Comments for Broadband Finder Blog

Comment on BT launches Home Hub 2.0 wireless router by Tom

Tom — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:44:49 +0000

Unfortunately for the time being, if you only have a cable line coming into your house then all you can get is cable services (i.e. Virgin Media).

Switching to BT or any other ISP would require you to get an active BT line set up - these cost around £135.

As for your emails, I’d suggest that you use something like gmail or hotmail anyway - they’re both free and if you switch providers, you don’t have to change your email address.

Comment on Vodafone offers laptops with built-in mobile broadband by peter

peter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:08:07 +0000

Over the next couple of months broadband providers will face new competition. Companies are on their way and will be available on some of the biggest names. Currently T-Mobile, Vodafone and Three have announced their tariffs with Orange rumored to follow suit by the start of next year (2008).

Comment on BT launches Home Hub 2.0 wireless router by David Moore

David Moore — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:09:46 +0000

Hello
Can you tell me if I can change service providers from Virgin Media to BT, unfortunalty I only have Virgin Cable coming to the house not a BT line. I’m thinking of moving suppliers due to Virgin Media losing access to my Emails for the last 8 Days due to Tec probloms.
Regards
DAVE

Comment on Rural areas consistently losing out on high-speed broadband by broadband harvey

broadband harvey — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:31:04 +0000

I live in the middle of nowhere, and as broadband technology has improved, it’s got worse for those in the country - at first 56k was widely available, then broadband was more expensive to us - and now with fibre optic broadband coming in, we can’t get it here at all!

Comment on Rural areas consistently losing out on high-speed broadband by mike m

mike m — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:24:27 +0000

Well, that’s what you get for choosing to live in the countryside. Stick that up your 4×4.

Comment on Does MB = Mb? by JS

JS — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:45 +0000

I have always personally found that your maximum speed is essentially your connection speed divided by 10. For example, when I had 2mb broadband, I was getting 200 kb/s downloads. Now I have a 6mb connection, and I can get little over 600 kb/s.

Comment on BT Home Hub Hack Help by fanta

fanta — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:43:19 +0000

My neighbour was on holiday last week and asked me to check his house in the evenings. As I wandered around the house I spotted his BT Home Hub in his living room window. Unfortunately BT saw fit to put a sticker on the back of Hubs with full passwords, which I could easily read from the pavement.

Note to self - don’t put Home Hub on window ledge.

Comment on WiiWant WiiWare! by King Constantine XI

King Constantine XI — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:14:31 +0000

My Life as a King is great - I sat down to ‘give it a go’ last night and ended up playing for nearly three hours; it was quarter to midnight before I knew it!

It’s a bit cutesy and kiddy, but then again, it was never gonna be GTAIV and it is on the Wii. Lost Winds looks interesting too, haven’t played that yet tho.

Comment on Pipex Image Limited by S

Wed, 28 May 2008 10:58:39 +0000

These guys have been a complete nightmare and with their shifting to Asia looks like the refunds assured to recieve of several hundred pounds are equally unlikely. Pipex ended up costing twice as much as BT and this has now only increased with all calls to Pipex no longer landline number.
Are you aware of how difficult it is to ensure our consumer rights are upheldwhen the company shifts it’s offices abraod - beware

Comment on Digital divide dashed by rural broadband take up by Tom

Tom — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:03:21 +0000

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