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Windows 7 (accidental)free download
Hi, A friend says she's accidentally downloaded Windows 7 onto her Vista Home Premium laptop. She thinks she may have clicked an ad on Facebook by mistake. Is this possible I would have thought a payment would have been sought? When she booted up this morning...there was Windows 7 on her laptop, she said it all works fine…
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ps3 and broadband
Is there any good way of using a ps3 for internet access etc with out having broadband as I would very much like to cut costs there as well as getting rid of my land line
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Ordering 'Be Value'...
I've decided to go with Be Value, and have just been putting the order on, via Quidco. Having keyed in all the requested details, I was just about to click on the 'Confirm and Submit >' button on the 'Review Your Order' page, and have just realised that it hasn't asked me for my MAC at any point. I did select that my…
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Has anyone left Virgin before end of contract?
I'm about 5/6 months into a 12 month contract with Virgin Media for their Broadband Size L - which is the up to 10mbps package. I don't have a telephone line - just the internet. For the last 2/3 weeks, the internet has been incredibly slow in the evenings and weekends. Services like Skype are completely unusable. (For the…
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Babylonian Case Study: BT Broadband
Hi This morning I got a quarterly ISP/Phone bill for £400. Of that, £310 was for “Broadband Usage” as deemed by BT Broadband’s fair use policy. This is an immense and totally unexpected bill for three months’ landline internet usage. I was sure I was unlimited, apparently not. I made a mistake in that. But that is not my…
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Cannot Get Onto Internet After shop Repair
Again not sure how I managed it but everything is now working on my Pc. Just one thing though, it keeps asking me to activate windows and now got 28 days left to do this. I don`t know what the numbers are to do it, so any help would be appreciated. I have got Windows Xp Media Center Don`t know how I did it but I managed to…
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Problems with internet access Virgin
Hi all, Is anybody else having problems with accessing their virgin broadband accounts.? At the moment I can only access (one day out of three!!!) my primary e-mail account and haven't been able to access the others for about 2 weeks. The call centre have so far been no help - two times ' I will be back in a moment' and…
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Urgent: mobile broadband or broadband without minimum contract for South Molton???
Hi there, Urgent help is needed here. I am moving to South Molton and need to set up broadband in my new place in the town centre there. Could anyone please recommend a mobile broadband provider for this place? I have checked Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange, none of which has any mobile broadband coverage there. :( :(:(…
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Anyone Tried 3's MIFI?
I am thinking of getting one so i can use my ipod touch to connect to the internet at work.Anyone got one and whats the verdict? Neil
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PlusNet DNS problems? Try this:
Hi folks. If anyone is having problems with PlusNets DNS today you could use Googles DNS servers to get back online Simpley open your Network connection and select properties Then select TCPIP V4 and then change DNS servers to Googles ip address: 8.8.8.8 then apply then ok ect.. You should now be able to use your internet…
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Talk Talk Nightmare
Hi I moved house in October and signed up with talktalk for phone and internet. My phone was connected by mid November and my broadband activation date was given as 26 December. Then apparently, my order hadnt gone through properly so I was given a new date of 26 January. After much haggling I managed to secure a measly…
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Virgin cable broadband with a BT landline
Does anyone know if it's possible to have a Virgin cable broadband connection while keeping a BT landline?
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Mobile Broadband Feedback Required
I have just agreed to rent my friends spare room. Unfortunately I am used to have wireless broadband provided! (spoilt I know!) My friend doesnt have a telephone line so no broadband. I just wondered what you thought the best deal or company to go with would be? I live in Bishops Stortford... from what I can see Vodafone…
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Best broadband for me..?
I am moving in to my first home soon and want broadband connection. I am online quite a lot and on a very tight budget. I am not fussed about free telephone calls etc as I use my mobile alot so would not use a landline much at all. My parents have Tiscalli but it was forever messing up :mad: What is best for me?
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BT Broadband Usage
Be really grateful if anyone could help. Since BT have changed their billing system, do they monitor broadband usage as per calender month (like they use to) or per billing cycle? I don't want to be charged a £1 a GB excess usage and have no idea which it is. Not surprizingly, neither does BT customer services.
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Phone tennis to Cancel Talk Talk
so i phoned the 0800 number on my letter( "welcoming" me to my price increase )to cancel my ex tiscali broadband/phone. i told them i had swaped my line back to BT and asked if i would still recieve broadband,they didnt know so gave me "Tech" support number ,phoned them, to be told that swapping my line back would also…
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Virgin or Not???
Hi All I am on o2 20meg broadband. I have moved since i took up the contract and our connection is now around 5meg as we are further from the exchange. With Virgin i believe this does not matter, however peak times are slower. I have been offered VM 10meg free for 6 months and then £12.50 for the following 6 months, it is…
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Broadband Recommandations
Looking for any recommandations on a new provider. I am currently with ASDL24 which is on the enta.net network, Peak - 8am-midnight which is limited to 3GB a month, outside these times its free for all. Upto 8MB but only get really poor speeds.. I suppose to have 6MB but enta network has gone down hill lately to around…
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Virgin Media increase broadband
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I have just received the following from Virgin, (below beginning;- "[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Some important changes".......),[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] now I am on ADSL on a legacy plan,(bundle 3), which is costing me £9.99 a…
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Best 3G Mobile Broadband PAYG
Hello, Can people please advise on what they believe to be the best available deals at the moment. Are they all still limited to 3.6Mbps? I understand that in reality 1Mbps is more realistic but are there any capable of higher speeds yet? The main thing is I want to keep the cost down and I don't want my usage to expire,…
