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Virgin Cable Internet Questions
Hi I am thinking of moving from PlusNet to Virgin. I am in a cable area. I have asked Virgin how they would run the cable from the road to the inside of my house but did not get a decent reply from the Virgin person (instant messaging via Virgin website). I have a flagged drive and brick garden wall. My phone line enters…
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what best package advice please
my brother has moved house it's for 6 months maybe 12.. the phone line is connected to pipex, as letters saying bill not paid....person before... he is a very basic broad band user, and needs cheap line/phone and broadband deal. has found nearly new sky dish on wall , so interested in a sky package deal. but most seem to…
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Help I want my own email address
I have been with madasafish for three years. Great service but very expensive. Now I want to move to O2 as it is more cost effective and getting good reviews. However, I don't want a new O2 email account. I want to set up my own email account so that whichever provider I am with I can use the same personal address without…
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Avoiding legal problems from shared wireless internet
I own I house which I rent out on a per room basis. I am thinking of installing Wi-Fi wireless internet for use by all the residents. My problem is that the service will have to be in my name – and I do not wish to be sued for what my tenants download/upload. If I was sued I would not know which resident was the offending…
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Fixed line Broadband with no long contract?
Is it possible to get a fixed line broadband that can be cancelled at short notice? (no long contract)
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Plus Net v O2
I've got to change my broadband provider and I've found 2 packages that I'm interested in. One is with Plus Net and the other is with O2. Which do you think is better in terms of speed, reliability and customer services? Thank you.
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Pulled out of talk talk before the 30 days were up.
Bad experience (won't bore u with the details), got very nervous after reading various comments here. Left BT on 9 June and have arranged to go back to them 6 July no connection fee but had to commit for 12 mths. Now I'm in a quandry what to do :confused: have bought new netbook laptop (not yet used it!) and did look at O2…
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Totally Free Images for PowerPoint Please?
For a job interview I have to do my first PowerPoint presentation. I need some images for it - photos of 'councils' (a town hall, 'people at work' sort of photos). A friend said try Getty Images but the small print seems to say that their royalty free images are not free, but means you pay once for them and then can use as…
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Virgin Media complaint
Hello, I just sent this email to Virgin Media's CEO and some other email addresses I found by searching online. If you have the patience to read it and you have any suggestions on what I should do, please do advise. Thanks 19 June 2009 Re Virgin Media account number xxxxxxxxxx Dear Sir: I am writing to formally complain…
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Can I get O2 Broadband if I am with sky talk (landline) instead of BT?
I want to get broadband internet but I need BT line before getting broadband. Now I do not have BT line at new home. I want to know if I can get Sky TV+Broadband+Talk without BT line? Or I need BT line before getting Sky package? Also I wanna ask about UK home phone system. BT usually charges customers for connection fee…
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Talk Talk... .
I have a Talk Talk phone line and am wanting to get broadband. In my area they only appear to offer it for £15 a month (plus a £30 connection fee) instead of the usual £6.50. I've looked through the broadband article on Martin's site and my options appear to be very limited if I keep the Talk Talk phone line (every other…
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talktalk to sky.......or not?
Hi, I have had talktalk 'free'(£19.99) broadband and unlimited free landline calls since the package came out (around 8 years I would think). I have had no issues, it's been fast and reliable. We have 1 desktop, 2 laptops, a ps3 and wii all using the connection at various times and have no connection problems at all.…
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any free laptop deals around?
Hi, anyone know of any good laptop deals around where you get broadband and recieve a free laptop with it? are aol doing those deals at all anymore?
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Bt line no fee connection. Is there a contract period?
Hi I am moving into my flat which has been empty for 1 year whilst renovating. There is a BT line which I presume has been cut off by the previous owner as I haven't had any bills for line rental. This deal that they are doing for no fee connection , I am currently with Talktalk and wondered if I continue to keep them as…
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Need UK BT complaints dept tel no
Hi Ive been posting in the tech threads about my lack of internet access but am posting here for advice. Basically I lost my BT broadband connection Monday - BT have in a nutshell been doing tests and had been saying it was my router, I have done all the checks and tried another router a BT hub but no luck. Have had a tech…
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Best USB Wireless Adapter?
I'm on the hunt for a decent USB wireless adapter for my laptop. This one from ebuyer looks ok but no mention of range: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135794/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended Can anyone recommend one? Cheers.
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Mum needs rescuing from Virgin package - need advice!
Hi, My mum is in a Virgin Phone and broadband deal at the moment, but it's SERIOUSLY expensive! My dad would have normally dealt with all the technical and financial minefield that is broadband and phone deals, but he died in December. I don't want to give my mum the wrong advice or get her into an even worse contract - i…
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Orange to O2 -Painless?
Hi I have been with Orange BB at 17 gbp per month, but see that as an O2 subscriber I can get unlimited BB for only 7.32 pm !!!!! [We had a terrible time changing arrangements on my son's Orange BB and it ended up with his landline being left in limbo so that BT couldn't pick it up.] Anyway has anyone made the Orange>O2…
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Bulldog - pipex help
OK a few years ago I signed up to Bulldog broadband which was taken over by Pipex. I want to move to another broadband company maybe o2 but it says I need a BT landline. I'm not sure what I need to do? Do I cancel Pipex and then get a BT landline and then call o2? seems a bit long winded. Cheers for any help
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How to get your MAC code easily / anybody help me with complaints procedure?
Hi, first of all sorry about formatting but it won't let me put spaces or new paragraphs in this post. I can't guarantee that you'll definitely get your mac code easily, but the first time I phoned tiscali for my mac code, they hung up on me. I'd been prepared for this, so I phoned back and said if they ar**d me around…
