BroadBand Plus... Opinions?

Dupre · 19-12-2003, 23:31

i have JUST THIS MINUTE signed up for the 3 months trial, having a browse... what does anyone whos tried it think of it?

if you havent tried it, why?

**Paul** · 20-12-2003, 00:48

I have signed up - and tried bits of it.

Frank · 20-12-2003, 01:02

It doesn't really amaze me tbh. It's okay but I would never pay money for it. Half the links don't work either.

Nikko · 20-12-2003, 01:10

Disable pop-ups - disable firewall - re configure antivirus and some of the sites might allow you to form an opinion

Frank · 20-12-2003, 12:18

I may, after significant effort, do all those things and it may work. But why should I disable my firewall, it's there for protection. If the website doesn't work with a firewall then there should be clear notices about which ports to open to access the content, or it should be made so it works with antivirus software.

If a paying customer can be bothered to do all that stuff and fiddle about to get it to work I will be very suprised. It should work straigh away in most cases.

And imagine a noob. Like they are going to be able disable their firewall/anti-virus/.popup killer to view this site and then re-enable it after so they are secure.

th'engineer · 20-12-2003, 12:48

It works with my Nat router and zone alarm on each pc

MikeyB · 20-12-2003, 15:22

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Originally Posted by Nikko

Disable pop-ups - disable firewall - re configure antivirus and some of the sites might allow you to form an opinion

Only had to allow pop-ups from the broadband plus pages, never touched my firewall or av.

It looks pretty good to me, signed up for the 3 month trial about a week ago

Soto · 20-12-2003, 15:34

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Originally Posted by MikeyB

Only had to allow pop-ups from the broadband plus pages, never touched my firewall or av.

It looks pretty good to me, signed up for the 3 month trial about a week ago

I've signed up for the free trial also, and I think it has it's benefits to some people - especially those with school age children. But the music and gaming sections are in my opinion a bit pap. As I have school age children I'll continue to subscribe once the trial is over.

Shaun · 20-12-2003, 15:43

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Originally Posted by Keyser

I may, after significant effort, do all those things and it may work. But why should I disable my firewall, it's there for protection. If the website doesn't work with a firewall then there should be clear notices about which ports to open to access the content, or it should be made so it works with antivirus software.

If a paying customer can be bothered to do all that stuff and fiddle about to get it to work I will be very suprised. It should work straigh away in most cases.

And imagine a noob. Like they are going to be able disable their firewall/anti-virus/.popup killer to view this site and then re-enable it after so they are secure.

I had to configure my firewall (Norton) to allow details of visited sites to be passed on to the content providers. I assume the websites of the content providers (ie. Vidzone, or whoever) check to make sure that you have just visited the bb+ site and managed to log in before they allow you access to their content.

IMO the service isn't worth the money and will just be used by CS-R's as a another bargaining chip with customers over their complaints. They currently use the talk packages or upgrades in speed to keep their customers happy when a complaint is logged I guess this will be the next service to be used like this.

asdf · 20-12-2003, 21:08

I can't stand people that block referers. As a website admin it's become really apparent over the last few months that more and more people are doing it as I get logs with referer "ASSAFADLKJFSDLKGGLKJ" or "1" etc.

Bugs the hell out of me :p

**Paul** · 20-12-2003, 21:48

I know exactly how you feel - I get some real crap in my logs these days.

asdf · 21-12-2003, 00:10

Obviously they feel violated or have some other privacy issues.

Not entirely sure why, after all it's not like most webadmins care. I simply only look to see from where people are coming to see why they are coming from there etc. Advertising and the like

It's all good

MikeyB · 21-12-2003, 12:44

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Originally Posted by asdf

I can't stand people that block referers. As a website admin it's become really apparent over the last few months that more and more people are doing it as I get logs with referer "ASSAFADLKJFSDLKGGLKJ" or "1" etc.

Bugs the hell out of me :p

Tell me about it. Our firewal etc at work is setup not to send referers, means when I try out some of the things I'm doing for a new website from work, it doesnt work correctly as it doesn't know where it came from (not even if it's come from my ouw site)

And no, I'm not the person who sets up the security & firewalls!

asdf · 22-12-2003, 02:44

I suggest you find their office and give them a short sharp slap

Stuartbe · 22-12-2003, 18:24

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Originally Posted by asdf

Obviously they feel violated or have some other privacy issues.

Not entirely sure why, after all it's not like most webadmins care. I simply only look to see from where people are coming to see why they are coming from there etc. Advertising and the like

It's all good

Hi M8

I will have to disagree with that one. If a user does not want to tell sites where he/she has been or give information about there windows then it should not be given.

All that needs to be given is vital info like java ver. screen res ect so webmins can make java and other apps work correctly.

What if everytime you took your car to the garage they were able to download a complete list of every place you have been and at what time !! Worse still !!!! What if the wife could print the log

Just my feelings on the subject - for what its worth