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Chased by Dell/ DRS for unwanted Laptop
Hi all, My girlfriend purchased a laptop from Dell in October 2009 with great difficulty. They incorrectly took payments over the phone and charged her for two laptops. One charge was subsequently blocked by her bank and Dell accepted this was the end of the matter and were to only send one laptop. A month later (after…
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O2 £50 Mobile Credit - Question
Hi To anyone that took advantage of the £50 mobile credit O2 were offering when you signed up to their broadband, how long after your first 30 days did you have to wait for them to credit your mobile account? Thanks
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Cancelling BT Broadband
I've been told by them I need to give 14 days notice (out of contract) and a £25 cancellation charge if I'm not moving to another provider, is that the norm?
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Tried to leave Tiscali / Pipex today.
My broadband and line rental has been increased without my agreement this month; Pipex will give me a MAC code but claim I have to pay up their contract to 29.03.2011 because they had sent me a letter extending the contract. I know nothing about this letter. The contract started with Toucan in 2007 and having printed out…
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Thinking of switching to o2- questions please
Thinking of switching from orange mobile to 02, switching internet from virgin to 02, switching home phone calls from talktalk to 02 and phoneline rental from bt to o2. 1) I cannot tell if o2 do line rental as I would be interested in that too, can ayone tell me if o2 do line rental? 2) As mentioned above thinking of…
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Cancelling AOL
Hi, I really am sorry if this has been posted before, I have looked, but have not been able to find anything. However, if there is already a post and I've missed it, I apologise. I am desperately trying to cancel my AOL account as £15.99 comes out of it each month - it comes out via my debit card. Last month I spoke to my…
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BT how many movies for 20 meg?
I was wondering how many Youtube videos and websites I could view for the BT 20 package I just got per month? Also how many movies
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BE Broadband & Torrents
Hi All, I'm considering switching my broadband supplier to BE. I like the look of their 'fast all day' approach as they don't throttle the bandwidth depending on busier times of day. I use my broadband for all the normal stuff (surfing and email) as well as xbox live gaming and downloading torrents. I currently get a lot…
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1 mile from LLU exchange, limited provider options
Hi, I'd appreciate some advice please. What preferences would you have in the following circumstances please? I need at the minimum a 2 mb broadband connection. I'm moving to a house about a mile from the local exchange, 1.5 miles if the (overhead for the street itself) wiring in the area follows the local roads. Per…
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Plusnet: Extortionate excess usage charges
A warning to anyone considering Plusnet. If you go over your usage allowance, extra usage is charged in blocks of 5GB (or part thereof) at a cost of £5. There is NO carry over of unused extra allowance purchased to the following month. If you are on Value (Market 3 exchange) paying £6.49 and go over the 10GB allowance by…
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Need internet connection asap
My daughter & son-in-law want a connection to the internet asap and they don't mind who it is as long as it is reliable and under £15 per month. Six months ago they had BT install a landline telephone and I assume they are tied down for 12 months. If so, there's no way BT could provide the connection for this amount. (Yes…
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Can I Use My Belkin G Wirelesss Router With Sky Broadband
Hello I would some info and help please before I lose all of my hair lol. I have been trying to set up my new belkin g wireless moden for 5 days now. I cant seem to get it to connect. Belkin have told me sky have given me the wrong user name and password. I have read on the internet that you need to get your username and…
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aol to talk talk ???
hi just noticed on my bank statement that ive paid talk talk £14.99 on further investigation i realise that its for the same amount and same ref no as my aol broadband ive recived no notification of a change in provider from aol does anyone know whats going on and as im a bt landline customer should i now get broadband…
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Problems with Talk Talk
We have been trying since February to get broadband by with no success:mad::mad: The first time we made an appointment and my partner took a day off on purpose, only to find out that the engineer had gone to another address and did not bother to phone us to double check. The second time, we received a text confirming the…
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Wait for cashback or Refer a friend scheme from O2 Broadband
Just go our phone line connected and was ready to order O2 via Quidco, and to my surprise there is none - "temporary withdrawn". How likely it is that it will be restored in a matter of days ? Otherwise I was considering using their Refer-a-Friend scheme, can't see anything in the terms that may prevent your partner,…
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Exchange upgrade info?
Hi I am currently with Sky connect and have a miserable 0.5mb speed as I am on the Temple Cloud exchange. Is there anywhere I can find out about upcoming exchange upgrades? Samknows is very good at telling me what is available for me now, but not at telling future upgrades. I know that Temple Cloud is a market 1 exchange.…
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O2 Contract Ending. Broadband + Phone w/big download cap?
Hey guys, My O2 Home Access contract is expiring today, and I have no plans to stay with them as the download speed is shocking in the evening. I can't get cable, and I'm not in an "unbundled area" Currently paying £31.50 a month for broadband and home phone (which I don't use). I work a lot with media so need a big…
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looking for a free privacy search engine
anyone out there that know of any free search engines that will allow me to have privacy form google. i used to use scroogle but it has been shut down. appreciate any information thanks.:A
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Mobile Broadband Best Buys review
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/05/11/grouptest_mobile_broadband_best_buys/ May help answer some of the questions raised about laptop dongles. It will surprise a few of you as "3" are rated as best buy. Tests are carried out around the Manchester area, so it may be different in other parts of the country. But you can…
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Catch-22 with broadband at new home
I hope someone can help me with a really frustrating Catch-22 situation with getting broadband at my new home. Well, actually it's not a 'new' home as such. It's a house that I had owned for several years, which I then rented out for a while as I was working at the other end of the country and now I'm coming back. There is…
