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Orange Network problems around Bristol?
I cannot connect to Orange 3G this morning in the Bristol area. Anyone else having problems or is it just my phone?
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3 Mobile Broadband Stole My Data?
Hey! About 1 weeks ago I was away on holiday and I had about 2GB of usage left on the Sunday of the holiday (I arrived on the Saturday) which I bought about about a week before then. On Wednesday my data ran out completely. I had checked it the night before and it said 1.7 GB was left. When im finished using my laptop I…
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Orange broadband nightmare
Hi, I've been with orange now for 4 months, the 1st month was constantly off, on for an hour then off for 2-3 days with line issues, it got a little better but the fault continued everytime I used the Internet. Still haven't had a day where I haven't had an issue. Everytime I called I got there Indian call centre where…
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sky increase charges during the initial contract
I signed up in may, 2012 with Sky. they were cheaper than everyone else for unlimited broadband and phone line package, I now get a mail saying the are increasing the line rental from £12.25 to £14.50 in December. I online chatted to complain as what is the point of a contract if they can increase their prices during it's…
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Huawei HG523a not very good?
Just received this today as a replacement for a router that was about 3 years old. Trying to find info as the wireless signal is poor and couldn't find much except for for the fact that chinese wholesale sites sell this for as little as $17 a piece. I'm in the next room to the router and although the list of connection…
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How can I avoid the installation charge?
Hi, Desperate for help! A few months ago we moved in to a new housing development. When we first moved in we opted for TalkTalk's current deal of free installation for unlimited broadband and home phone, that was on the 4th of August, when the line was eventually fitted on the 25th of August by a BT engineer we were still…
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fibre broadband without switching line rental
Is anyone offering fibreoptic broadband without the need to switch your line rental to them . quite happy paying primus £7.99 a month line rental ?:):):)
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Active Phone Line?
Is there a way to test and see if there is an active phone line into a property? I've just moved into a rented flat. Someone lived here two weeks ago, and did have a phone line that worked, and internet. Sky came to check the phone line and install internet today, but claimed that the cable dies on entry to the property,…
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Karoo Monopoly
Does anybody know why and how Karoo are getting away with having a monopoly over Hull and wont let any other company provide phone and internet services? Surely they cant get away with this? Has anyone found out a way to get around it because they charge a lot more than other companies and it doesnt seem fair?
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Moving to a semi-rural area-what BB options are there?
Hi I'm a real techie novice so please bear with me. We are moving to a semi rural area in Essex - postcode is CM1 area which covers part of the town as well as this semi-rural area. We currently live in the same postcode but in the town. Currently we use Virgin for broadband & phone (teenage son does alot of gaming) & Sky…
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21cn - RFS date (on my exchange)
What will this mean for me?any immediate speed increases. Or just the possibility of increases in the future?
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Ditch the BT Line???
Hi, just looking for opinions really. I have a BT line with Sky providing the talk and broadband. I only receive the odd phone call on it as most people call on the mobile. Again, I don't use it really only for the very odd 0870/0845 numbers which is no more than £2 per month of calls i'd say. I have my mobile with 'three'…
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which order to cancel phone and broadband
I currently have my landline with BT, and my broadband and phone with virgin media, I am thinking of cancelling virgin and going with BT for phone and landline, and xilo for my broadband, what would be the best way to go about this? so that I dont have to be too long without phone or broadband. the reason for cancelling is…
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No Phone Lines - what to do?
Hi All, Now then, i have recently purchased a new build property of which the developer has neglected to install any wiring for phone lines. There is no underground trunking available and he has indicated that he will not be installing any either. According to the developer BT are wanting £46000 to install cabling to the…
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TalkTalk Broadband load of rubbish
Just had TalkTalk activated today. Day late then it was meant to be. Anyway, only getting 1.88 meg download speed when I was promised between 8 - 14 meg. Started downloading a 2.5GB ISO file but it has hung after 2 hours on 596MB downloaded. Why do these crappy ISP's promise the earth but fail to deliver? And before anyone…
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Virgin Media WIFI...
In the summer everyone had access to WiFi on the underground in London. I am not sure how I can get access again to WiFi. I am Virgin Media customer, but the steps seem over my head (the email they sent). Can someone please explain getting access again. In the phone I have WiFi networks on Virgin Media WiFi, but it no…
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Please help me choose a new internet/phone provider
I'm struggling here. I'm disabled and rely on my internet for communication/ shopping/ entertainment. I watch a lot on iPlayer but I don't play games or download films unless my son is visiting during the holidays (and I can always tell him not to and be relatively sure he'll remember. I'm trying to read the advice and the…
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MAC codes and transferring to a new provider
I have been told once I give the MAC code to the new provider, it takes 6 to 10 working days to transfer the broadband. but I have seen posts on here saying downtime should only be a few hours in switching providers, how does this work?
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TalkTalk
I have just received my 3rd call from talktalk regarding mobile phones,i have told them previously i am not interested and checked my account to make sure i do not want to receive marketing calls from them or 3rd parties.What can i do to stop them calling.
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Talk Talk Scam With Bill
I am writing here to try and get some advice. I started a contract with talk talk and i was getting internet speed problems and phone line drooping issues . I was getting 1mb download speed when i was advised that i was gonna get 11mb. And when it tried to go over 1mb download speed the line would drop out. Some times id…
