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Re: [LUG] UKFSN problems

 

Dave Berkeley wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I've got a broadband account with UKFSN. They are retailers for EntaNet.
>
> EntaNet notified me that they would be upgrading to 21CN last Monday and that 
> this would mean a downtime of 10 minutes.
>
> The connection went down for around 30 hours. You can't phone UkFSN and 
> EntaNet's technical support was poor. They said it was a problem with BT at 
> the exchange, which may well be true.
>
> Today my connection went dead again. Can't get through to UkFSN. EntaNet 
> contacted BT who said that I had been online today (this morning; I had) and 
> the problem was resolved. It was only when I phoned again (this time using 
> their wholesale broadband freephone line 0800 804 8041 - they put you through) 
> that they realised that it was a second fault that I talking about.
>
> Still no connection. Has anyone experienced similar problems?
>
> Can anyone recommend a better provider? Virgin Media say they can provide me 
> with a fibre connection. Has anyone any experience of this? I would really like 
> to ditch those incompetent wasters at BT.
>
> Incidentally, I had lots of fun setting up an Acer Aspire One netbook as a 
> mobile gateway, forwarding my server traffic through it, and using it as a 
> gateway for the home network. In the process I found that the last Ubuntu 
> kernel upgrade has broken the eth0 driver. I also had to route round my ISP's 
> SMPT so I could send email. So I have a nest of routing modifications, DNS 
> resolver mods, NAT etc.
>
> Thanks
>
> D
>
>   
I've been using Virgin fibre optic cable at home for over a month now

Never had a moments bother

Steph


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