I've posted this on the internet board,but this could be good.. Go to http://www.btopenzone.com/affinity/amex_offer.jsp#terms for details,and to purchase voucher.Normal price £40. It's meant for American Express customers,but when you go through to payment,the amount comes up as £0.00! I don't need wi-fi access,so havent…
How can I meter my own broadband?
Before I switch to a metered service I would like to know how much bandwidth I use in an average month. Is there any way for me to measure this easily? For bonus points is there any way to do this on a Mac?
Cheap laptop world dialup??
Does anyone know who is the best / cheapest provider of services like http://www.net2roam.com/ and http://www.dialer.net/ and others ??? I will be getting a laptop soon as I need to work from different locations. Usually in the UK but occasionally from abroad. I would like to connect from home with broadband, but also from…
Poor Broadband - Change Yr Filters Sir
Hope this may help other people - My BT Broadband has been fine at 1meg for months now last couple of days went very sloooow, down to around 300bps at one stage, I checked for all virus attacks and nothing new,checked all connections and all fine - got me stumped to be honest, then rang nice lady at Broadband faults, she…
Virgin - Give me my money back
I changed ISP from Virgin in January and they have continued taking payments - I didn't notice until the 3rd month (I know, I should check statements closer :confused: ). Their email customer services said they can't deal with it and gave me 2 phone no.'s - neither of which work!!! They haven't replied to my email now. So…
Has anyone tried the Flexi-Surf ISP at £5 for 60h/m
I normally used internet at work, but I finally decided to get a connection at home. Aiming at a medium usage on dial-up, I've been browsing around a bit. Martin's new article on dial-up did not mentionned Flexi-surf, so I was wondering what it is worth. The 60h proposed would be kind of perfect for me. For a fiver, it…
disgusted of tunbridge wells!!!
hi ive posted other threads here trying to get my phone and internet access sorted but am now have all the facts and would welcome some help. i live in tunbridge wells - for those that dont know it, it is about 40 miles from london and a fairly large town.. unfortunately we are 1) unable to get a good tv signal on the free…
Broadband speeds for only £2.08 a month
dont know much about this but the headline seemed interesting......... http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/onspeed.aspx?CMP=EMC-April_off7 more info: Hi IWOOT Member, We've teamed up with OnSpeed to bring you a fantastic exclusive member offer. Get yourself a faster internet connection from OnSpeed for only £24.99 a YEAR and…
Free Ntl Broadband Upgrade
i happened to call NTL with a account query and was advised that i was entitled to a free upgrade from my 750kbs to a wapping 2Mb...but i need a engineer to come round and either supply me with a new silver set top box,(cos i also have tv from NTL) or to fit a new modem....so a few questions spring to mind,,,,,is there a…
Can't get Broadband - my line's too long
Help! I've just started a Master's degree and needed computer and internet connection to do a lot of the work. I found a good deal on a PC and, having read Martin's tips decided to get a BT phoneline in order to go for the UKonline Broadband deal - I live in Guildford. I haven't had a landline before - just my mobile. So,…
My free Pipex upgrade
Have been with Pipex 1/2 Mb (Solo 500) for a year. It's been pretty reliable though I would say it goes down approx once a week or so (my PC is on a lot so I notice this). This isn't bad compared with its competitors. They offered to upgrade me to 1MB for £15, whilst new customers would get this straightaway. I phoned and…
Metronet are calling me a liar :(
Hello all, hope this is the correct place for this I migrated to Metronet a few months ago because as I had heard that they are a good, reliable ADSL provider. Anyway, within the first month I realised that they block a number of sites that I needed for work and leisure. I contacted them to ask if they could unblock these…

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