Re: [GLLUG] Plusnet and BT

2020-05-12 Thread Alain D D Williams via GLLUG
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:33:29AM +0100, Greater London Linux UUG wrote: > Don't even *dream* of going with BT. Their customer service is > beyond appalling. I've been struggling with them since February > when my mother died. Just finding a means to communicate with them > and tell them this

Re: [GLLUG] Plusnet and BT

2020-05-12 Thread Andy Smith via GLLUG
Hello, On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 10:26:11AM +0100, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: > Is this the best that they can manage after so many promises? No it'd all they need to manage for those who will buy the cheapest and lump it. Switch to a decent provider like Andrews or Zen, enjoy static IPv4 and

Re: [GLLUG] Plusnet and BT

2020-05-12 Thread John Winters via GLLUG
On 12/05/2020 10:26, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: [snip] I have looked at a new standard BT FTTC connection supplied with a new BT Hub6. It has both a dynamic IPv4 and an IPv6 address, and is issuing standard IPv4 192.168.x.x/24 addresses, plus IPv6 /64 addresses with a TTL of 10 years, although

[GLLUG] Plusnet and BT

2020-05-12 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
Hello, I have been with Plusnet long enough to know that emails could be downloaded using pop3 from pop3.plus.net, but that failed recently. Their website now says that mail.plus.net should be used, but they had not provided the DNS for that name. They have now provided the same set of eight