Dial up number

[mcintg]

I'm a broadband user - does anybody know if there is a phone number we can use to access the service when not connecting through broadband. I.e. if I'm retrieving my email onto my laptop whilst travelling?

[Chris W]

You can sign up for a Pay As You Go dialup account at

https://autoreg.autoregister.net/

Obviously you will have to pay for this though...

[Neil]

*Moved to Dialup forum*

[Hom3r]

It takes the mick though doesn't it I pay £37.99 for a 3meg connection via a modem that I own (I paid the £150 when I first got broadband, mainly to save the £10 a month rental charge, but this has long since disappeared).

There must be a free ISP that I can use to access my NTL webmail

[mcintg]

You would have thought that there should be an NTL freephone number

[bob_builder]

There is a NTL freephone number for those who pay £13.49 per month for the service!

However, it would seem like a sensible idea to let broadband customers use the freephone number for dialup from their own house if broadband was not working.
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Originally Posted by david.ewles

There must be a free ISP that I can use to access my NTL webmail

I do not know of any completely free ISP (you either pay for the calls or for a subscription).

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by david.ewles

There must be a free ISP that I can use to access my NTL webmail

Yeh it's called next door neighbours unsecured wirless network isn't it?!

Whoops who said that

[dragon]

errm best i can come up is this its not free though think its the same as a local rate call

0845 665 3000

login uk2
pass uk2

how sad is that i can remember the number and login info for uk2.net dialup

[DocDutch]

Originally Posted by dragon

errm best i can come up is this its not free though think its the same as a local rate call

0845 665 3000

login uk2
pass uk2

how sad is that i can remember the number and login info for uk2.net dialup

might be sad but I gotta say that this is bloody usefull info for people that might have problems with ntl bb and just want to make sure that it isnt just them...so at least people can check this website for quick help as in my honest opinion I think that more faults are resolved here then at NTL Tech Support :O

[Roy MM]

Just a small point here do you still need a v90 fitted to use a standby dial up account? i never fitted one on my recent build.

[Graham M]

of course you need a modulator demodulator to use a dialup account

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Roy MM

Just a small point here do you still need a v90 fitted to use a standby dial up account? i never fitted one on my recent build.

you will need a modem. (or as zeph said modulator demoulator, and blimy those things are clever invension isn't it using qam128 for 56k? )


also it doesnt have to be fitted you could always get a usb modem and only plug it in when you want it.

[DocDutch]

well what I would do in case I might need to use a dial-up is connecting my mobile to my pc and have it done through that...long live free calls anyways

[snodvan]

Gents

OK, I'm a bit thick so maybe my question has already been answered - but here goes anyway. In my home office I have modern 3gig laptop connected by wireless to the router/ cable (and there are 2 other machines hard wired to the same router). This enables me to take the laptop around the house and still be connected.

However, maybe half a dozen times each year I have the lappy somewhere else in UK or sometimes overseas (Brazil, USA, Spain etc) and need to connect to the net - maybe to access my mail via the webmail or sometimes just to show the customer some info out on the net eg using Google. THAT need will arise in a week or so.

Looks to me like you are saying go for PAYG access? Is that right? Can that "work" from somewhere like Brazil or the USA.

In the past I have used a connected mobile phone - but that was in the days when the company paid the mobile phone bill. Now I am the company, all one of me, and the budget is tight. Anyway I guess I would need a plug in modem card / cable for the mobile and that is a bit ancient now (4 years) so the chances of finding a cable are slim

Advice appreciated

[dragon]

Originally Posted by snodvan

Gents

OK, I'm a bit thick so maybe my question has already been answered - but here goes anyway. In my home office I have modern 3gig laptop connected by wireless to the router/ cable (and there are 2 other machines hard wired to the same router). This enables me to take the laptop around the house and still be connected.

However, maybe half a dozen times each year I have the lappy somewhere else in UK or sometimes overseas (Brazil, USA, Spain etc) and need to connect to the net - maybe to access my mail via the webmail or sometimes just to show the customer some info out on the net eg using Google. THAT need will arise in a week or so.

Looks to me like you are saying go for PAYG access? Is that right? Can that "work" from somewhere like Brazil or the USA.

In the past I have used a connected mobile phone - but that was in the days when the company paid the mobile phone bill. Now I am the company, all one of me, and the budget is tight. Anyway I guess I would need a plug in modem card / cable for the mobile and that is a bit ancient now (4 years) so the chances of finding a cable are slim

Advice appreciated

if you changed the number to 0044 and removed the first 0 Yes it would work but youd be charged for an international call. (could work out expensive)

you'd be better finding a dialup isp in the country you are visiting, youd probably have to ask the customers permisson to use their phoneline but it would be way cheaper than using your mobile.