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ADSL Helper is now Broadband Helper

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:11:01 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Broadband Helper!

That's right, ADSL Helper has now changed it's name to Broadband Helper. There are many reasons we have done this, some have been listed below:

Most people refer to their internet connection as a broadband connection instead of an ADSL connection, some people don't even know what ADSL is.
Broadband is easier to understand and while hopefully help us on search engine
We don't solely focus on ADSL, we have sections for Cable and Mobile Broadband.

The new URL for the website is www.broadbandhelper.co.uk, however if you have bookmarks and/or links for our old URL (www.adslhelper.co.uk), don't fret, as it will continue to work.

As the domain is new, there maybe a few hiccups around the site while the internet updates it's DNS records, this is normal behavior and affects most websites that make similar changes. However if issues do persist, please inform us via the Comments and Suggestions forum, thanks.

Thank you for your continued patience.

ADSL Helper is changing it's name!

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:40:52 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that ADSL Helper is changing it's name to Broadband Helper.

We are doing this for a number of reasons:

Most people refer to their internet connection as a broadband connection instead of an ADSL connection, some people don't even know what ADSL is.
Broadband is easier to understand and while hopefully help us on search engine
We don't solely focus on ADSL, we have sections for Cable and Mobile Broadband.

The change is expected to take place over the bank holiday (monday) and may mean the site may be inaccessible for a small period, however we aim for this to be very minimal.

The new URL for the website will be www.broadbandhelper.co.uk, however if you have bookmarks and/or links for our current URL (www.adslhelper.co.uk), don't fret, as they will continue to work after the change.

Once the change has been completed we will post an announcement stating so.

We thank you for your continued patience.

Broadband Problems

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:12:23 +0000

As some of you may know, i've been ~~bitching~~ moaning about my broadband a bit lately over in the O2 section, and I think it may soon all be solved.

I recently mentioned how my speed has dropped quite a bit over a period of several months, well apparently one of my friends who lives on the opposite side of the village has had the exact same problem, except hes got to the point where his internet resynchs numerous times a day.

After talking to him today it seems its down to a major problem on the cables between Helsby (where our exchange is) and Elton (where we live). The BT Openreach guy put my mate on 3 separate circuits, checked all the wiring around his house and at the exchange and couldn't find a problem.

A problem was eventually detected on the cables between the exchange and the green street cabs in the village, apparently water his got into the cables and started corroding at the copper, the good news meaning that BT are going to have to relay the cables.

Now along with this I heard some bad news, the Openreach guy mentioned to my mate that the exchange has recently been refit with all new equipment, however because it was done before the rollout of BT Infinity, it's not looking likely we'll be seeing it any time soon

On the plus side, may main I may see in increase in Internet Speeds and a decrease in line noise!!!

Baffled By Recent Events

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:49:31 +0000

Recently I've been wondering why the hell my speed has been radily decreasing. After looking at my line, I saw I was dropping sync..Kind of my fault killing the conneciton on usenet, but I didn't expect a sync rate of 2.8mb!

As you will see in the convo with ash, In the space of an hour, I've managed to get put onto Interleaving and have my Loop loss/Attenuation change like your banging a prostitute!

I'm gonna carry out some diagnostics tomorrow before I go to work, but i'm not used to such low sync rates!!.

Looks like a call to Sky is on the cards...Tweaked on DMT and can only get a max sync now of 4mb which is even more annoying since its about 6mb short of what i can sync at!.

..No doubt I will have to go through the questions of "have you swapped your filter"

[PIC] Half A Police Car

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:42:58 +0000

Seen this on another forum and couldn't help but think wtf?!?

njlouch, on 22 August 2010 - 15:12, said:

WTF? Saw this on the way to work!

halfpolicecar.jpg

Original Post: [pic] Half a police car - Neowin Forums

I suppose they're doing half a job

Sorry, couldn't resist lol

Submitting Your Program Elsewhere?

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:24:31 +0000

As a thought, how about submitting your programs to Download.com, Softpedia, Filehippo..make them link to here to get the file?

May bring in a broader user base?

is it possible to ...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:43:05 +0000

Is it possible to have a list of all the unread content since last visit whether or not its subscribed ? theres the watched content & the recent topics added which is close and theres the view new content but still shows stuff you may already have read but would be handy if there was a list of all the individual posts since last visit that you have not read.

I have thought about subscribing to everything but i thought id ask first.

Whos gonna check this ver for me then ?

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:28:51 +0000

Iv been working on clip catch for a while, even though no one has ever downloaded it from this forum ( well it is a forum for DSL) but i use it all the time and even after im 100% happy with my new ISP and stop using JDast so much i shall still be using clipcatch !

So iv been working on skinning it mainly and a few other things and id just like someone to check it out for me.

ClipCatch_v4.0 Skinable

Skins are changeable in the settings.

Updates to the O2 Wireless Box II

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:28:55 +0000

This is for info only from one of the O2 Support guys over on the O2 Forums:

Quote

Hi everyone,

We�ve listened to your feedback on our O2 Wireless Box II with our 8.2.23.0 firmware. As a result, we�re performing some updates to the O2 Wireless Box II.

Here�s a list of some of the things we�ve been working on that you�ve talked about:

� General Connectivity Issues
o O2 to O2 connectivity fix � http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=238053#238053
o General Connectivity fixes
� VPN Bug (being unable to connect to specific VPN services) � http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=31944
� General Security Updates
� Increased response times from our router configuration pages

To receive the update you don�t need to do anything, just leave your router switched on. If you haven�t received the update in the next few weeks, don�t worry, we�ll keep trying until we�ve updated them all, there�s no need to call customer services.

For more information, keep an eye on our Service Status Page (http://broadband.o2.co.uk/broadbandstatus/view/)

Thanks

Paul

Source: O2 Forums

Bbc.co.uk has had a nice new revamp

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:05:06 +0000

I noticed that JDast was not able to ping to the bbc.co.uk for a few minutes so upon checking the bbc site i found it was down , err i though thats particularly odd for the bbc but within a few minutes it was back up and it looks like they have done a full revamp.

Looking quite good i must admit although im not so sure about the color scheme , red.

but nice though.

More info

Just for you Spencer

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:06:54 +0000

Seeing as you like the iPad soooo much, I thoughd i'd share Apple's latest ad for it with you...

Anyone here still visiting the O2 Forum?

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:08:15 +0000

Just a curious question that's all...

I know you were "banned" Mr Spencer, however I know you used to continue browsing for a nose?

And Mr JackDinn, are you still active on there since moving to Vivaciti?

Vivaciti Family 60

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:35:32 +0000

Well last week i got my exchange over to the Enta supplied - Vivaciti Family 60 and so far im a lot happier than i was on the Vivaciti Home 100 package.

Its been hassle free so far, i got just over 7Mb/s as soon as i connected and although it didn't stay there (i didn't really expect it to) it dont drop that much at all. In actual fact in this day and age im quite happy with what they are providing atm (lets just hope i dont curse it !).

Also they actually have a BW usage monitor , handy, but it does say some odd things sometimes. Im not that worried about it atm as its just me splitting hairs but if there's one thing that computers should be good at and thats math

as far as i can tell (well if i can remember my school days) 1.90 is not 4% of 60 , ehh.

o well no matter.

It looks like if i dont go mad i should be able to deal with these usage restrictions without to much trouble.

All good so far Viva & Enta

P.S. even though the owner of Viva said they were going to have to drop there O-Bit supplied services because of problems with there tech support i have seen nothing mentioned anywhere about it, so was he telling me porkies, i wonder. There still selling it as far as i can see.

Sky TV, do I keep, or bin?

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:33:26 +0000

I have today been going through my outgoings and noticed i'm paying �59 a month (increases to �60 from September) for SKY TV + Movies (including 2 multirooms).

Looking back, i'm starting to think if it's actually worth it, on one hand I hardly watch any of the subscription channels, whereas on the other my parents like watching the movies and my sister makes use of pretty much everything (I even sometimes like the content on Discovery Channel or GOLD).

So as you can see, a difficult choice of whether to keep or get rid lies ahead.

On the other hand, if I do cancel it, it means i'm going down to freesat and that means loosing channels like Dave, Watch, SKY1 etc.

What do you guys reckon I should do (or do you have any input?)

Are they offering any good retention deals atm?

Articles System

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:57:06 +0000

I am very pleased to announce the availability of our new 'Articles' system.

It works in a very similar way to how a wiki works (think wikipedia), and will hopefully enhance the user experience of the website.

With the section being new there are a few bugs, however i'm working to fix them asap!

The articles section is accessible now by clicking on the articles link from the menu above.