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Archives for July 2007

Internet/TV without phoneline, oh! and cant do cable either :(
Its all up there in the subject line. Moved to a newish-build house that i ama renting for a year. No cable in the area. Not really bothered about TV but at the moment, if we get TV along with the broadband sky have offered to subsidise the price on phone line installation (£140). However, they also have quite a high…
Help! New all in one - BB, LR and calls
I am currently on Pipex Homecall paying £29.99 for up to 8mb BB and Anytime 01,02 calls. BB runs at 6.5mb daytime , 40k at night. Pipex are giving me a technical disconnection so no buyout required. Looking for new provider with NO 12/18 Mth contract as I will be moving in 9 or 10mths. I looked at Virgin Media NON cable…
Sky - e-mail problem
I use Outlook Express for my e-mail and can send and receive - well most of the time anyway! But....... there seems to be a block on certain e-mails and I'm not sure if I can alter it myself or if it's just another Sky gremlin. I booked some flights the other day with Jet2 and clicked for the confirmation e-mail to be sent…
Carphone loses thousands of AOL Customers.
"Carphone Warehouse has lost thousands of AOL subscribers in recent months while it attempted to address operational issues with its broadband services and pushed its TalkTalk brand. The retailer has 2.4 million broadband customers, with 126,000 net additions in the 13 weeks to 30 June. Forty percent of the broadband base,…
Tiscali bad customer service + Talk Talk
have been with Tiscali broadband for 2 years now and have had no problems apart from the odd time when I haven't been able to connect. I have never had to ring customer services until now and have to tell you that their service is incompetent. I am so wound up. For a start, it's like many organisations customer services…
Hewlett Packard IPAQ hw6915 Mobile Messenger
Can anyone help me set up or confgure this new handheld computer as i cant get access to the internet, i know im a bit of a dope at new stuff, but i will explode if i cant get it sorted. Its not on contract by the way and Hewlett Packard cust serv said it shouldnt matter anyway Please help Or can anyone help me configure…
Tiscali email access after cancelation
Hello, just planning to cancel our broadband with tiscali and migrate to sky (for phone, tv & broadband) and i wondered how quickly tiscali shut down access to the email inbox (tiscali.co.uk one) after cancelling? Will access to my tiscali email end immediately or will it remain open? (or provisionally open and if so for…
Question for Drunkstar
Drunkstar please could you advise me what to do! I posted a week or so ago about BT changing my tariff when I did not want them to to Total Broad band option 1. I was on BT Yahoo broadband which was £15.99 a month unlimited, on a separate bill I get my phone line rental charge only £10 something and my calls are with Talk…
sky broadband.........
i want free sky broadband (i think it's the base one with no monthly fee?) but i don't want to pay the £40 activation fee!!! i have heard of people having this fee waived but i've asked a few times and no joy!! anyway round this paying this fee?:confused:
Beware when changing from ADSL to cable internet
Hope this isn't too confusing but I just wanted to warn peeps. My contract with Namesco (ADSL provider) is coming to an end and I was quite tempted by the Virgin £10/month offer. However in another thread I was warned of the potential delays involved if I ever wanted to switch back to an ADSL provider:…
changing isp to Sky a good idea?????
Ive currently got sky £37 a month and broadband with EFH for £14.99 a month. Sky do a see surf speak package that will cost me the same as I am paying now £37 so effectively my broadband and evening weekend calls will be free, but is it any good?????:confused:
Best way to cancel Tiscali without messing up new provider?
Hi. As some of you may know mum's line moved onto TalkTalk however this did not cancel the Tiscali service, probably because it was a BT to LLU move rather than solely BT to BT. Anyway, I was wondering on the best way to cancel Tiscali without them trying anything to the line that might affect TalkTalk. Direct debit goes…
Advice on cancellation after 10 days of Eclipse service!
Hi all, Need some advice. I migrated to Eclipse internet and was fully aware that they have a 6pm-midnight restricted service. Their advertisements also stated at all other times there are unlimited downloads. Now after 10 days of using the service I've realised this is so untrue! Even in off-peak times they are…
VirginMedia extends support via Newsgroups to xNTL customers
Blueyonder / Telewest have provided support for their customers of their various services via news groups for several years, they are very good and you usually get a response within a few minutes, saves phoning up or trying to send a webform. They are now extending that support to include xNTL customers. If you haven't…
Virgin Media Are driving me crazy.
Can anyone help, I joined NTL some time ago and I was happy with them I got my Broadban I also got my phone and TV from them, but then they became Virgin Media and I was messed around a bit, then Sky pulled out and I lost channels. So I contacted them and said enough I would like to leave, I also put it in writing. I was…
Bad Isp
I Recently Registered With A New Isp (BT) However After 7 Days My Broadband Speed Was Very Poor So I Contacted The Provider Who Said I Needed To Wait 10 Days. This I Did And The Speed Is Still Poor, The Company Are Throttling The Connection When I Use Certain Programs. How Can I Get Out Of The Contract (12 Months) Without…
new to the world of Broadband
Hi I am new to the world of Broadband Have an old BT line which is not active and want to get the cheap broadband for a maximun of 18 months Would my best bet be with talk talk free broadband? BT look much more expensive both for set up and ongoing costs ~Or the other option I'm considering is Plunet I am assuming this…
Play TV
Has anyone heard of Play TV? A friend received a phone call from them offering an alternative to Sky with broadband access for £30 a month. There is a website www.playtvuk.com I've never heard of them before and wondered if this is a genuine company. I've done a search on the forums and couldn't find any reference to them.
Telephone line ADSL booster?
Hi, Ever since switching to TalkTalk we can no longer get the ADSL signal on our phone extension, only on the master socket. We have no power sockets in range downstairs to connect the modem to the master socket. Is there any way of boosting the ADSL signal via the telephone line upstairs so we can leave the modem there?…
Help / advice re talktalk broadband
I apologise if I am on the wrong board for this query - I wondered if anyone had a similar experience with talk talk broadband.... and if so what I should do? ~ Changed our phone line and arranged for broad band with talktalk - received go live date as 29th april - then it became 16th may ~ received a bill for £47.99 18…

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