[SWLUG] Introduction

[Rhys Hardwick]

On Friday 24 February 2006 12:20, Julian Hall wrote:
> Chris M. Jackson wrote:
> >For all their flaws, NTL have supposedly removed the 1GB/day cap from
> >their 1Mbit and 2Mbit services,
>
> See my reply ;)  They have indeed done that :)
>
> > the cable modem is 100% hardware (no
> >funky firmware drivers required)
>
> Not *quite* true.  The install engineers are under instruction to
> install it on USB (assuming the customer is daft enough to run Windows
> ;)) - probably means the USB drivers incorporate ntl: spyware or am I
> the only suspicious one? ;)  However if you can get them to leave the
> modem and go away you can peel the nasty sticker off the Ethernet port
> and use that instead :)
>
> >While their customer service is somewhat lacking, once
> >everything is working the uptime is generally good (typically >99%).

I have similar experiences with NTL.  I have been having a weird problem 
recently though.  The service has been cutting out about 3 times a week.  All 
I need to do is restart the modem (the old grey one).  Anyone had problems 
like this?

Rhys

		
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