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How can I get Broadband with a lifeline installed?
Hia all. I am new here and think the site is fab :D I wud really appreciate any advice...I haven't a clue when it comes to technical stuff. I am currently on dial-up with wanadoo on a BT line but wud really like BB. My mum has a lifeline which is connected via the main phone socket downstairs. I use my laptop in my room…
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Cheaper ADSL
Hi all, maybe that subject is a little misleading. But you can cut the cost of owning ADSL. If like me you have no use for a landline(all my mobile calls are free) you can have adsl on incoming calls only. This works out at about £3 a month line rental from BT. Not the biggest money saving tip ever but am sure there are…
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broadband, without the phone line?? HELP!
hi everyone, i apologise if this has been asked before... im a student on a tight budget and im interested in getting broadband for my room. the problem is all these companies require me to have an active BT phone line for me to set up an account with them...which i dont have. i called up BT and they charge something like…
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Help
Hi there, I am a real novice when it comes to techno jargon: I need a landline phone, and broadband for my home. (At the moment I only have a mobile). I need to be able to do Internet research for about ten hours a month.. So who do I contact for the best deals?
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Changing Broadband ISP
Sorry if this has been posted by someone else already. I am currently with Pipex paying £23.44 per month. I use the internet every day for checking email, web pages and downloading software patches, anti-virus updates. In order to save some pennies I am looking to change my ISP but have a few questions that I hope someone…
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any hotpop uses having problems?
i have not had any emails. looked on the hotpop site and my mails are sitting there in the deleat messages option, but will not download in my email client.
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wireless broadband intefrering with phonelines
Just got wanadoo wireless surf and talk set up and guess what, it interferes with all the house phones.Other people with this service have complained of the same thing. Does this happen with other wireless modem routers? Which one would people recomend I get. Thank you Alison
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Broadband help please.
I am currently on AOL dial up and am really bored with the slow speeds and what not and am ready, finally, to get broadband. I have a desktop computer in my bedroom which is roughly 15 metres from my phone box. At christmas, I am getting my son a desktop for his room and am also getting a laptop (I've been waiting years…
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NTL package reduction
I pay a combined amount of more than £30 a month to NTL 1 mb broadband and a basic phone tariff.Having seen the advertised packages I rang NTL to ask why I was paying so much more than the advertised prices. Rather than try to give an explanation the guy on the other end asked me to wait a few moments whilst he looked into…
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broadband with unlimited downlaods + free installation..
broadband with unlimited downloads + free installation.. can someone advise me where i can get all of the above with a cheap price... i am unable to get telewest or ntl coz they don't do it in my area.. im after a 1mb with unlimited usuage with free set up if possible.. thanks people
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Has anyone used Wi-MAX Broadband yet?
Hi I'm thinking of cancelling my E7 broadband internet (cannot get >512Kbps) and signing up with telebria (skylink.telabria.com), for 3Mbps broadband @£29.99 per month. Telebria use Wi-Max (works like Wi-Fi but covers a much larger area) technology to deliver broadband thru a small antenna installed on the roof. I would…
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NTL 1meg BB 12months for £95
Don't know if this has been posted before, but you can get a cable broadband installation for less than £95 for a year from NTL, like wot I have. Get their £9.99 a month for 12 months deal online, free installation. NO need for any other service such as TV or phone. Go via rpoints which gets you 1500 points worth £15,…
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HomeChioice-- Wire or Wireless?
I'm planning on signing up with Homechoice, and because my settop box is a distance from my computer am considering the wireless solution. Does anyone know or had experince of the wireless solution(i think the agent said they use netgear), and will cost £75? or should I just get it wired (£1), and by the wirless kit…
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Virgin.net upgrading Plan 2
Hi, Virgin.net are upgrading their Plan 2 to 1mb from 512kb tomorrow 11/10/05 Tuesday. I only found this out because I signed up for plan one but didn't get the promised 2mb. When I asked why they found I couldn't get 2mb because my line would not take it. I was advised to phone again tomorrow and drop to plan 2 and pay…
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broadband cooling off period
my mates new BT broadband is up the spout, i have tried everything to sort it out its defo a BT problem is there a cooling off period? Cant find anything on BT site?
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ADSL requires a BT contract?
New here. I'm looking for a replacement for phone service and dialup, and I'm interested in mobile, cable or Internet telephone plus broadband. I don't use the phone a lot, except to go online. Internet telephony isn't just free PC-to-PC calls any more, of course; you can buy real phone time that you use through the…
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can you get broadband with pay as you go package
A friend of mine has dialup on payg and would like broadband on payg as they rarely use the net. He needs it for business emails and for banking. Current dial up takes most of day to do banking. doesnt want tying into massive contract...
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how easy is it to swap isp provider
i am currently with aohell and want to change because of they`re crap service over the driver update fiasco. how much hassle is it regarding email addresess i only have my aol email addy which i use to get on my banks site for eg. also some sites ask you to type in your e mail address then password for eg ,so do i have to…
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Toucan any good?
Hi all According to uswitch my best bet for broadband is Toucan. Has anyone got any good or bad stories they could tell me about them?
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BT dial up internet and Apple Macs
Can anyone help? My partner is using an iMac with OS X 10.2.8 and Mail 1.2.5 and has been trying to get going with Bt Yahoo Anytime for the last week or so without success. I was told yesterday that many of these packages, although saying that they are Mac compatible, in fact are not. Does anybody have any experience of…