UK internet service provider (ISP) Zen Internet have recently launched a new broadband package aimed at people with low monthly usage. It’s charged at £17.99 for a 2GB cap with lots of additional features such as static IP. It’s exactly the same as their existing Zen 8000 Active package, just with a 2GB monthly cap.
Entries Tagged as 'Broadband'
Zen Launch Lite Broadband Package
August 11th, 2006 · No Comments
New MaxDSL record
August 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment
My router has now been synced with the local exchange for 171 hours. That’s over a week without a single disconnection/re-sync. I can’t really grumble with MaxDSL with figures like that. It also beats my record for the longest continuous up-time since changing to MaxDSL back in April
Categories: Broadband
Will the masses ever get really fast broadband?
August 4th, 2006 · 3 Comments
I noticed my local BT exchange has set an LLU enablement date for Be internet this morning. This is one of those ISPs that offer up to 24Mb download speeds. So out of curiosity I visited their web site and entered my phone number into their availability checker. The result wasn’t too surprising since I [...]
Broadband big four fail to impress
August 3rd, 2006 · No Comments
This survey from Which? magazine doesn’t surprise me. Nice to see my ISP (Zen Internet) doing well. They are pricey (especially for someone who doesn’t do much downloading like me), but I guess you get what you pay for. At least I know if something does go wrong I have excellent technical support on hand. [...]
XTE-2005 Update
July 14th, 2006 · No Comments
Well I’ve had the XTE-2005 filtered ADSL face-plate fitted for a few days and so far so good. Installation was pretty straightforward. Unscrew the old face-plate from the BT master socket, then remove the wires from connection points 2 and 5 on the old face-plate and using an IDC insertion tool connect the wires to [...]
Cut that pesky ringwire
July 14th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I’ve read comments over the last few months about people suffering with low SNR on their ADSL line. Some people have reported success by removing the ringwire from their BT master socket. I’ve never tried this idea before because I’d heard that the only real benefit was on the older styled star (or spur) telephone [...]
Categories: Broadband · Tutorials
BT Wholesale releases Max briefing to providers
July 14th, 2006 · No Comments
BT have introduced a blip logic system for Max DSL. Full details available here:
BBC Multicast Trial
July 14th, 2006 · No Comments
I’d thought I’d give the BBC Multicast trial a go BBC multicast trial: Homepage Firstly, your ISP needs to support multicasting. Thankfully my ISP is Zen Internet which supports this. Quite a few others do as well. There were a few things I had to configure on my ZyXEL router regarding firewall rules and IGMP [...]
