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Who can't get broadband? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:44 pm
ISP review just did an article on BT scrapping dialup. One of the concerns is that there are people relying on dialup as they cannot get broadband. There is a quote on that article: "the CLA estimate...
Insomnia 49 24 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
See updates at the end - not as bad as it first sounded! Whilst I may be old enough to have actually written video games on things like a TRS-80, back in the day, I have never been to one of the LAN ...
Changing the guard 22 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
Not my door key Thanks to the guys at Lock & Key for their help on this. They are being especially helpful given that I seem unable to measure my locks correctly. I have upgraded from my new Yale Su...
Seriously now - apple are pissing me off 21 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
I cannot use iMessage or FaceTime on any of my Mac devices apart from (so far) my phone. One by one they have refused to work. WTF... This will end up with a genius appointment in the Reading store. ...
Free services are a problem 20 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
So, there are a lot of free services which are taken for granted. I know why they do it, but it is a problem. iMessage is free FaceTime is free So when I get a stupid error, who the hell do I compl...
PoE has its day 20 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm
Power over Ethernet has been around quite a while, and there are now numerous devices that can be powered by PoE. This means powering the device over the Ethernet cable and not needing a separate powe...
This is why you need a proper email address 20 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
According to an ISP review article, BE customers will be losing their BE email addresses. Can't say I am surprised. It saddens me when I see companies with big sign writing on the side of a van with ...
punycode 17 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
Proper rant this time. I have been tinkering with EPP and domain registration this week - as Nominet had changed their EPP schemas and broken our tools a little while back and so I had to update thin...
I think the ICO are a tad confused 16 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
In the ongoing case against Deane Computer Solutions (which is going to court, by the way), the ICO are also involved as I have made a formal complaint to them. However, the ICO seem a tad confused. ...
Court ordered web blocks - a tool to break the Internet 12 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
It was obvious. It had to happen. As reported on isp review it is happening. When there is a court order for an ISP to block a web site, like pirate bay, the ISP cannot simply block the DNS or block ...
