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Internet speed help!
I was hoping that someone could help me. I am posting this message on behalf of my sister in law. She has just bought a new dell computer. She has phoned up BT but was told that she only has 1meg available in her area (her neighbours only get the same). She is currently on 1p a minute dial up connection (1meg). If she…
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Orange Offer. Anyone got their Laptop yet ?
I have now been connected perfectly to orange for a week on my old Laptop. Still no sign of the Voucher/Letter that enables me to pick up new one from Currys. Anyone received yet ? Cheers Al
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Newnet/Broadband Switchover
Hi, I have recently switched to Newnet from Pipex. I was emailed to say the go-live date was today. I have reconfigured my Netgear DG834 router with my new logon and password and changed the DNS settings but can't get it to connect. What time of day does the switchover normally happen? Its the first time I have done this…
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SAGA Internet access
My elderly parents have their phone and dial up (non Broadband) internet access through SAGA and have just received a letter advising SAGA are stopping the internet service wef 27 August. They now have to find a new ISP. They don't have cable and don't really want Broadband as they only use the internet for occasional use…
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Orange Broadband offer
To good to be true? The laptop you get free at PC world is crap but you can up-grade to a better one. Is orange BB any good??:confused: Thanks!
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Talk Talk package deal
Hi All today i have signed up to the broadband and phone deal talk talk are offering. If you are not already signed up to quidco it is worth doing as you if you sign up via there link then you can recieve upto £32 cashback. if any of you do take this deal up please please will you let me know if you have any problem with…
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Best Value??
Hi all, It's daft, have been a member of these boards for ages, it's only now I am starting to utilise it fully :rolleyes: Am looking for ways to cut my monthly expenditure, just wanted some advise.. I currently have Sky (normal package + movies) @ £34 per month; Broadband is through BT (4MB) @ 17.99 per month, Phone…
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bulldog cashback
sorry if i have posted this in the wrong place. a friend is getting bulldog and i saw a while ago that a cashback site was giving cashback, but now i cant find it. he has not got a bt line, so he now has to get one, if anyone knows of any other good broadband provider that would be good. he cant get cable where he lives…
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Broadband advertising - illegal and deceptive? Please help clear it up.
Hi there. Over the past few years, as I am sure you are aware, companies offering broadband internet connections (ISP's) have began to advertise "unlimited" services. These "unlimited" services attract the user by claiming that they can "stay online as long as they want" and enjoy "unlimited numbers of downloads" - some…
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Virgin Media Help! would you try to get a discount??
Ok so ive been with NTL/ Virgin Media for about 2/3 years now.Looking through my bill now im currently getting Broadband medium - 2mb - £18.00,.... TV - XL package - £20.50,..... Phone - evenings and weekends - £11 line rental + £2 (?not sure what for),................Handling charge of £5 because its nto direct…
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Virgin Media 4MB Actual Speed
I am currently with PlusNet on ADSL on a 8MB Max Link but because of distance issues can only get 2.2MB if I am lucky with a strong following wind. But over the past 6 weeks been having all sorts of speed issues, currently can only download files at 20K. So something is drastically wrong recently. PlusNet go through all…
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freedom2surf
At the moment I am with EFH Broadband but recently I have been suffering connection problems. Although the helpline is a free phone number you are diverted to a foreign country. Unfortunately because of language differences I have had problems understanding what is being said so have decided to change provider. I am…
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wireless connection help please
IM currently with AOL and I have wireless internet well I used to, it seems to go off every 5 or 10 mins and its driving me mad. The signal stength is excellent and the speed is anything between 10 and at the moment 24mbps this doesnt mean anything to me lol. Also I have crackling on my phone line. Can anyone help? I was…
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namesco billing error
Subscribers to Namesco broadband should check their bank statements for overcharging. The company is operating a policy whereby they sit back and wait for complaints. So if you have been overcharged (in my case 3x), the refund will not be spontaneous. The customer care employee said that the reason for the policy was that…
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cheapest home/broadband & line rental
Can someone help me understand the deals on offer with talk/talk and tiscali all of them seem to suggest that the package includes line rental all for £17.50 to £22.50 p/m however I am with tiscali at the moment and pay £19.99 p/m for phone/broadband (pay extra for daytime calls) but I also pay approx £10.50p/m to bt for…
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aol and email address
I am cancelling my aol broadband in september. can i still check my email with my [EMAIL="joebloggs@aol.com"]joebloggs@aol.com[/EMAIL] address and for how long ? anyone know or will it be cancelled straighaway when my aol contract is cancelled ?
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What's a good dial-up ISP?
I'm on dial-up, having twice tried and failed to get broadband connected to my very remote house. I've had an Orange dial-up connection for a few years now and need a new account: my current email address is so spam-ridden I have trouble digging out the messages I want (mostly due to my having had to have my email address…
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Problems with Pipex homecall
Where to start... Basically in december last year my ex patner took on a contract (unbeknown to me it was a contract) with pipex homecall for internet, line rental and phone. We split up in May this year and as i was remaining in the house I phoned pipex to change the name of the account holder and set up a new direct…
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Leaving Tiscali, looking for new ISP - a couple of questions
I am not happy with the level of Customer Support which I have received from Tiscali and I will be leaving once my 12-month contract expires next month. I did not particularly enjoy long, difficult phone calls to Tech support in India, especially now that they are changing the No to rip-off 0871 I wouldn't classify myself…
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Network Interface Card
Following my problem with the DACS line(now sorted) tried to connect my AOL wireless router to my antiquated PC only to find that it does not have an Ethernet port! Do I need an NIC? Where does it fit? Is there another way to do this? Could I just buy a wireless adapter from Aldi? If so, what sort? ALL help would be…
