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Vodafone at Home not listed by Comparison sites- can I trust it?
My contract with Demon expires in just over one month and I have been thinking of switching to Vodafone at Home. As I already have a mobile contract with them I can have Broadband for £14 per month (plus £11 line rental). They also give you free landline calls at all times of day. Unfortunately I can find no mention of…
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question about talk talk phone/broadband
Hi, I've been reading different threads and I have noticed that the advice is to keep bt as your landline provider, so I've just called talk talk and they have told me that I have to use them as landline provider, I want this option, - Talk3 international 9.99 line rental 10.50 broadband free Total 20.49 I want the above…
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New computer user
apologies if I posted in the wrong place ! My friend has been given a computer and wants to go on the internet. Which company do you think she'd be best going with? No cable in this area. She is on a low user rate with BT as she doesn't use the phone much, her bill is only about £36 per quarter. She's a novice with…
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TalktalkBoy Help plz
sorted so far [EMAIL="wiiking100@talktalk.net"][/EMAIL]
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free laptop, for excisting customers
Anyone who is kicking themselves because they took up BT Broadband a few weeks before AOL/ORANGE started giving away free laptops need not worry. BT will also give you a free laptop! Simply ring 0800 800 150 Go through the options until you get to 'To request your MAC code' You will be put through a live advisor. Tell them…
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Newsgroups (binary): recommendations please
Hiya, I was with Zen Internet some time ago who had their own excellent newsgroups. I am now with NewNet who have a virtually non-existant NG setup. I also had a 10Gb limit with TeraNews which brought the combined package for NewNet + TeraNews to roughly what I was paying (£25 pm) with Zen (who were superb). I am thinking…
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Orange Bundles
Anyone got any views on the Orange Max Phone / Broadband bundle £24 a month up to 8mb broadband,free phone calls and line rental included. I wanted to get Tiscalli all in one package but they say its not available were i live, Orange say there deal is.....Is it a dependable service, or are there problems and hidden costs
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Sharing WiFi connection via wifitastic or similar
Has anyone any experience of sharing their internet connection through a service like wifitastic ? Your wireless network basically becomes a hotspot that close neighbours can "pick up" and register for access at a rate that you set. It's designed to be "granny-proof". Anyone on here tried it? https://www.wifitastic.com
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ToucanSurf Unlimited? Yeah, right! (merged threads)
Thought I'd post this as I've just had a read through other people's opinions of ToucanSurf. I have to admit, I had no idea they were in cahoots with Tiscali; if I'd have known I wouldn't have gone anywhere near them, having had a truly horrendous time with Tiscali! Anyway, I use BT a lot for TV shows and Anime etc, so I…
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How to choose an ISP
I was so fed up of my last ISP Toucan that I've made a short video giving advice - mainly avoid Toucan. Please take a look and also leave a message on youtube if Toucan have ripped you off as well : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkPWc1xPwhA
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Problems with Pipex
Hi there, I have an issue with Pipex that I really need some advice on, I recently moved provider to Talk Talk (I know they are rubbish in the customer sevice department but they're the cheapest!), anyway, The nice sales person from Talk Talk said not to worry about anything and that they would contact my current provider…
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BT Line Fault - Pay The Bill?
Hey guys, I've had a BT line fault for about 2 and a half weeks, where my Internet connection is less than half an MB (0.4 something kbps) when it usually runs at about 7MB, up to 8MB. I have phoned BT and they confirmed a fault with my line and assured me an engineer would be with me within the next 5 days. Someone from…
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20MB Broadband With Virgin Media At 37 Pounds A Month
Hi All, I was with Virgin media on a 2MB broadband line and I need to upgrade this to 20MB. They have said that this will cost 37 pounds a month but for the first three months will put this at half price. Has anyone been successful at securing this discount for longer then three months - It seems awfully expensive when…
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Changeing broadband provider
Hi I am in the process of changing broadband provider from Orange to Talk talk, have had the same email address since freeserve days, so my email address ends in fsmail.net, just thought when i change provider will i still be able to use this email address, or would i have to change it, hope so other wise it will be a lot…
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broadband, best isp switching from aol
hi ive had aol broadband for 5yrs and was planning on switch to O2 broadband. aol is currently charging me 12.99, but they say they will offer me 9.99 for 8mps if i agree to saty for a further 18months. o2 broadband is £7.50 with an o2 mobile. The person at aol said that the cheap or free providers are not as secure as aol…
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plusnet or newnet
Thinking of changing my isp any body got any good or bad experiences of these 2,at the moment with virgin but looking for a cheaper deal . thanks.
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Can virgin media refuse services
hi just writing in as today have had a reply from virgin media i have applied in my wifes name as i had services with them before and they then sent a letter 4 months later with a huge bill totalling over 200 quid i then refused to pay unless they would accepts 30 quid a month they then passed it on to a number of debt…
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Ukonline
Have been with UKONLINE for over three years now,its cheap and although its only a slow speed its unlimited and works for me....But they don't offer any phone/ broadband deals. I live in Taunton and am thinking of switching to a all in one package deal to give at least 2gb broadband,free calls,and line rental included if…
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Virgin Media Advise
Hi all, i moved to a new property, unfortunatly it was up in the air if we would get it, but we did. Called Virgin Media to advise we were moving the next week, and asked them to install in our new house, but they said area was not cabled, as we have 20mb Cable Broadband with them i said i would have to cancel then. Thats…
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Messenger usage
Hi, I am thinking of switching to a capped ISP service and need to work out my approx. monthly usage. I am happy that I can estimate web page use and emails, don't watch videos, download music etc. Problem area is Messenger which is on all the time but very seldom used. May get a call about once a month to have a video…