AOL and connection to the internet

Jamez · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 17.52

Katnap wrote:Has anybody else who is on NTL-now-Virgin found that their broadband connection has gone a bit crappy since Virgin took over?

Funnily enough until this morning I thought that the transition from NTL to Virgin wouldn't affect broadband services very much. However, according to my mate this morning, he says that his connection is constantly dropping and he ordered some PPV event on telly and it didn't work - even though they debited the cash from his bank account instantly!

Sput · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 17.53

Maybe his box is fooked. My BB slowed down a bit but I'd attribute that to the Withington student P2P rush. It's improved since they did some work and I'm overall rather happy with it.

Nick Harvey · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 17.55

I don't suppose Virgin works properly with the old grey or blue boxes.

You'll have to wait till the red, tilting, ones come along.

Stuart* · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 17.56

miss hellfire wrote:You wanna try aol. Mine has logged off/ crashed no more than 10 times today.

I've had AOL since 2001 and never had any major problems with it.

Sput wrote:I've never known a netgear router to work fine

I also have a Netgear wireless router which works fine. As a result I don't necessarily have to have AOL on to access the net.

Sput · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 17.59

I was half-kidding, but only half!

Do you have one of the newer ones?

Jamez · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 18.02

Whatever its faults, the internet has to be one of the greatest inventions ever. I'm still awestruck by the power of it sometimes. Unlimited information with a myriad of points of view.

When I first had the internet in my parents house back in September 1998, I was awestruck. The amount of pornography online was surprising, though! Google didn't enter my conscience until about 2000.

And who remembers eGroups? It used to be really good before Yahoo took it over in circa 2000/2001.

Hotbot.com used to be search engine of choice and ICQ was a must-have!

Ahh, nostalgia.

cdd · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 18.04

btw, as I evidently need a new router anyway, which manufacturer would you reccommend as the best of a bad bunch?

Sput · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 18.06

Linksys ain't bad - make sure you don't get one of the new shite models. If you get the right one (I have one and have forgotten the model number) you can even install linux on it!

It might be a 614. Anyway it's been flawless. Without linux.

Jamez · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 18.08

cdd wrote:btw, as I evidently need a new router anyway, which manufacturer would you reccommend as the best of a bad bunch?

What's the correct pronounciation of 'router'? I say Rooter, but I've heard people call it a 'Rout-er'.

Sput · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 18.09

Jamez wrote:
cdd wrote:btw, as I evidently need a new router anyway, which manufacturer would you reccommend as the best of a bad bunch?
What's the correct pronounciation of 'router'? I say Rooter, but I've heard people call it a 'Rout-er'.

I reckon it's rooter, I mean, it sorts out routes! Those darned 'murkins are confusing things.

Stuart* · Mon 02 Apr, 2007 18.37

Jamez wrote:What's the correct pronounciation of 'router'? I say Rooter, but I've heard people call it a 'Rout-er'.

"Roo-ter" would be the correct English promunciation. "Row-ter" would be the americanised version as that's how they pronounce "Rowte" (as in "I follow this "rowte" to the shops) - PLANKS!!