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I went via one of those comparison website things, who recommended Plusnet. I went for Plusnet on the grounds of a) price b) good phone/broadband package c) UK based customer service d)It couldn't be worse than AOL who I was with before :)) I also got a voucher - can't remember what, I think it's a ?40 Amazon voucher - which made the deal even cheaper. However I would say the changeover didn't go very smoothly, they say you will have an uninterrupted service but it wasn't. My broadband went off for some hours, and I had to phone Plusnet to get it activated at their end, which I shouldn't have had to do. The phone changeover was fine, however. I'm having problems with the speed (hence my OP) but will wait till the bad weather is over and see what happens then. If I hadn't been recently given a Topfield box, I would probably have bit the bullet and gone for cable TV and broadband with Virgin, however .....

Good for you, wildlife+punk

Thanks admin. Seems better this afternoon than it was this morning or yesterday. ETA: I spoke too soon, that post took ages to submit.

Three have to one haven't so far. Seems a bit better at the moment.

Ridgley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just wondering, with animal rights people like > yourselves do your have the same feeling to your > fellow human beings? xxxxxxxxxx He or she can only speak for themself, Ridgley, can't they. Just as anybody else can. They can't speak for all "animal rights people like yourselves" - or would you disagree?

Investigating more closely, the forum is deffo slower than other sites I'm on. Taking forever to load pages. Glad it's not just me. Admin, could this be anything to do with whatever happened when the forum was down the other day? As James Barber has pointed out on another thread, broadband speeds could be generally slower because of the numbers of people working from home and off school at the moment, but the forum is not just a bit slower loading, it's really really really slow :-S

Thanks Loz and James. Loz, I've been with Plusnet about a month now, they did tell me the line would be unstable in the first couple of weeks, but it should be over that now. Hadn't thought about clashes with neighbour's WiFi, it's never happened before and I'd never heard of the possibility, but I'll check out that site you mentioned, thanks. James, yes that makes sense, now you have pointed it out I realise that the recent problems did start around the time of the bad weather. Plusnet have a speed checker on their own site (though I've used another one as well) and theirs keeps a record of the speed together with date and time tested, so I should easily be able to see what's happening once the snow has melted. Marmora Man, if you have cable you should be getting a very high speed and probably have no need to check it (except to feel smug :)) ) ! I did consider Virgin but for various reasons including price decided against it. They still bombard me with advertising material though :)

Please move if this is in the wrong section, admin. I've just moved to Plusnet, and I'm only getting about 5mbs download speed, which seems very low. I was estimated to get 7mbs, and I've got a new wireless modem as my last one was two or three years old - Plusnet claimed this should produce better results :)) There's evidently no problems at the exchange, and my phone line seems fine. I was with AOL and I hadn't recently checked the speed I was getting with them, but this is definitely slower and seems to have got worse in the last day or two. At one point it was 4mbs. What sort of speeds are other people getting in this area (not cable)? I live just off North Cross Road, in case that makes a difference.

Did do, it was a bit slower than it should be, will try again, running a "second opinion" malware scan at the mo :-S

I can't pinpoint when it started, but the last couple of days it seems to be very slow to load and to change threads. As I recently changed broadband providers I can't be sure it's not something to do with that, but other websites seem to be mostly OK. I've tried in two different browsers, Firefox and Opera, and it seems very slow in both. Is it just me? (If so, I advise you not to move to Plusnet :)) )

Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I even thought about praying, xxxxxxx Crikey, careful :))

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OK, Sean point taken. How about a compromise? > The shopkeeper could put up their poster, with > picture and caption "this person is banned from > this shop". It's factual, so no libel or false > accusation. It achieves your aims without any > sniff of vigilantism. > > Solved! xxxxxx Except I think Celestial was trying to find out who the person was, not just banning them from their shop

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No way Sue, at stake are some key issues. > xxxxxxxxxx Maybe, but it's quite clear after seven pages that you're never going to agree on them, so it's just Groundhog Day every day on this thread :))

Burbage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- As in February, > they finally got the time right to within half a > day only after the snow had started falling. If > the council had paid any attention, we'd have no > grit left and only blocked drains to show for it. xxxxxxx That's a fair point

Seven pages. Isn't it time to stop? :-S

Not ED I know, just wanted to share that I have never seen so many cormorants on the Thames as between Vauxhall and Battersea on Sunday afternoon ... possibly a few flew past more than once, but we saw four all together at one point, and stopped counting at around fifteen :)

new mother Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I haven't read the whole thread. Did anyone get > into "it isn't their fault, they've had a > difficult upbringing" excuse? This one really > makes me mad - xxxxxxx No, nobody got into that, so why bring it up?

Probably been moved to the lounge because Ivydale Road isn't in ED? (or is it?) Hope your partner's OK Tam

I agree with the OP. I've never seen the programme and have no wish to - not because of animal cruelty but because I can't bear this sleb culture. But it seems to me that there's a huge difference between for example eating insects because otherwise you'd starve and eating them for the entertainment of others, which is just vile. And the taunting of the dogs described above is also vile. Surely the RSPCA should be doing something about all this? What are we coming to as a society? Yes I had to poison clothes moths in the Summer, and I've had to poison rats in the past, but I would rather not have had to do it. I never kill spiders, "normal" moths etc - I catch them and put them outside, or leave them to find their own way out if possible.

louisiana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not in the main section, but is this for real? > > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9 > ,578620 xxxxxxxx I was very tempted to respond to the line which says "You can put it anywhere you want", but I thought better of it :))

People eat out and get takeaways a lot more than they used to. I do myself, though I cook as well (badly). It's a general pattern, not just related to ED. Eating out or getting a takeaway used to be more of a special occasion, now it often isn't.

Yeh but remember the last line of the chorus PGC :))

Hey, that was a bit mean, I was just beginning to feel a little better till I saw that :))

So did the Clock House, but sadly they then finished their last bottle of ginger wine :)) Unfortunately the Gowlett is not very near me. Anyway, I don't think I want to see another whisky mac for a very long time :)):-$

genwilliams Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It would be VERY nice to have a Boots or > Superdrug. No more having to traipse over to Rye > Lane or get a bus to Camberwell... xxxxxxx Yeh, let's just bring in all the high street chains, then we can live somewhere that looks just like everywhere else in the country :-S Peckham and Camberwell are both within easy walking distance of Lordship Lane, FFS :)) And there's also a Boots in Forest Hill, should you happen to live at the other end of East Dulwich. In fact we're surrounded by Boots branches :))