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Archives for October 2008

Hotmail problems
Anyone else having probs logging into Hotmail this morning. I have tried every which way and it's just not happening.
New broadband/tv/phone comparison website
Hi Hope this has'nt already been posted, but I have just found out about a new comparison website for broadband TV and phone packages, you can change the options to suit your needs http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk
Even better broadband with Talktalk, but what about O2?
Hi All, I've been with talktalk broadband for almost two years now. I signed up when they were offering the free broadband, but due to my location I had to pay £10 per month as BT owned the exchange. I've been averaging speeds of 0-2megs, which I haven't really been happy with but was told nothing could be done. I have…
Solwise release £50 3G wireless router
http://www.solwise.co.uk/3g-routers.htm I am using one with a 3 branded Huawei E160G USB dongle to create a Wi-Fi network when away from home/office or as a backup to my main internet connections and it works great. Thanks Gavin
Misleading Orange
Orange website says "£x cheap" per month internet access for ANY pay monthly mobile user. Not true. I have an old 'equal to Virgin' monthly tariff, but was told that this doesn't count.....so what happened to 'any'?? Also I try to find out what the best and cheapest broadband is available to me and am always bombarded in…
Got new BT line only to find out line is too long!
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of the following. I used the £29.99/18 months contract offer to get a new line from BT, solely to use for internet access. Before I ordered the connection I used my neighbour's number to see what kind of speed I would get, using the Samknows checker. We live in a block of flats,…
Help business/private user
My dad has always had BT business account for his home phone as he runs a small business from his home. He would now like to get broadband as he has had a dial up connection for a few years and it has been so terrible as it drops the connection all the time and takes about 2 mins to load a page ( we thought broadband would…
Mobile Broadband in USA?
Would anyone ideas for accessing internet on my own laptop when in more rural areas of USA? ie there any short term mobile packages available? Period required is approx 3 weeks. Thanks
Virgin Media offer - free digital tv!
They called me today with an offer of free tv for the next 12 months. I agreed to it but can't help but think there has to be a catch to this somewhere. I already have the broadband and phone. Has anyone else had this offer and how did it go? They have tried to sell me tv before and I kept refusing, I even had an offer for…
Migrating away from AOL
I'm trying to migrate someone off their reliance on the AOL service, and get them using thunderbird for email. The hurdles I have encountered are that the emails that they have saved onto their PC in AOL cannot be restored into an online folder that can then be downloaded into thunderbird, and I cannot seem to find the…
Limewire Very Worrrying
Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me..... My family all use the file sharing website called limewire, to download music. Recently we read in an article that some of these sites are actually illegal and lawyers have been sending out letters to thousands of people in Britain, demanding thousands of pounds for what…
new phone line ? or is there another way?
Hi, just opened my restaurant and am now trying to install broadband. At the moment i have just one phone line which deals with the telephone, card machine and the till. the problem is that the connection to the card machine and till are disrupted when people use the phone. I now want to put broadband in the restaurant so…
Problems with Virgin Media
Hi I have Virgin Media for Telephone and Broadband. Decided to cancel and move back to BT. Two years ago we had NTL set top box (two of them). I have just been sent a letter that there going to charge me £250 each for the set top boxes. I asked for a copy of the contract and they said that there is no contract that i would…
can,t connect computer to internet
hello we were given a computer old one which was working on the internet. but when i tried it by connecting it to our exsting connection it doesn,t work.the previous owner was with freeserve.do we need to connect it with our current suppy virgin.i put in modem disk followed instuctions but got to end and modem can,t…
A warning about taking a complaint about your ISP to the CISAS!
The CISAS is the Arbitration service that deals with complaints between individuals and their Internet Services Providers. They are intended to be a reliable, independent way of fairly resolving disputes - but a warning to all, this is far from the case in practice! I brought my dispute with Orange to the CISAS and it was…
Virgin's 2Mb Speed
I'm considering dropping back to Virgin's 2Mb from 10Mb but cannot find out what the 2Mb price is for an existing customer. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks
AOL Charges
Hi. My first post, sorry if it is in the wrong section but I think it's fine! Okay.. I am posting on behalf of my Dad. He was with AOL Broadband for 3 years or so but cancelled the contract in April (I think) to join Sky. He checked his statements a few months later to discover that AOL had charged him for May, June, July…
PC World Mobile Broadband with Free Laptop??
Hi guys, I know this has probably been discussed before but I’ve tried doing a search on the main site and the forums and nothing has come up. I want to get the internet at my house, but I don’t have a landline as I don’t really need one as I get all the calls I need from my mobile contract for £20 per month. I also don’t…
Please help-Talktalk broadband!
after 2 months without any service (joined May), I called Talktalk in July who said they'd look into the problem. I then got a call saying it was fixed,and yes,it was all ok. I now get a bill,3 months later,for an engineer visit I knew nothing about.After 10 frustrating minutes on a call to a callcentre,much of it spent on…
AOL Billing - Need Advice
Right then, I just had a look at the AOL page to try and find out how long I had left on my account. I think the contract finished at the end of June. Thing is, I wasn't aware of the fact until about half an hour ago. Upon further inspection of my account, it seems they haven't taken any money from my bank account since…

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Martin Lewis: At last a chance to fix Council Tax flaws impacting millions – debt collection, difficulty challenging your band, discounts and more
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Energy complaints to be dealt with more quickly and Energy Ombudsman to get new powers under Government plans
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