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    Anyone using BT internet? Had any problems?

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    I started recommending BT to business customers a while ago. They have some annoying anti spam policies (mail relay whitelist where they check on WHOIS and compare postal addresses), extra cost for static IP etc, but they seem to be OK, not too over subscribed (i.e. it's fast enough), the customer support on the business side is good enough if you know what the problem is yourself and are able to explain things. They're good enough if you don't, but the problem I had with Demon was when they transferred their support to India or wherever, they were useless in the former situation, somewhat condescending and almost totally unable to escalate matters to real technical people, much like I encountered with Wanadoo (not my own, on behalf of customers), hence why I'm quite happy with BT's business broadband stuff. I think though that the residential support might be India based? Not sure. I use the 0845 600 7020 when I need to call them.

     

    I'm with Be personally and have a few customers who I've directed that way as well, maybe more from now on. I worry they'll be oversubscribed soon with their unacceptably low prices and O2 also offering out Be's network at even lower prices. Their support has been fabulous with me during some slightly weird phoneline/number circumstances on my behalf. Very good to deal with.

     

    Oh and Be's multi-static-IP stuff isn't ideal. They bridge your router with their network and allocate you a few IP's on their subnet, rather than giving you your own little subnet. So you can't for example have a nice router firewalling the static IPs nicely unless you do something like 1-1 NAT for each IP and use a private IP address on your machines that would otherwise have had the public but firewalled IPs.

    whats the worst that can happen

    in Supra Chat

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    Hey - you got hit in exactly the same spot as me! Same circumstances!

    You can't see too much damage on mine, but it's the same spot:

    http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8481/46498751gu3.jpg

     

    For the record, the UK spec bumper fits perfectly on a facelift Jap car and is cheaper but doesn't come pre-painted like the Jap ones do.

    Intel Vs AMD, looking to upgrade... opinions please

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    Might as well go Quad Core for the price now.

    Just upgraded by Core2 Duo 2.13 to a Quad Core 2.40 for £35 + vat. Performance increase has been noticeable (and it's so cool to see four processors listed) ;)

    It's a Q6600 so smaller die or something, 8Mb cache. Think I'll test just how clockable it is in a minute. :eyebrows:

     

    Mine is running at 3.0Ghz quite happily. I'm sure it'll go further, but no need to for now. Stock cooling, so it's really quiet ;)

     

    Fargo: I don't know if the video encoding stuff you are thinking of using (virtualdub or a front-end for it?) makes good use of the multiple processors, but I use Handbrake (http://www.handbrake.fr - apparently there is a Windows version), and it happily uses all four processors and compresses a DVD to whatever in next to no time.

    £49.99 Sat Nav

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    Did you add to the basket before logging in?

     

    I had to remove it from my basket, log in and then add it again.

     

    Annoyingly they are only 20 minutes drive from me but you have to get the item posted out :(

     

    hmm. I'll try ;)

     

    edit: nope. This time I logged in first, then added it. I did this from a different machine as well so no cookies keeping me logged in or anything.

    £49.99 Sat Nav

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    I use TomTom on my E51, but it almost seems like I have to buy one of these just to play with .. hmmm :) I'd hate to make TomTom defunct but why not..

     

    I moved to using a mobile because every time I left a proper TomTom in the car I had to fit new windows and hoover out broken glass. At fifty quid new, you'd hope Sat Nav theft would become less of a problem though.

    Which car would you choose - SL55, 996TT or 360F1

    in Supra Chat

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    I would go for the Porsche turbo any day, as I see it as a more normal/usable car than those weird fancy things (Ferrari ;) ). The SL55 for sure is a usable car but it's not taken long and it's already heading into Hollywood Wives territory like the old one did/has.

     

    Only problem with the porker would be carrying things.. if only it had the bootspace/hatch of the Supra.

    damn dealer sticker

    in Supra Chat

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    I dont hoover it, id have to go to a garage & use the vac. i live in an appartment block, looking forward to giving the car a wash, up & down the stairs woo. I take it its not wise to use a petrol station car wash when you have a big spoiler. Will have to find a hand wash place.

     

    Jet wash.

    What sort of attention Supras get

    in Supra Chat

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    Strangely, I generally find other cars to be polite to me when I'm in the Supra. People let me out of junctions and what not. Mind you, I do let people and buses etc. out all the time.

     

    Don't get too much tailgating going on really. No more than in a boring car like the Volvo I'm in at the moment.

     

    Is your Supra all chavved-up? (Although I don't think I can see why that would cause other drives to be idiots..)

    Car won't start

    in mkiv Technical

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    Yep same problem I had, the starter motor kept on clicking, in the end I got it refurbed. I went down the whole route of getting a new battery etc :rolleyes: I'm sure a tech guru will be along shortly :)

     

    He said it's turning over fine. Unlikely to be the battery then I would think.

    fast ISP Recommendations

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    I'm with Be too. I only get 10mbps though because i'm 2.2km from the exchange. I have a customer with them who gets 23mbps and another who gets 17..

     

    If you are getting above something like 14mbps, and you have the Pro package with them (£22/month incl vat) you can ask to be switched to Annex-M, which gives you ~2.3mbps upstream speed over the usual 1.3mbps. I'm a bit gutted because I don't get more than 1.4mbps upstream :(

     

    Oh, you said 8mb is the limit. Does that mean your local exchange hasn't been unbundled? Have a look on http://www.samknows.co.uk to see for sure.

    Result on Insurance Renewel

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    Awesome. Well done. I'm guessing that you're an old fart BTW ;) :D

     

    My claim for the head-on collision in my last Supra is now at £25k, that being £6k for my car, a few grand for her car, her drive-assist car rental, her injury claim and her daughters injury claim etc.

     

    So imagine my joy when my renewal came up the other day and it was £600, that being £50 less than last year :D

    Bought an i-phone today and....

    in Off Topic

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    One of my Wife's friends had the same trouble. I'm guessing i got lucky as the original version seemed to have a lot of flaws. The good ones were good but the bad ones were terrible.

     

    Scott =op

     

    I have to say the 8gb one sounds more interesting. I didn't realise they had increased the RAM like they did with the NAM version, which is something that was badly needed, and I didn't realise the screen was bigger. The screen on the original N95 was lovely to begin with. It's too fat though as well ;)

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