» by ChrisM May 27th, 2009 at 1:14 am » Comments (0)

A couple of quick links, as I realised it had been a while since I posted any. First we have the most unfortunate t-shirt slogans for police mug shots. I ...more »

» by ChrisM May 25th, 2009 at 5:13 pm » Comments (0)

Grr.No internet once more.No idea when it'll be back.Also need 2 make cron job 4 Xbox feed more frequent.Hope that'll stop out of sync posts more »

» by ChrisM May 23rd, 2009 at 1:55 pm » Comments (0)

Triple vodka shots all round-internet magically working two days early & sorted bridged connections on laptop so Xbox 360 is online as well. more »

» by ChrisM May 23rd, 2009 at 11:46 am » Comments (0)

Megaline office we need shut 20mins b4 we called them.Internet available Monday at the earliest... so any urgent comms are best by phone/SMS more »

» by ChrisM May 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 am » Comments (0)

Internet down most o'day.Didn't think I was asking2 much2 LAN Xbox & laptop,tether laptop 2mobile's GPRS&try Xbox Live. I was,apparently :( more »

» by ChrisM May 21st, 2009 at 8:05 am » Comments (0)

arrrgh.in_laws pc refusing to boot.internet up&down like a yo-yo.DSL not mounting usb stick.kazakh customs playing silly buggers w/paperwork more »

» by ChrisM February 13th, 2009 at 3:04 pm » Comments (0)

As we went and did some last minute maternity shopping (new slippers as the old ones are falling apart), I had an opportunity to try out the phone in its ...more »

» by ChrisM October 16th, 2008 at 5:38 am » Comments (2)

Back when 2Mbit connections were the most a residential customer could aspire to, the broadband speed tests that were available were, in general, reliable. Of course, if the server that ...more »

» by ChrisM July 9th, 2008 at 7:58 pm » Comments (0)

A couple of days ago I noticed that our internet connection was seriously slow once more. Convinced our pseudo-ISP (that all data goes via, before hitting Megaline) had goofed again, ...more »

» by ChrisM June 26th, 2008 at 3:48 am » Comments (20)

[EDIT 3] The site is now up, my thanks to Emily for the heads up. Luckily the opp I took last night and posted on was still available. The requested link ...more »

» by ChrisM June 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm » Comments (1)

Over some of the weekend, for some reason, I was not able to access most websites. I could visit google.com, run searches and check in on Facebook etc. (hi Claire/Wednesday ...more »

» by ChrisM June 11th, 2008 at 2:16 am » Comments (1)

The recent comment flurry over at the Broadishband Got Narrower post reminded me I had a few bookmarks ready to post news about ISPs back in Britain. Read on if ...more »

» by ChrisM May 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 am » Comments (0)

Long term readers/'real life' friends will remember that Irina and I used to live in a cottage out in Bourton on the Water, a real picture postcard village in the ...more »

» by ChrisM April 19th, 2008 at 12:12 pm » Comments (0)

ChrisK came over this week, and when I had to edit some settings on my PC, I was reminded that I had not yet posted on a potential solution to ...more »

» by ChrisM March 26th, 2008 at 3:53 am » Comments (7)

My current internet connection is normally rated at 128kbit/sec. They have the cheek to advertise this as unlimited broadband. For starters, an internet connection that is no fast than dual ...more »

» by ChrisM February 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm » Comments (0)

Almost all the details are now sorted... We have bought the plane tickets, paid a deposit on the Apartment, now we just need to sort out a pet-sitter again. Either ...more »

» by ChrisM December 19th, 2007 at 4:25 am » Comments (0)

The ISP we now have our internet connection with is called Megaline. Unfortunately, since swapping to their service, everyday sees some downtime for connectivity. Even when all is apparently working, ...more »

» by ChrisM December 5th, 2007 at 2:01 am » Comments (0)

Rather than a crappy MC name, Megaline is the name of the company that now has the responsibility of providing our internet connection. Anyway, 20-something hours after being told that ...more »

» by ChrisM December 4th, 2007 at 10:07 am » Comments (0)

As I mentioned yesterday, we are changing our ISP to Megaline. Right now, there is no connection at home, so I am posting this from the office at work. If ...more »

» by ChrisM December 3rd, 2007 at 4:53 pm » Comments (0)

OK, melodramatic post title, but in case it flew right over your head, I'm referring to The King Is Dead, Long Live The King! (or Le Roi est mort. Vive ...more »