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Old April 9th 10, 01:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Shane,

I'm so pleased to read that you seem to have tamed your connection. I was
convinced your problem was somewhere between your router and the exchange
with an internal wiring problem being the more likely rather than one with
your ISP or the DNS servers you are using.

I agree with you about the idiocy of Be There launching a new product Be
Value with exactly the same name as one of their existing offerings,
especially so given their failure to let customers know of the new cheaper
option albeit one with download limits. Sadly Be are not alone in this
respect, such bad habits seem endemic amongst service companies, not just
ISPs but also electricity and gas suppliers as well. I've seen hints of
further changes with Be Value from the end of the month but haven't a clue
as to what these may be but it could be no more than that may just be the
date when they intend implementing the Be Value download limit (currently
not enabled).
--
Mike


Big Monkey Man wrote:

Mike,

Since this was aired here. I hadn't posted it here as I was waiting
for some activity - of some description - it seeming a bit pointless
if no-one is going to see it. However, as I have now reached the
conclusion, for the benefit of other readers: yes, you were right,
Mike, it appears to have had nothing to do with DNS servers. The
router has been upstairs, at the main telecom jack, for a week and
has remained active the entire time.
Also rather than ditching Be I have swallowed my pride and simply
switched tariffs. Basically instead of paying £13 p.m. with no
traffic limit, now I'm paying £7.50 p.m. with a 40GB limit - which I
will never exceed or even approach.