To top this Ben if you have your own domain name you can collect mail but not send……with me they didn't las two minutes!
Best, Peter On 19 May 2012, at 13:37, Galleon Ben wrote: > I don't know about the technicalities of the issue, but for what it's > worth I would never use BT for anything again as the customer service > and technical support I got when I had my phone line and broadband > through them a few years back was beyond atrocious. Hopefully they've > turned things around since then but I know quite a few other people > who've had a bad experience so it might be worth looking into this > side of things as well. > > Ben > > p.s. I don't work for VIrgin I promise :) > > On May 18, 5:02 pm, Andrew Tett <[email protected]> wrote: >> I know that a number of people on this forum have BT Infinity as their >> Internet Service Provider. I am considering moving over to it from Virgin. >> >> I'd like to know a couple of things before taking the plunge - possibly. >> Firstly, are BT nowdays fairly Mac-literate, as it were? I don't think >> that it will stop anyone from using a Mac on a BT installation but there >> was a time when Macs seemed to be unsupported officially. A question about >> their attitude, really. >> >> Secondly, the Hub. What do you think of it, in terms of its use and >> reliability? >> >> Does it use a lot of mains power? >> >> Does it need to be near the master telephone socket or can it be run from >> an extension? >> >> Can you connect ethernet to it, and if so (which I would expect) how many >> ports has it got? >> >> Can I use an alternative normal router if I want (eg. Netgear DG834)? >> >> Hopefully these questions don't seem too dumb! >> >> Andrew >> (Shoreham - yes, I know that infinity is not officially here yet, but I am >> told the end of June) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
