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BT Forums
I have never seen so many posts deleted on one forum. http://www.beta.bt.com/bta/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=32050紲 Do they have something they don't want people to know? Takes a while to load !!!!!!!!
Orange Broadband - Problems with using your own router
Hi everyone, I'm just interested to know if anyone else has had problems with using their own router with orange broadband? The problems I had was: - the internet was slow - it kept on dropping the connection or just not working at all Has anyone had similar problems? If you have I may have a solution to this. After doing…
AOL Users: Can you access the BE Broadband site?
www.bethere.co.uk Friend of mine is on AOHell - no matter what he does he cant access www.bethere.co.uk - he's reported it to AOL and they said there was no problems on thier end Any AOL users here who can test and see? If AOL are deliberatly blocking access to compeition websites, would that violate some sort of…
Best Phone and Internet dealfor students?
Hi Everybody, I'm going to be moving into my house back near Uni with 2 other people in Oct. We need to set up our internet and telephone providers and was wondering if anybody could recommend the ideal Service Providers to use. We're after unlimited 8 or 16mb broadband (the most important) and a phone deal that can offer…
connecting virgin media to another computer
Hi im not a techno person so apologies if this is a bit waffly!!! My friends having trouble with her computer she cant get virgin to connect on it but it will on a rickety old laptop she has but its VERY slow. If i take one of my computers round to her house(it doesnt get used very often here) and connect her wire thingy…
Broadband without a landline
please can anyone help.... Is there anyway of having broadband in your home without having a landline?.......I already have a wireless router up and running but I am paying for a bt landline which is never used,just for the broadband. I know of wi-fi broadband but this is not right for a multi-use household. thanks for any…
When to cancel AOL?
I have used AOL for the past 8 years, but have finally had enough of them after loosing my internet connection repeatedly last weekend. To cap it all, 10 calls to their tech help line didn't solve the problem. So I requested a MAC code and signed up with BT option 1 yesterday. But now I am wondering when I should cancel…
Cheap deal on Tiscali phone and broadband
I have line rental with BT and broadband with Tiscali. I told them i was going to switch to BT (I wasnt for £15.00 a month) Tiscali just agreed to give me broadband and line rental for £14.99 a month plus free wireless thing - waived the £30 set up cost and gave me the first 3 months free....£75 cheaper than their online…
Getting out of a Virgin contract
As you probably know, Virgin Media's 12 month minimum contract is a !!!!! to deal with. I find myself halfway through one and moving out of my house. Taking the contract with me is not an option. Yesterday, a plan occurred to me that has a chance of getting me out with minimum losses, but I thought I'd post it here for…
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