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Thread: Worst ISP I've ever used (for ADSL)


Started 2 years, 4 months ago by mcbazza
Hi there. Despite the username, please call me Baz/Bazza, or Barry. I normally frequent the VM ADSL forum over at ThinkBroadband - not sure if I'm allowed to post a direct link, so I'll save that for now. I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I'm just an irate VM customer that cannot believe the way we are all being fobbed off with excuses, smoke & mirrors. My background is in I.T. ...
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twds replied 2 years, 4 months ago
Hi, You havent got a script by chance for the DG834GT UK version to force change the S/N ratio on a connection with BT, have you. If so, would love it. Many thanks.

timeless replied 2 years, 4 months ago
mel might be the one to ask for something like that, he seems to have a whole page dedicated to net gear tweaks and hidden pages...

zag5 replied 2 years, 4 months ago
[QUOTEWorst ISP I've ever used (for ADSL)[/quote] I take it that you've not tried Fast4 yet

timeless replied 2 years, 4 months ago
wondered how long it would take before Fast4 was mentioned .. on another note l suffered a disconnection earlier for like 10minsl was really annoying happened as soon as l just signed off of msn catching up with a mate of mine from back where l used to live was damn annoying after the day lve had.. but lm back on for the moment if not slower in places than usual. one thing l have noticed ...

mcbazza replied 2 years, 4 months ago
Quote: Originally Posted by timeless one thing l have noticed for weeks lve been connected to what l believe was a hostname which was Birmingham related however my hostname has now reverted back to what it was originally which seem to be the name of a village close by... its been weird for a while with these changes but l suppose it ...

timeless replied 2 years, 4 months ago
my original one was client[IPhere].bmly.adsl.virgin.net which changed to client[IPhere].bmhm.adsl.virgin.net or something to that effect and now its back to the begining one. what l noticed is the cable side of things links to a general area for example l have a friend in beford his hostname has luton in it or an abbreviated version of it. lve noticed that in quite allot of NTL linked ISPs.

mcbazza replied 2 years, 4 months ago
Cable is location specific. They refer to them as POPs (Point of Prescence). I live in Watford, so my POP on cable would be Watford. And, there is no way for me to change that. Think of the POP as your gateway onto the internet. In the same way that your broadband modem is the gateway for your home network to get onto the internet. ADSL, due to it's nature, how it uses BT's ATM 'cloud' to ...

Mel replied 2 years, 4 months ago
Quote: Originally Posted by twds Hi, You havent got a script by chance for the DG834GT UK version to force change the S/N ratio on a connection with BT, have you. If so, would love it. Many thanks. You can overide it by entering a comand via telnet or by using the "dmt tool" DMT tool here:- http...

 

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Worst ISP I've ever used...
Published (2007-11-18 00:14:00)
Cable is location specific. They refer to them as POPs (Point of Prescence). I live in Watford, so my POP on cable would be Watford. And, there is no way for me to change that. Think of the POP as your gateway onto the internet. In the same way that your broadband modem is the gateway for your home network to get onto the internet. ADSL, due to it's nature, how it uses BT's ATM 'cloud' to virtualise the comms link between...
timeless
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Worst ISP I've ever used...
Published (2007-11-17 22:30:00)
my original one was client[IPhere].bmly.adsl.virgin.net which changed to client[IPhere].bmhm.adsl.virgin.net or something to that effect and now its back to the begining one. what l noticed is the cable side of things links to a general area for example l have a friend in beford his hostname has luton in it or an abbreviated version of it. lve noticed that in quite allot of NTL linked ISPs.
twds
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Worst ISP I've ever used...
Published (2007-11-17 20:18:00)
Hi, You havent got a script by chance for the DG834GT UK version to force change the S/N ratio on a connection with BT, have you. If so, would love it. Many thanks.
zag5
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Worst ISP I've ever used...
Published (2007-11-17 20:41:00)
[QUOTEWorst ISP I've ever used (for ADSL)[/quote] I take it that you've not tried Fast4 yet
Mel
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Worst ISP I've ever used...
Published (2007-11-18 01:11:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by twds Hi, You havent got a script by chance for the DG834GT UK version to force change the S/N ratio on a connection with BT, have you. If so, would love it. Many thanks. You can overide it by entering a comand via telnet or by using the "dmt tool" DMT tool here:- http://www.kitz.co.uk/tute/voyager2100_DMT.htm This script also currently works, replace the 110 after the "snr+" with...

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