Wireless networking/internet is so crap!

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woodycool said:
Kin,
looking at that site, I don't see anything wrong with my ISP
I even did a comparison and my ISP came out on top!

If you have a reason for thinking my ISP is crap, please let me know.
I have to say, I'm not keen on my ISP, and I hate them, but they are the best ISP I've ever had.
In my honest opinion, all ISPs are crap! They just want to rip you off and take your money.
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The real problem is BT. Irrespective of ISP, your BT wires are the main factor in what your BB experience will be. After that, your choice of ISP will either compliment those brilliant BT wires (not) or drag it so low, it's on & off faster than a whore's drawers are up 'n down. Put Wireless into the equation & it's another ball game all together.

I couldn't make comment on your connection with Be, 'cos I ain't sat at ur home looking @ ur Routers 'connection status' page in ur browser.

From what I hear of any Be user, it's crap compared to freeserve. :lol:

Best wishes,

Kin

*edit* Here in the UK, make sure you are on EasyNet backbone with your ISP. FastNet is crap! (Certainly from Cornwall, but yacking with the front line guys, the whole FastNet backbone is not as quick as EasyNet. - It's all down to 'pipe size') :wink:
 
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JuvUK said:
wierd, i googled this HP G7015EA overheats, and got a lot of reading to do! apparently this model has very average cooling and is prone to clogging up with lint, hair etc, may be worth giving it a clean out with a can of air or something

cheers, JuvUK
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Mine gets VERY HOT at times .... always seems to be around the the cooling fan area.
I had a real pain with it about two months ago, it was so unstable, so I cleaned it out (and replaced the hard drive that the heat :censored: up)
It's been fine since, until this horrid prob the other day :pissed:

Kin Hell said:
I couldn't make comment on your connection with Be, 'cos I ain't sat at ur home looking @ ur Routers 'connection status' page in ur browser.

From what I hear of any Be user, it's crap compared to freeserve. :lol:
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Are you having a laugh? .............. :censored: FREESERVE?

Well, I've not had any experience of them for nearly 4 or 5 years now, but they were crap when I was on 'em.

As for the wireless stuff, when my wireless is :censored: up, my other PCs (all plugged in via Ethernet cables) are still working fine on the net etc.

@JuvUK: Should I just get a new laptop?
@Kin: Should I change ISP? If so, who's gonna give me a truly unlimited package?
 
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I'm still with the ISP Freeola, and have been for many years since I first got broadband. They are a great ISP with no FUP and no throttling. In fact they even state this if you ask them. They do have bandwidth caps on peak hour usage, but if you go over they just charge you for the extra used, and don't start throttling your connection as a lot now seem to do. And off peek they have no bandwidth caps at all.

They now also offer 24Mb Max speeds.

Prices may look quite high compared to many other ISPs, but you do get what you pay for. I have left my connection downloading at full bandwidth for weeks at a time without a single complaint from them. There have only been two times I've ever had any connection issues. One ended up being a problem with the router and not the connection and the other my connection when dead and on contacting them they stated that they had received a complaint saying I was sharing an illegal file so they cut my connection. But they reconnected it as soon as I had contacted them as they personally didn't care about what I was sharing or downloading. ;)

I'm on their Xtreme package that gives 48GB a month during peek hours, and unlimited off peek. I admit that I do often go over the peek cap each month, but you can easily monitor your usage via their control panel, and they email you when it does start to go over.

http://freeola.com/broadband/

BTW, Freeola used to be called Special Reserve. Remember them from the Amiga days?

I have over the past couple of years sometimes considered moving to a different ISP to save some money, but none ever look such good value once you start to dig. Demon Business Broadband packages are good, but expensive. And I considered Be for some time to get a 24Mb connection, but now it is being rolled out slowly by BT anyway that isn't needed.
 
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I was with Freeola years ago (when I was on dial up) and remember it being rather good at the time.
I'll give this some careful consideration, however, I'm not happy that they just charge you extra going over the cap ...... I'm not exactly rich, and therefore, this could end up costing me dear!
However, I'll have a look at their site and see what they offer.
 
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@ woodycool

If you have Sky TV @ home, check out their Broadband packages. For £5 amonth for an 8Mb Line & free evening/weekend calls, you can't go wrong. For £10 a month, you get free phone calls 24/7, but as with the £5 package, pohne calls have to be hung up before 1 hour, otherwise you end up paying there after. You also need BT wires though.

The link I sent you should allow you to compare services & costs, as well as reliability & quality of service. Happy hunting. :wink:

Kin
 
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I currently have my Virgin Media modem connected to a MSI Wireless router which is connected to 2 wireless laptops, 1 Wireless PS3, 2 wired PC's, 1 Wired XBOX and 1 Wired Xbox 360. It also connects to another belkin router via Wireless Distribution to extend the signal upstairs where it connects to 2 more XBOX 1 consoles and my A1200 Miggy.
I dont know anyones feelings on Virgin Media but i've been with them for nearly 6 years and never had a single problem. I currently pay £21 a month for 20meg Broadband (and usually achieve around 17), basic (freeview) TV and free telephone calls 24/7.
I never have any problems downloading and have never had any problems with speed.
 
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But Virgin Media practice quite bad traffic management betweel 10am and 9pm. Plus their FUP is quite restrictive. They also advertise unlimited downloads, but don't really mean it.

Also a lot of people are out of the areas Virgin can supply their cable broadband.
 
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Hey Harrison, i don't know much about the fair use policy or traffic management but i can be honest and say that i always some form of torrents downloading and have never experienced any problems speed wise nor have i ever been notified of breaking any fair use policy. Just my 2 cents worth but i guess it all comes down to what you feel is doing the job adequately and i'm quite happy.

Mike
 
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I think it also depends on the customer. You have been with them for some time so are probably under the radar and not really being watched. However new customers will be watched much more closely for their bandwidth usage and activities. I expect it is the same for me with Freeola as I've been with them for years ever since they started their broadband service.
 
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Disable ipv6. Worked for me when I had pre SP1 problems on my shista laptop
 
Re: Wireless networking/internet is so crap!

Kin Hell said:
@ woodycool

If you have Sky TV @ home, check out their Broadband packages. For £5 amonth for an 8Mb Line & free evening/weekend calls, you can't go wrong. For £10 a month, you get free phone calls 24/7, but as with the £5 package, pohne calls have to be hung up before 1 hour, otherwise you end up paying there after. You also need BT wires though.

The link I sent you should allow you to compare services & costs, as well as reliability & quality of service. Happy hunting. :wink:

Kin
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Unfortunately, I don't have Sky ..... I rarely watch TV nowadays ..... the TV is just there as a big screen for my Amigas (oh, and my brother watches a LOT of TV)

T_Hairy_Bootson said:
Disable ipv6. Worked for me when I had pre SP1 problems on my shista laptop
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How is this done?
Thanks!
 
Re: Wireless networking/internet is so crap!

Hi all,
Here's something off topic that someone might be able to help with. I have a wireless internet connection on the computer i recently put together for the garage. Its nothing flash, just an old AMD box running Windows 2000 as window XP refuses to install. Anyway i cannot stay connected for longer than 5 or so minutes before the connection drops out. I did have another computer running XP and using the same wireless adapter for inside the garage. The computer running XP did not piss fart about and did not disconnect every 5 mins. So would it be safe to say that window's 2000 offers shitty wireless support and thats why i keep dropping out?

Cheers
 
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Don't matter now .... I've flogged said laptop :ROTFLOL2:
 
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