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Comment on How to fix Apple Mighty Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems by Ken Fukami

Ken Fukami — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:57:34 +0000

Well, it took me 5 minutes and just before I give up IT WORKED!!! Great tip, amazing. Many thanks!!!

Comment on Sky Broadband Username and Password by Stephen Procter

Stephen Procter — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:22:20 +0000

As an IT Consultant working for many businesses and home users, I am amazed by the fact that Sky still have this in place. An end user should be able to use whatever modem they want on their line, all Sky have to do is say they will not support 3rd party routyers SIMPLE!! BT, Zen, Virgin, Vispa etc all do this but Sky being Sky, they want to control the world!

I have advised 11 of my customers to leave Sky and move to BT so they use Viglen Routers on their networks.
So Sky will be losing out and I will be telling ALL my customers to do the same if this stupid block continues!

Comment on How to fix Apple Mighty Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems by Mike

Mike — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:46:36 +0000

Worked a treat! Saved me a trip to the Apple Store.

Comment on TalkTalk Is Bad For Your Health by rachael

rachael — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:19:17 +0000

i have only had talktalk since the 8th of july 2011 and to begin with my broadband went live on the 8th but my router wasnt sent to me til the 11th july as they FORGOT to order it!! my secon issue came when i got my first bill. as i was anew customer i took the offer of a free new line saving myself 50 quid. as i have 3 young children it was ideal as i dont always have 50 qid to spare for a new line. however upon checking my bill they had charged and taken the 50 pound!!! i now apparently have to wait 7 days for a refund of money they never should have taken. all this in only 4 weeks of being a customer and i wish i had never bothered and gone with the slightly dearer option of Sky!!!!

Comment on Sky Broadband Username and Password by duftam

duftam — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:54:27 +0000

I understand why Sky want to make it as simple as possible for the user and for them selves (no complaints there). However many people already have hardware that is better then that supplied by Sky.

Providing the username and password required to connect cannot not be that painful especially if you say there will be no customer support for it.

I know it is currently against the terms and conditions to use other hardware which is why I’m stuck with the rather poor and non configurable hardware that sky supplied. It really does effect my internal network (printers and SAN) and I don’t really want to plug in yet another device to work around the limitations.

Cheers

Comment on Sky Broadband Username and Password by glen jamieson

glen jamieson — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:43:18 +0000

@mike h . Why are you so ignorant and rude . Do you really work for sky ? What is the problem with helping someone just because they want to use a different router lol . If you are the type of twat they employ then god help us . All it is is asking for help but no you come here all high and mighty as if you know best lol . And fuck your terms and conditions .

Comment on Anybody Understand Triangle Math? by tiffany

tiffany — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:23:38 +0000

thank you so much im stuck on the vey same thing i chose not to do that training but then it really started to bug me that it had to be something so simple. thanks for al the help!!

Comment on Sky Broadband Username and Password by Andrei Petunin

Andrei Petunin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:00:33 +0000

Solid. Thanks for the work.

We are entitled to choose our own equipment just as are our provider. It’s a free country after all.

Comment on Using Your Own Router on Sky Broadband by sam

sam — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:48:36 +0000

hi, ive just moved into a house where the landlord is paying for sky tv broadband and phoneline this is all included in the rent. trouble is we havent got a sky router, i have a talk talk issued one and was wondering if there was anyway i could connect using this, it asks for a user name and password but i dont have this. cheers

Comment on Sky Broadband Username and Password by John D

John D — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:40:50 +0000

I’m a technical man, who’s just been woken up by an old non technical friend who moved to Sky broadband, but, surprise, surprise cannot connect with his own router. I attempted to guide him to find the ONLY important bit of info I needed to help him – the user connection name and password.

He couldn’t find it on the Sky information pack, so I asked him to call Sky to get it. As we all know now, Sky refused. I then found out independently from this forum and others about Sky’s username/password/alternative router usage policies. I was amazed/shocked/flabbergasted etc.

Whilst understanding that Sky cannot support myriad different routers (or their own, judging by comments on this forum) I was amazed to find that such information is akin to a state secret.

He will use the Sky router, assuming he stays with Sky; I won’t waste my time messing with the more recently supplied model, a Sagem Router, but add to his network if it proves inadequate WiFi wise. If the connection is not stable he will have to move.

Now I know about this limitation for Sky I will make sure no customers/friends of mine make the same mistake.