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Comment on TalkTalk by Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:29:54 +0000

Talk Talk is the worse provider in the world. Besides my download speed was 24Mb it has never went over 3.5 or 4Mb. When I joined in 2010 I was told I would get 30 pounds off the connection fee of 69.99 – which never happened. This would appear on my first bill but it never did and, when I called customer services that said I had to have a proof of the promised discount in a letter, which I didn’t have as everything was done through the phone. I’ve heard other people complaining about the same issue, which is totally misleading from Talk Talk. I’m happily cancelling my contract with them today and moving to O2. Oh, and apparently Talk Talk installed an electronic blocker on my line so I will have to have a new line with my new provider. I wasn’t told about that when I first signed with them. To understand this issue I just called Talk Talk’s customer services and was transferred 5 times (!!) as no one could explain the problem and I had to speak to 5 different departments. I don’t usually write reviews but this is an exception as Talk Talk services are really utterly bad.

Comment on Do you have any experinece with talktalk landline and broadband? by Rose

Rose — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:08:52 +0000

I was happy with Tiscali but Talk Talk was a complete nightmare! They cancelled my broadband and phone all of a sudden without any notice, so I had to spend extra money using my mobile to contact the customers service who were clueless.There was a constant breakdown of communication due to strong foreign accents and they kept telling me that there was nothing wrong with the service, and that I should open the phone socket myself and fix it! The fact was they had stopped providing the service to me but could not tell me why. In the end they said they would investigate and call me at such and such a time, but they didn’t. This happened at least 3 times during the course of 15 days in which I kept trying to contact them,they said they would call me but they didn’t. They could never sort the problem, so I just changed to virginmedia which had me running in a few days (but they are more expensive). I never knew what the problem was, they never called or wrote to explain. I had been with them for 2 + years, paying by direct debit etc., no problem on my part. Never again with Talk Talk

Comment on Buffalo WYR-G54-1 54Mbps Wireless Router by snuffmonkey

snuffmonkey — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:40:32 +0000

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Cheap and Nice, 1 Jun 2006

snuffmonkey (Ireland) -

This review is from: Buffalo WYR-G54-1 54Mbps Wireless Router (Electronics)

I must say that I was very surprised at how much stuff this little box can do. Wasn't too bad to set up. I did find that WAN IP wasn't being set by default, but after a reset of the router, everything worked out fine. I think you can be assured that for this price, wireless networking can be had by you too.

I'm still trying to get my Nintendo DS working with this item, but have yet to achieve it. It's able to see the connection, but having issues with connecting to nintendo wifi........but I will not give up!!!

Overall, I'm a happy customer.

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Comment on Duronic IR786 Black Wireless Internet USB Wifi Nano Dongle – 150Mbps – Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000 and Linux OS by Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:05:18 +0000

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Duronic IR786 Black Wireless Internet USB Wifi Nano Dongle - 150Mbps - Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000 and Linux OS, 18 Sep 2011

Geoff -

This review is from: Duronic IR786 Black Wireless Internet USB Wifi Nano Dongle - 150Mbps - Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000 and Linux OS (Electronics)

I bought this and another Duronic nano dongle as it was advertised as compatible with Linux OS. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and am having no luck in setting up connections with my router. I have a very old dongle which does work so cant figure out what the problem is.

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Comment on Duronic IR786 Black Wireless Internet USB Wifi Nano Dongle – 150Mbps – Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000 and Linux OS by Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:03:41 +0000

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Not Brilliant with Linux, 27 Nov 2011

Dan Simmons (UK) -

This review is from: Duronic IR786 Black Wireless Internet USB Wifi Nano Dongle - 150Mbps - Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000 and Linux OS (Electronics)

Although this claims to work directly on Linux, the realtek drivers used to run it are not supported on the newest Kernel versions (I don't know if or when they will)...

Some of the mainstream distros (Ubuntu and Fedora are ones I tried) have got them partially working on the new Kernel versions, however for me I had to basically sit directly next to a the WIFI Ad-Hoc point to actually be able to connect to it..

I bought this primarily because it advertised that it worked on Linux (Hence the one star), however I did try it on Windows and it worked fine on that OS..

Basically if you want this for Windows go for it, for Linux I would stay away..

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Comment on Linksys E1500 Wireless-N Router with SpeedBoost Reviews by A. Bridgewater

A. Bridgewater — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:02:13 +0000

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent product, 1 Dec 2011

A. Bridgewater -

This review is from: Linksys E1500 Wireless-N Router with SpeedBoost (Accessory)

Product arrived promptly and was well packaged.
Set-up was easy and product works very well. Signal strength appears very good at a reasonable distance and uploads etc are quite quick.

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Comment on Plusnet by R Rees

R Rees — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:51:49 +0000

A bland company, set up by BT to try and capture the market for people who do not trust large organisations. Don’t be fooled. There is nothing Honest Yorkshire about Plusnet. if things go okay – fine. if not, forget it, leave the country and train a rabbit to send messages. It will be quicker. Plusnet will go on feeding you excuses – some truly ridiculous – until you surrender and contemplate joining a monastic order. Be warned. Avoid Plusnet if you value your sanity

Comment on TalkTalk by steve

steve — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:15 +0000

i left talk talk and now get calls from them saying they are from Microsoft

Comment on Connecting to a VPN through Orange broadband? by Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:57:53 +0000

Have exactly the same problem, and had exactly the same conversation with tech support…

Comment on Do you have any experinece with talktalk landline and broadband? by steve lane

steve lane — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:57:45 +0000

i have been with bt for years and very happy with them,in april 2010 my wife answered the door to a chap from talk talk,,big mistake,he signed us up for calls and broadband but we allready had a contract with bt so after 3 days we cacelled with talk talk no problem they said,the only problem was they never took our cancerlation over the phone and everthing was cut off,,then 4 months later i was fighting with bayliffs from up north who said they wanted 250 pounds for talk talk,never again will i touch these cowboys,i stuck to my guns and paid nothing and stayed at bt