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Does anyone else have Telewest Digital broadband?
If u do, u might just have realised just like me, my family and friends who subscribe to telewest's services, that their technicans/engineers who install these services, do they really know what they are doing or have any qualifications???
All of us, who have had some of their services fitted seem to see that they make a mess of everthing they do.
For example: Question for everybody here - What is the ethernet port that PC manufacture's have started putting on their PC's, designed for?
Of course it's for either broadband
or home networking!
So.... why do the engineers connect your broadband into the USB port, everytime one of my friends or family have this installed???
Why don't they check to see if their PC has one first.
The USB port is not designed for that use, it is for periferals e.g printers, scanners.
I mean u don't connect dial-up internet through the USB port DO U???
I think they need some training!!!
Does anybody else have this same problem with telewest or any other provider?
Thanx
Barry
If u do, u might just have realised just like me, my family and friends who subscribe to telewest's services, that their technicans/engineers who install these services, do they really know what they are doing or have any qualifications???
All of us, who have had some of their services fitted seem to see that they make a mess of everthing they do.
For example: Question for everybody here - What is the ethernet port that PC manufacture's have started putting on their PC's, designed for?
Of course it's for either broadband
or home networking!
So.... why do the engineers connect your broadband into the USB port, everytime one of my friends or family have this installed???
Why don't they check to see if their PC has one first.
The USB port is not designed for that use, it is for periferals e.g printers, scanners.
I mean u don't connect dial-up internet through the USB port DO U???
I think they need some training!!!
Does anybody else have this same problem with telewest or any other provider?
Thanx
Barry
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Barryk wrote:
> It's still better to use some fibre-optic cabling than none at all.
And BT do use some...
> It's still better to use some fibre-optic cabling than none at all.
And BT do use some...
I don't pretend to know it all like u lot do.
i am just stating the obvious, it's common-sense and doesn't need thinking about! i'll quote it again:
It's still better to use some fibre-optic cabling than none at all.
And i can spell, as i have a degree in english language & literature, i just don't want to use it on here! it's just a chat site, where know it all's come to show off!
i am just stating the obvious, it's common-sense and doesn't need thinking about! i'll quote it again:
It's still better to use some fibre-optic cabling than none at all.
And i can spell, as i have a degree in english language & literature, i just don't want to use it on here! it's just a chat site, where know it all's come to show off!
LOL this topic is funny. M()l)E and taka-Q have hit the nail on the head in this topic :D.
When I say 2Mb I do mean 2 megabits as Mb is Megabits, MB is megabytes so theres the difference. Most people dont really use 2Mbps etc they just do 2Mb.
Its funny how you also think its megabits and megabites :D And how you think that the internet is running at 100Mbps which would make probably every university in the UK jealous.
Why your connetion displays 100Mbps is because its connected to your ethernet port, but the internet would only be a maximum of 2Mbps so you have 98Mbps spare if you just use the internet. If your connected to other PCs then you would be using this extra speed to be able to transfer files etc.
When I say 2Mb I do mean 2 megabits as Mb is Megabits, MB is megabytes so theres the difference. Most people dont really use 2Mbps etc they just do 2Mb.
Its funny how you also think its megabits and megabites :D And how you think that the internet is running at 100Mbps which would make probably every university in the UK jealous.
Why your connetion displays 100Mbps is because its connected to your ethernet port, but the internet would only be a maximum of 2Mbps so you have 98Mbps spare if you just use the internet. If your connected to other PCs then you would be using this extra speed to be able to transfer files etc.
Barryk wrote:
> yes but it's still better than BT as they don't use fibre-optic at
> all,
> so it's still better than no fibre-optic at all.
Oh dear.... Someone who thinks they know it all. You do realise that BT have been phasing out copper for a while now, hence ADSL, not ASL. My exchange in West Sussex is a digital one for christs sake...
Barryk wrote:
> nah i don't think u understand.
> when i said 100mbps, i didn't mean 100 megabites!
>
> megabits per second - mbps
> megabites per second - MBps
> I don't think u understand computer language properly!
Alas, the fastest speed you get cable at is 2mbps. 100mbps is the Fast Ethernet speed of your Ethernet adapter (On the side, you can get Gigabite Ethernet now, which = 1000mbps). No ISP proiding to your home currnetly supplies more than 2mbps unless you get a bispoke line, which are design for big buissens and cost 100s of pounds a month, which I dout you have to your house (and that wouldn't be classed as cable)...
> yes but it's still better than BT as they don't use fibre-optic at
> all,
> so it's still better than no fibre-optic at all.
Oh dear.... Someone who thinks they know it all. You do realise that BT have been phasing out copper for a while now, hence ADSL, not ASL. My exchange in West Sussex is a digital one for christs sake...
Barryk wrote:
> nah i don't think u understand.
> when i said 100mbps, i didn't mean 100 megabites!
>
> megabits per second - mbps
> megabites per second - MBps
> I don't think u understand computer language properly!
Alas, the fastest speed you get cable at is 2mbps. 100mbps is the Fast Ethernet speed of your Ethernet adapter (On the side, you can get Gigabite Ethernet now, which = 1000mbps). No ISP proiding to your home currnetly supplies more than 2mbps unless you get a bispoke line, which are design for big buissens and cost 100s of pounds a month, which I dout you have to your house (and that wouldn't be classed as cable)...
Barryk wrote:
> nah i don't think u understand.
> when i said 100mbps, i didn't mean 100 megabites!
>
> megabits per second - mbps
> megabites per second - MBps
> I don't think u understand computer language properly!
To be honest, I think Adrian knows what he is going on about.
And he can spell properly!
> nah i don't think u understand.
> when i said 100mbps, i didn't mean 100 megabites!
>
> megabits per second - mbps
> megabites per second - MBps
> I don't think u understand computer language properly!
To be honest, I think Adrian knows what he is going on about.
And he can spell properly!
nah i don't think u understand.
when i said 100mbps, i didn't mean 100 megabites!
megabits per second - mbps
megabites per second - MBps
I don't think u understand computer language properly!
when i said 100mbps, i didn't mean 100 megabites!
megabits per second - mbps
megabites per second - MBps
I don't think u understand computer language properly!
Barryk wrote:
> and my connection is 100mbps.
Yeah whatever. 2Mb is the most you get on Cable broadband at the moment. Your probably looking at the network connection which would be 100Mb but thats not your internet. Go to [URL]http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp[/URL] and see what you get.
Fibre optic is the best I do agree, but its not being used to any potential as your not getting fibre into your house. It will be good in the future when 100Mb does become standard as the fibre is already in place, but for now phone lines are ok as I pointed out that Sweden get 26Mb through phone lines which is 13 times more speed than the fastest cable in this country. Also forgot to mention that ADSL is actually the fastest broadband in this country at the moment as if you live in London you can get 6Mb ADSL which is 3 times faster than any cable connection at the moment.
> and my connection is 100mbps.
Yeah whatever. 2Mb is the most you get on Cable broadband at the moment. Your probably looking at the network connection which would be 100Mb but thats not your internet. Go to [URL]http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp[/URL] and see what you get.
Fibre optic is the best I do agree, but its not being used to any potential as your not getting fibre into your house. It will be good in the future when 100Mb does become standard as the fibre is already in place, but for now phone lines are ok as I pointed out that Sweden get 26Mb through phone lines which is 13 times more speed than the fastest cable in this country. Also forgot to mention that ADSL is actually the fastest broadband in this country at the moment as if you live in London you can get 6Mb ADSL which is 3 times faster than any cable connection at the moment.
Ethernet ports are for networks, not broadband. Sure, you can use them for it, but you can use USB as well. USB is used more because nearly all computers have them, not all computers have ethernet sockets.
ADSL versus cable is a pointless arguement. They give approx the same speeds and price. Both can scale very well in speeds. Oh and for your information, cable does have quality loss and needs repeaters every so often.
It's a pointless arguement. I use ADSL because this house isn't wired for cable. I notice no difference over my old cable.
ADSL versus cable is a pointless arguement. They give approx the same speeds and price. Both can scale very well in speeds. Oh and for your information, cable does have quality loss and needs repeaters every so often.
It's a pointless arguement. I use ADSL because this house isn't wired for cable. I notice no difference over my old cable.
Barryk wrote:
> Yes but the thing is, the modem has a USB and a ethernet port.
> The ethernet port is made for broadband, this is what i was
> complaining about. what is the point of connecting it through USB
> when u have ethernet port specially designed for that purpose.
> there is no point in filling up your USB ports.
>
network sockets were actually initially put there for networking initially, then usb ports were invented then broadband became popular. they had a choice of two and so they chose usb as silly people can set it up.
I am runnig through ethernet router, for 2 reasons. One to share my connection, and since then i have found it more reliable, quicker and always on.
Things like bt claim "always on" but its bloody annoying having to connect every time.
Other things i have found include. When i was on usb my connection dropped all the time on bt, since i ethernet them i haven't lost connection. Downloads seem quicker to, but that could just be me.
> Yes but the thing is, the modem has a USB and a ethernet port.
> The ethernet port is made for broadband, this is what i was
> complaining about. what is the point of connecting it through USB
> when u have ethernet port specially designed for that purpose.
> there is no point in filling up your USB ports.
>
network sockets were actually initially put there for networking initially, then usb ports were invented then broadband became popular. they had a choice of two and so they chose usb as silly people can set it up.
I am runnig through ethernet router, for 2 reasons. One to share my connection, and since then i have found it more reliable, quicker and always on.
Things like bt claim "always on" but its bloody annoying having to connect every time.
Other things i have found include. When i was on usb my connection dropped all the time on bt, since i ethernet them i haven't lost connection. Downloads seem quicker to, but that could just be me.
why wots in all your bays then?
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