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Archives for July 2008

6.99 Aol
Hi, Is this still available, as i've been reading if you ring up to cancel or ask for the best price you will be offered it. My problem is i signed up with BT for the cheap calls. If i was offered the 6.99 with AOL, and therefore had to have the calls as well , can i still pay BT and not breaching on my contract with them.…
Internet Dongle
I was wondering if anyone could help me understand if an internet dongle is a better option for me than having broadband internet. I'm moving into shared housing where there is broadband and a phone line, but it's not currently active. That would mean having to get it all set up and going and paying for both a landline and…
Package......??
Hi - myself and my partner are moving into our first home together (RENTED) in a couple of weeks... basically i wondered if there is such a thing as a package deal on BT or something?? Ie: pay a lump sum per month for everything included....off peak calls and internet access unlimited/anytime - or something similar?????…
MAC Code cannot be generated
I've got a major headache trying to get a MAC code from AOL. I rang them nearly three weeks ago requesting it, got a email a week later saying there's been technical difficulties and it'll take a bit longer. I've been calling them everyday since thursday trying to get hold of it. each time I've been told I need to wait…
New BT Home Hub
This is for anyone on BT really, saw in the paper the other day that BT have a new hub out which has double wireless range, so i rang up today and asked if i could have the new hub and its getting sent out to me and should arrive in 3 days free of charge :D This is my 3rd new hub in the past year haha, upgraded to the…
Spam Emails from @live.com - Anyone Else?
Dont know if this is the right place for this but is internet related. Just today i started getting alot of spam mail. And i mean ALOT. It all comes from @live.com addresses and sender appears as a name ie 'Joe Blogs'. Its getting quite frustrating. Get 7 emails at a time from 1 persons and then 7 5 mins later form…
help with aol
Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me! I signed up for aol dial-up a good few years ago. The past two years i've been trying to cancel it but they wont let me. There still taking £15.99 out of my account every month for something that i'm not using. They keep saying through email and on the phone that they cant cancel it…
Mobile Internet in N. Ireland is frazzling my head...
I'm having problems finding a 'good' deal on mobile internet. I've read a good few previous posts on this forum on the issue and have read a lot about technical problems and then not being able to do anything because you're signed into a 24 month contract etc. The issues: 1. N.Ireland, therefore coverage is a problem. 3 is…
Anyone got Sky TV, broadband & phone?
Hi, hope someone can help! I have Tiscali BB which costs - wait for it! - £26 a month - and have been paying that for about 4 years (pls don't berate me for being hopeless, it's something I'm always meaning to get round to - everything else I do is moneysaving!) At Easter (ie last time I had time off work) I spent almost a…
Has ANYONE with Tiscali had 18185 blocked?
As above really. We have had Tiscali as a broadband provider for the last 3 years, and apart from it running slow at times, it has been good! We are with Post Office line rental (BT hybrid),and use 18185 for most calls in the UK and abroad. It all works well together. The lure of £100 per year saving of the line…
Broadband when you have phone through Primus
Hi ladies and gents, I've just signed up to Primus' six month contract on their 'Home Phone Saver' deal. On the website here www.primussaver.co.uk/homephone.html it is quoted at £10.49 per month. I really need broadband at home and at the minimum internet access. However, contacting ISPs (eg O2, AOL and Tiscali has shown a…
belkin wireless G modem on cable
I bought the above modem today for my new laptop. My dad has the older version and has never had any problems with it. We will be using it for a laptop just surfing the net and also for the wii online gaming. Can anyone advise if this modem would be ok for what we want? It is still in the packaging so could be exchanged.…
broadband with no direct debit
hi ppl, my father has a bt line (connected) and he wishes to get online but most companys such as tiscali and bt require direct debit, he does not have a debit card (yet) and he dont want to have to pay silly prices such as per minute to access this world, do you know of any good providers that do not require direct debit…
Orange Line Rental Issue
I switched over to the Orange Home Max back in late February. Seemed a good deal at the time as Orange said that Line Rental was part of the package. As of today, Orange provide my broadband access and also correctly charge me for phone calls made from my landline. However, they have still not taken over my line rental…
Had my Virgin deal revised. DO IT!!!
I thought I'd post this as I was one of those dawdling people who hadn't revised my internet and phone package for years:o Today I took the bull by the horns and phoned Virgin as I was paying £18 for my broadband (Size M), £11 for phone line rental, plus £1.75 for caller display. When I phoned I chose the menu option which…
Freezing AOL contract?
Son is 6mths into an 18mth contract but has moved house and doesn't have access to a PC at mo but is still paying for the broadband. Can he ask them to freeze the contract and stop paying until he can actually use it again?
Virgin Media FREE Wireless Router Loophole!!
Virgin are currently offering a FREE Wireless Router to anyone who has L Broadband, I unfortunately only had M Broadband and was feeling hard done by in the possibility of having to pay £40! So I phoned up retentions and asked them how I could get one for FREE and I was told to temporarily up my Broadband from M to L so he…
BT/Virgin Home Support
Hi, ok so I've given up on AOL. I really have no time to be sorting out the mess they keep creating. So, ive got it down to between Virgin and BT. I've given up on finding a company that doesn't use Indian call centres, but im hoping some may be better than others. Anyway id be really grateful if you could just give me a…
Isp's to Target illegal downloading
After listening to the news today about isp's having signed up to targeting customers who download illegal music etc.I was wondering what people thought about this?.Do you think it will help the problem?....Neil
Unable to access Internet
Is anyone having any problems getting onto the Internet with AOL. I was disconnected at about 2:00am and havent been able to get back on since. I've had to dig out my mobile broadband for now. I thought it might be me, but my router seems to be fine. I can log in to the Router page no problem, all the lights are on ok,…

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