Time to SORT the network ntl - Page 3

purenuman · 23-02-2005, 22:05

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

Yes, I have noticed that the spelling and grammar of members is getting worse.

aNd wHo wud yeR say is tHe worse-er-est

BBKing · 23-02-2005, 22:08

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A fair few of the new posters must have all gone to the same school as they suffer from the same mistakes in both areas.

That's been true on the net since about 1994 - the common spelling of 'weird' as 'wierd' dates from then and is entirely a net phenomenon - chat/MSN etc. is the place people learn spelling and grammar these days, as it's the only text-based medium people are exposed to.

In the words of a German friend of a my grandfather, to his primary school class - 'Don't you know the difference between a genitive and a plural?'.

Anyway, back on topic. Kits' modem has rather good statistics, online more than 99.5% of the time, SNR fine both directions, power levels spot on upstream, slightly high downstream. Need to look at it again, I need a few sample modems for some work I'm doing, so that'll be a useful one.

Harlow - yes, heard a lot about that area. Not the best.

Ignition · 23-02-2005, 22:30

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Originally Posted by Keytops

Seems a shame nobody knows how to configure it correctly then

Thanks, although I'd like to think that my half a decade working with this stuff would mean something as would the 20+ years some in ntl have.

Perhaps we could hire you and you could show us all how it should be done?

23-02-2005, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Ignition

Thanks, although I'd like to think that my half a decade working with this stuff would mean something as would the 20+ years some in ntl have.

Perhaps we could hire you and you could show us all how it should be done?

Its about right . Out they come with a quick dig then run away. Nothing constructive. IQ as low as a snakes belly in a wagon rut

**Paul** · 23-02-2005, 23:04

Now now

let's all play nice, no insulting each other please.

purenuman · 24-02-2005, 00:37

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Originally Posted by Paul M

Now now

let's all play nice, no insulting each other please.

Yeah come on you lot!! Do as pot belly big nose says

............ Sorry

Stuartbe · 24-02-2005, 01:06

Well !

For the last year I have been in heaven with my Nildram 2mb connection. Everything works properly, The email ALLWAYS works 24x7 365 ! No dodgey proxy servers.

Now I am back at my parents house on NTL it takes 30+ secs to open a page up. Proxy fallover problems all the time and I would be better of ringing up the mail recipient and giving him the email in binary than relying on the NTL email servers...

Oh how I miss my Nildram

I would rather deep fry my own testicles than pay for an NTL connection.

Still - on the bright side / my not so techy parents are looking at changing to an ISP that actualy delivers what you pay for ---- Now theres a novel idea !

Cerberus · 24-02-2005, 08:22

Well apparently according to the Service status the FTP issues were resolved yesterday 23/02/2005. However this isn't the case at all. It's 24/02/2005 and I still can't access my FTP. Please see the attached jpg to see how much cock and bull NTL actually come out with. If they dont resolve it today then I am afraid NTL will lose yet another customer.

Can anyone on here tell me what the issue is and when it will be resolved?

Thanks in advance

I am based in Galsgow using Win XP with SP2 and also using Smart FTP to upload to my web space. Here is the message I get from Smart FTP.

I have also had a couple of IRC trojans lately which have been detected and removed, could this have anything to do with it? I have re-installed my FTP software.

SmartFTP v1.0.983.22

Resolving host name upload.ntlworld.com...

Connecting to (upload.ntlworld.com) -> IP: 62.253.***.** PORT: 21

Connected to (upload.ntlworld.com) -> Time = 0ms

Socket connected waiting for login sequence.

An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

Active Help Link: http://www.smartftp.com/support/kb/index.php/58

Cannot login waiting to retry (30s)...

Ignition · 24-02-2005, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Stuartbe

I would rather deep fry my own testicles than pay for an NTL connection.

I will step up to the plate and help you out here Stuart. I'll be more than happy to deep fry them for you so long as I get to video it and put it on the web.

24-02-2005, 10:16

Time to stand up and say no to ntl, this is stupid, pathetic and damn right unjust.

I've been an ntl user for sometime now, but I have got really sick of them now. I started as a dialup customers in the days before they got round to broadband and offered the free internet. Which when I had to start paying for switch to broadband. Moved from Middlesbrough to Manchester area to study and didnt need net until july 2004, ntl had two months rent offer so I took it up, ntl didnt bill me after two months where up, no letters, no nothing until January when they disconnected me, wouldnt reconnect me till I pay outstanding amount (paid it, but not happy a lot of money ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£37.99 x number of months not being billed) made a complaint via here and contacted an ntl rep (i managed to get my first bill this month) hurray you say, well I was billed for ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£37.99 and then ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£0.59 erm hello. Email not working, service appologing, customer service digusting, anything else?

slimshady · 24-02-2005, 11:46

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Originally Posted by Ignition

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Originally Posted by Stuartbe

I would rather deep fry my own testicles than pay for an NTL connection.

I will step up to the plate and help you out here Stuart. I'll be more than happy to deep fry them for you so long as I get to video it and put it on the web.

I've just cleaned the deep fat fryer so you can happily borrow that :p, its got fresh oil as well and temperature control!!!

Keytops · 24-02-2005, 12:43

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Originally Posted by Bill C

Its about right . Out they come with a quick dig then run away. Nothing constructive. IQ as low as a snakes belly in a wagon rut

Thats no way to talk about NTL tech's... even if it is accurate

Chrysalis · 24-02-2005, 16:39

any idea what happened at leics last night, I think 4 or 5 times my modem kept ressetting and I ended up with a new ip address this morning.

24-02-2005, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Keytops

Thats no way to talk about NTL tech's... even if it is accurate

Who said i was talking about NTL Tech's

Neil · 24-02-2005, 17:51

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

any idea what happened at leics last night, I think 4 or 5 times my modem kept ressetting and I ended up with a new ip address this morning.

What did ntl Tech Support say when you reported the fault to them?