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Quote: Originally Posted by jlrob You're right - BT throttling is appalling. I can't watch Iplayer or use Spotify or any other streaming service between 6pm and 11pm every evening - It's a terrible service. Ah, so their streaming "generosity's" still the same then? It appears that BT only likes very light users STILL then.

Quote: Originally Posted by chrisjr NetMeter is very useful, have it running myself. But it will only show a single PC's usage. It can't determine what any other PC on the router is doing so you would have to install it on every PC/laptop/whatever and go round adding up all the totals by hand. Which could be a minus factor in some households. On the plus side however it would show up which machine is hogging all the bandwidth and...

Poled lines swinging in the breeze affecting joints. Water getting in to joints. Electrical storms inducing crackles and bangs.

Id your email address is a Tesco one and not a web based address then yes as far as I know they do cancel the email address. Some ISP's leave your email address active for a while after you cancel an account, but most do not. There are a couple that leave the email address active but most don't (AOL for example, your master email account can remain active and you can sign in to it via the web. Not sure if they still do this, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by Earake From their website :- I still have no idea who they are. I never heard of them so I think I will give them a wide berth.

Quote: Originally Posted by GeorgeL I have just agreed to having bt broadband option 1 as my virgin broadband was awful (not cable) If your virgin broadband ADSL was a BT wholesale ADSL product you might end up with the same service! Check your local exchange on the Sam knows website to confirm ifyour exchange is "unbundled". If it is the same service then you have a few days to change from BT. BT wholesale had some problems...

Of those who are having problems how many use AVG9, there seem to be quite a few posts on their forum that sound exactly like the problem we are experiencing.

Quote: Originally Posted by azimo Do you think the Conservatives will sort out the mess as you put it, no chance, the grass definitely won't be greener on the other side. Does your crystal ball also do lottery numbers? If there's a choice between what Labour will do and what the Conservatives (or anyone else) may do, then i'll take the latter...

I recently left O2 for their terrible speeds on the Access package. They weren't intending to reduce speed at all. They were just wanting to reduce the speed torrents and other peer-to-peer programs. This was intended to make everything else quicker at peak times (such as general browsing, streaming videos etc). The tests didn't go to plan, apparently.

Quote: Originally Posted by hanssolo £6.99 but had to say I was considering moving to Plusnet, they then came back saying about AOL had better service etc, but carried saying I was still considering moving before they made the offer! Guess as I had the "free" laptop offer at £20 per month for 24 months, about £15 of it was for the laptop "loan" over the 24 months and £5 for AOL, so guess I am now paying...