August 15th, 2007 at 1:06 am » Comments (0)

As I recently mentioned in my Tiscali Begs For Mercy post, ISPs are starting to wail loudly that companies introducing video on demand services are going to require Tiscali et ...more »

August 14th, 2007 at 2:07 am » Comments (1)

As you will know from my previous posts here, my opinion of Tiscali is pretty low. Having worked for ISPs in the past, and specifically for Tiscali's technical support department ...more »

August 2nd, 2007 at 7:26 pm » Comments (0)

According to a recent BBC article, British internet service providers are not being completely forthright when it comes to advertising realistic figures for ADSL connection speeds. Although many quote figures ...more »

August 1st, 2007 at 7:23 pm » Comments (1)

Ahhhhhhh, the first of the month. Not a reference to a BLACKstreet track, merely a report on our ADSL connection now being back to its awe inspiring 256KBit status. Until ...more »

July 31st, 2007 at 4:51 am » Comments (7)

So, it turns out our ADSL connection is not quite as unlimited as originally claimed. Once you have downloaded 3Gb in any given month, your speed is then restricted to ...more »

July 20th, 2007 at 12:11 am » Comments (0)

The blog is currently taking minutes to load on my PC. I do not know if there is a problem with my PC, or the server this blog is stored ...more »

July 17th, 2007 at 6:40 pm » Comments (0)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report on broadband prices & speeds in developed countries. The report states that users are receiving hugely varied standards ...more »

July 17th, 2007 at 3:14 am » Comments (1)

Hopefully, my Dad will find the time soon to look into finding a supplier for his Broadband Internet needs. One of the main reasons I have an interest in this ...more »

July 3rd, 2007 at 1:43 am » Comments (0)

Big thanks to ChrisD, who despite still not having written his post on last year's trip over here, has mostly redeemed himself by donating a portable hard drive to my ...more »

July 2nd, 2007 at 1:33 am » Comments (0)

As you may have noticed, I have not posted a great deal this past week, mainly because Alex is over here on holiday, and so I used that as an ...more »

June 13th, 2007 at 10:07 pm » Comments (0)

Today is a good day - our (highly localised & monopolistic) ISP has finally added a data unlimited package to their ADSL deals. Previously, we were paying $110 for just 700 ...more »

June 4th, 2007 at 5:49 pm » Comments (0)

Way back when, I worked for an ISP (Affinity - the first company to go bankrupt and owe me wages) that fronted the technical support, customer service, and in some ...more »

May 12th, 2007 at 7:26 pm » Comments (0)

Dad recently moved into a new house in Evesham, and has admitted that ADSL might be a good idea sometime soon. I've asked him to consider what aspects of a ...more »

May 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm » Comments (2)

Owen from the PPP forums kindly sent me an invite for the Joost application, from the people that bought us Skype. The idea behind Joost is to enable the transmission of ...more »

April 26th, 2007 at 8:09 pm » Comments (0)

(UK relevant) With so many ISPs (Internet Service Providers) competing for your business in the UK, how can you even start to choose which company to use? Well, when I was selecting ...more »

March 16th, 2007 at 6:05 pm » Comments (0)

Unfortunately, since I ended up re-installing XP just prior to getting my ADSL connection working & therefore downloading a lot of updates, I've used up my 700 meg quota this ...more »

March 1st, 2007 at 2:13 am » Comments (0)

Found a link to a UK Government beta web site that held a petition on the price of Windows Vista, compared to USA prices. This next caught my eye - .....petition ...more »

November 30th, 2006 at 4:35 am » Comments (4)

For the last couple of hours there was no http transfer, at first e-mail still worked, and Skype was working fine, but web sites and Messenger didn't work. Then e-mail dropped ...more »

October 16th, 2006 at 3:18 am » Comments (0)

We took our kitten home, from the in laws, today. Not yet named her, the proposals are Pippa, Socks and a word I've forgotten already (Karra?) that means black in ...more »

October 13th, 2006 at 9:56 am » Comments (0)

I've been working for 3 hours, and the final shock.... I've already had a full nights sleep!!! Looks like there is hope for me eventually going to bed the same time ...more »