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NTL ..... did somebody swear ! 
We're supposed to be getting a router as part of our deal.
Although we are changeing over to Bulldog for phone calls too I don't think you have to. There seem to be different variations on the theme. We were told it doesn't mean changeing our phone number. It will mean losing our aol email addresses and just when I've had a load of business cards printed with mine on! I should have used a different one for that.
We've had notification that it's all systems go so just waiting now until some gubbins arrives.
Although we are changeing over to Bulldog for phone calls too I don't think you have to. There seem to be different variations on the theme. We were told it doesn't mean changeing our phone number. It will mean losing our aol email addresses and just when I've had a load of business cards printed with mine on! I should have used a different one for that.
We've had notification that it's all systems go so just waiting now until some gubbins arrives.
Willow, For anyone doing 'business' through an email address I would recommend getting your own domain with email forwarding. That way should you ever switch supplier again you just up-date the route to address and no one knows you have changed.
It costs from about £1/month for this service.
Ian
It costs from about £1/month for this service.
Ian
When I ever get round to doing a decent website I might just do that.
Speed I'm going - mainly because I have fifty million other thngs to do - that could be sometime next century!
Speed I'm going - mainly because I have fifty million other thngs to do - that could be sometime next century!
entwisi said:Oh yes Neil? What sort of naughty things have you been up to this time?
An agent working for one of the big film companied in the US informed them I had downloaded a movie on the 20th June ish. It was a load of b******s, the file they refered to is dated 2003. What happened was someone uploaded it from me on a p2p network. I asked Pipex what proof they had. It looks like they just take the word of the complainer without evidence. I had to remove the offending file from my computer and fax them stating I had so they would un-suspend my account.
So now I am being a good boy. I have even closed down my Direct Connect hub. The silly thing is my up and download levels have been about 20 gig a month or more for the last 3 years with the hub running and they never complained about that.
when using p2p networks always use a program called peerguardian ( google it ) as it stops these companies from connecting to you
i dont use that crap myself but no matter what your reasons are or what excuses you use if you are using p2p then you are doing illigal activity lol
you may be able to kid the isp but you aint fooling me lol
you did however get lucky as quite a lot of people including children ( parents get the bill ) are recieving fines and going to court from been caught on programs like kazza , direct connect , torrents and other p2p networks
this may be of interest to you
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4627679.stm
filesharing may soon be dead
sorry to go aff topic but it has been ruled that people who make file sharing programs are legaly responsible for what their users do with the software
if that is the case should a gun company be responsible for what people do with guns and if i was ever stabbed with a stanley knife could i sue the comany who made the knife
i dont use that crap myself but no matter what your reasons are or what excuses you use if you are using p2p then you are doing illigal activity lol
you may be able to kid the isp but you aint fooling me lol
you did however get lucky as quite a lot of people including children ( parents get the bill ) are recieving fines and going to court from been caught on programs like kazza , direct connect , torrents and other p2p networks
this may be of interest to you
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4627679.stm
filesharing may soon be dead
sorry to go aff topic but it has been ruled that people who make file sharing programs are legaly responsible for what their users do with the software
if that is the case should a gun company be responsible for what people do with guns and if i was ever stabbed with a stanley knife could i sue the comany who made the knife
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I also get around 890Kb/s max when downloading (however you won't get this on p2p networks as it depends how fast the other people can download... I use newsgroups, max speed downloads 
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But it depends how far away from the exchange you live as to what speed you will get. I live across from the first park gates on lower manchester road... the exchange is next to where people catch buses to Huncoat in town.
By the way, make sure you write down all the details you will need *before* they disconnect you lol.. I forgot and had hell trying to get through to their customer support to find my username/pw (I eventualy phoned sales about 10times until somebody would help me as customer service is impossible to get through to)
I'm *told* newsgroups are anonymous, I use giganews.com newservers it's something like £12 a month for unlimited downloads
edit: Yup.. good example chav, another one is video recorders, I think it was Sony who got took to court or whatever because people could record things they shouldnt. The court basicly said that Sony wernt liable for what the customers did with them... up until now that case has been refered to during p2p cases, not anymore I guess!
All in the land of the free
)But it depends how far away from the exchange you live as to what speed you will get. I live across from the first park gates on lower manchester road... the exchange is next to where people catch buses to Huncoat in town.
By the way, make sure you write down all the details you will need *before* they disconnect you lol.. I forgot and had hell trying to get through to their customer support to find my username/pw (I eventualy phoned sales about 10times until somebody would help me as customer service is impossible to get through to)
I'm *told* newsgroups are anonymous, I use giganews.com newservers it's something like £12 a month for unlimited downloads
edit: Yup.. good example chav, another one is video recorders, I think it was Sony who got took to court or whatever because people could record things they shouldnt. The court basicly said that Sony wernt liable for what the customers did with them... up until now that case has been refered to during p2p cases, not anymore I guess!
All in the land of the free
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peerguardian did not help mate. My ISP sent me a copy of the letter they received. I checked the IP that took the file from me. It was a Swedish broadband IP. That means that a company was using a broadband connection to catch people out. This is a way around peerguardian type programs. You are not safe
Video recording is a funny subject. I mean they make video recorders so that you can record from the TV ......... legal or illegal? I've recorded many things from TV because I wasn't going to be here and didn't want to miss them. I have watched them later but then not erased the tape. I've watched them more than once. Is that illegal? I have even lent them to someone else (members of AccyWeb) who hadn't seen the program on TV. Is that legal?
I know what you're saying about peer to peer but if they are sharing something which isn't commercially available is that still illegal? I know the record companies' point of view relates to the loss of royalties when things are pirated and I do understand that point. I was talking to someone yesterday who has made a Michael Jackson tribute website and used some illustrations of the album covers when referring to those albums. Is that wrong from a copyright point of view? She didn't think so because the official MJ website has praised her effort.
I know what you're saying about peer to peer but if they are sharing something which isn't commercially available is that still illegal? I know the record companies' point of view relates to the loss of royalties when things are pirated and I do understand that point. I was talking to someone yesterday who has made a Michael Jackson tribute website and used some illustrations of the album covers when referring to those albums. Is that wrong from a copyright point of view? She didn't think so because the official MJ website has praised her effort.