http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/ en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:30:16 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/images/o2user/misc/rss.jpg http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/ http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/o2-broadband-help/2147-small-query.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:58:35 GMT Hey, quick query into a piece of information on the event log from the O2 router. My connection as of late has been very good with O2, although I... Hey, quick query into a piece of information on the event log from the O2 router. My connection as of late has been very good with O2, although I have taken a static Ip on board, for the extra £5 I thought it was worth a go. Anyway I was browsing away as normal, using messengers etc like I have been doing for the past god knows how many years. Anyway my connection went down for like 1 minute and just came back online as normal. I had a quick look in the event log on the router under SuperUser and noticed this... which I had never seen before...

xDSL linestate up (ITU-T G.992.5; downstream: 15454 kbit/s, upstream: 1291 kbit/s; output Power Down: 18.5 dBm, Up: 12.0 dBm; line Attenuation Down: 25.5 dB, Up: 12.5 dB; snr Margin Down: 6.5 dB, Up: 6.5 dB)

Is that perhaps something to do with my connection going down?

Anyone shed some light on that?

Cheers,

Luke ]]> O2 Broadband help enabled http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/o2-broadband-help/2147-small-query.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2146-openreach-trial-nomination-exchanges-fibre-enablement.html Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:29:06 GMT Openreach have announced a trial to allow exchanges to be nominated by ISPs for fibre-based broadband enablement. More...... Openreach have announced a trial to allow exchanges to be nominated by ISPs for fibre-based broadband enablement.

More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2146-openreach-trial-nomination-exchanges-fibre-enablement.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2145-o2-suggests-uk-wasting-over-2m-per-day-broadband.html Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:22:54 GMT Research published by O2 suggests that UK broadband users may be wasting over £2m per day on subscribing to packages which are over-specified for... Research published by O2 suggests that UK broadband users may be wasting over £2m per day on subscribing to packages which are over-specified for their requirements.

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More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2144-itu-call-ubiquitous-cheap-broadband.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2143-virgin-media-claims-9-out-10-people-confused-advertising.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:50:13 GMT A poll by Virgin Media suggests that 9 out of 10 consumers are confused by current broadband advertising with regards to speed. The firms response is... A poll by Virgin Media suggests that 9 out of 10 consumers are confused by current broadband advertising with regards to speed. The firms response is that it will start to publish its typical speeds each month.

More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2143-virgin-media-claims-9-out-10-people-confused-advertising.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2142-fibrecity-invite-users-connect-free-dundee-fibre-network.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:29 GMT Dundee is now open for registration for a free connection to the Fibrecity fibre network More...... Dundee is now open for registration for a free connection to the Fibrecity fibre network

More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2142-fibrecity-invite-users-connect-free-dundee-fibre-network.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2141-asa-clamp-down-online-adverts.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:42:24 GMT The ASA are going to clamp down on false claims in online adverts starting in March 2011. More...... The ASA are going to clamp down on false claims in online adverts starting in March 2011.

More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2141-asa-clamp-down-online-adverts.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/general-computing-internet/2140-free-online-1-hour-citrix-training.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:57:44 GMT Hi All,

I fully appreciate this will be of interest to very few people here, but if there are any peeps in here who's job is techy and you're interested, Citrx have a series of free one hour webcasts to introduce people to both their technology and virtualisation in general (although the latter is still heavily geared to their own products).

You can find them here:

www.citrix.com/freetraining ]]> General Computing and Internet Tony1044 http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/general-computing-internet/2140-free-online-1-hour-citrix-training.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2139-bt-break-15-million-broadband-connections-using-its-telephone-network.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:37:50 GMT BT have passed the 15 million milestone of broadband connections using its telephone network, around 10 years after broadband first became widely... BT have passed the 15 million milestone of broadband connections using its telephone network, around 10 years after broadband first became widely available in the UK

More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2139-bt-break-15-million-broadband-connections-using-its-telephone-network.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/o2-broadband-help/2138-cannot-access-o2-websites.html Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:20:48 GMT Hi all, for the past month or so I have not been able to load the o2 website as well as the o2 forum. i have been able to get around this by... Hi all,

for the past month or so I have not been able to load the o2 website as well as the o2 forum. i have been able to get around this by restarting the router but that only works for a few minutes. in addition mail (email client on mac) cannot retreive my o2 emails.

this happens on both safari and firefox. i have tried clearing the browser cache with no success. anyone know why this is happening?


best regards,
hammy ]]> O2 Broadband help hammy http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/o2-broadband-help/2138-cannot-access-o2-websites.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2137-30-million-adults-use-internet-nearly-every-day-according-ons.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:35:47 GMT Statistics from the ONS show Internet usage is on the rise More...... Statistics from the ONS show Internet usage is on the rise

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More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2136-i3-group-appoint-ex-bt-group-ceo-head-up-opencity-media.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2135-abc-programmes-coming-bt-vision-demand.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:24:54 GMT BT have announced a deal with ABC to bring their programmes to an on-demand service on BT Vision More...... BT have announced a deal with ABC to bring their programmes to an on-demand service on BT Vision

More... ]]> Computing and Internet News NewsreadeR http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2135-abc-programmes-coming-bt-vision-demand.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/general-computing-internet/2132-private-requests-help.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:24:39 GMT Over the last few weeks I've responded to several requests for assistance that were sent to me via private message on here.

I took the time to respond to each and every one of them and in every case bar one, my messages were read within a few hours of my sending them.

And you know what? Not a single further message from them. Zip. Zero.

At the very least, it'd be nice to get a response letting me know whether my advice worked or not. Or here's a thing - how about a "thanks"?

One of the things I've always liked about this forum when compared to others has been the general helpfulness and friendliness of it, but guys...if you ask for help and are given it (bear in mind a lot of people you ask are busy with work, life etc) it would be nice if you could take the time to respond.

Otherwise, after a while, those of us who give our help freely - and there are more on here that do it far more often than me (Saturday, for example) - start to become a wee bit disillusioned and think "why bother?" and then everyone loses out.

Not that I'm about to ignore any request for help. Just making a general comment.

Also - Saturday, is it possible to get the facility to save more than 5 messages? As this includes sub folders and sent items, it's a wee bit restrictive sometimes.

Cheers folks. ]]> General Computing and Internet Tony1044 http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/general-computing-internet/2132-private-requests-help.html http://www.o2user.co.uk/forum/computing-internet-news/2131-bt-wholesale-reach-5-million-legacy-broadband-users-21cn.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:55:14 GMT BT Wholesale have over 5 million legacy broadband users now connected over the 21CN network using WBMC. More...... BT Wholesale have over 5 million legacy broadband users now connected over the 21CN network using WBMC.

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