Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
 Hi all



 Yes this old chestnut again.   Like most of us I guess, I have quite a few
 old hdds and we're now in chuck away mood.   Physically I'll be disposing of
 these in as environmentally friendly a way as I can but destroying data is,
 as I remember, a bit tricky.   I know data can be recovered even if you wipe
 the partition etc so here's my plan - any ideas how robust this is??



 Essentially without a safe data shredding program, I'm going to use
 truecrypt to create an encrypted partition over whatever data was there
 beforehand.   AFAIK this must overwrite what was there with a blank drive
 (not just a new partition table) which could only be accessed if they
 guessed my truecrypt encrypted password.   So at best, someone could only
 ever get back to the blank encrypted drive - not the ntfs partition that was
 there before I formatted it with truecrypt.



 I guess anything's possible but how decent a solution is this?

If you really have to erase all trace of the data, you should really
have thought about that before writing it to the HD.
Normal practice now is to use whole disk encryption.
Then, to erase the whole disk, just erase the key.

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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Benjie Gillam
I'm not sure the TrueCrypt solution will work. Normally when you create a 
filesystem/partition, the tools write out the minimum data they can - generally 
the partition layout in the MBR and the file allocation table at the beginning 
of the disk (and in a number of backup places throughout the disk in the case 
of ext3/ReiserFS/any decent modern filesystem). Formatting your drive rarely 
overwrites all of the data on the drive, it just leaves the file data intact 
and marks those regions as 'unallocated' so that the system doesn't get 
confused.

TrueCrypt /might/ overwrite the whole drive, but I certainly wouldn't take it 
for granted - it's intended to protect the data contained within the new 
filesystem, not the data that was there beforehand. Generally you can tell by 
how long it takes to format the drive - assuming a sustained average write 
speed of 150MB/s it would take almost 4 hours to fully overwrite a 2TB drive - 
with encryption this is likely to take even longer.

You could of course create the TrueCrypt partition and then fill it up 100% 
with whatever data you want, e.g. dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/truecrype/file, but 
this would still leave one piece of data on the drive - your TrueCrypt password 
- so be sure to set this to something you don't use for anything else ;)

I doubt anyone has the resources to use an electron microscope to partially 
recover some of the data from your drive for teh lulz, so unless you have 
something serious to hide I'd suggest that just overwriting the drive with 
zeros using dd is perfectly sufficient - this should erase the MBR and 
partition layout too, not just the data on the partitions. If I was really 
worried then I would then smash the drive with a lump hammer to necessitate 
physical recovery. You are talking about a semi-modern HDD - not a 256MB one - 
right?

Cheers,

Benjie.

PS: A quick glance at the TrueCrypt 'beginners tutorial' has this note 
(relating to creating a filesystem in a file):

IMPORTANT: Note that TrueCrypt will not encrypt any existing files (when 
creating a TrueCrypt file container). If you select an existing file in this 
step, it will be overwritten and replaced by the newly created volume (so the 
overwritten file will be lost, not encrypted). You will be able to encrypt 
existing files (later on) by moving them to the TrueCrypt volume that we are 
creating now.*




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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Benjie Gillam
On 7 Oct 2011, at 09:05, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
 
 If you really have to erase all trace of the data, you should really
 have thought about that before writing it to the HD.
 Normal practice now is to use whole disk encryption.
 Then, to erase the whole disk, just erase the key.


That's a valid solution, but not a hugely secure one: since the layout of the 
filesystem is quite predictable in places you can use this knowledge of the 
crypted data to help you break the encryption, the only requirement is time. 
Other weaknesses include key backups and weak passwords. There's also high 
resource attack methods round the corner such as quantum computers which should 
be able to decrypt most encryption very quickly. Or even GPU farms which are 
easily rentable on Amazon's EC2 by the hour, here's some software you might use 
to break the encryption using these:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/edpr.html

Personally, I'd dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda even though I have full disk 
encryption enabled, you never know what's round the corner. If I was really 
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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Vic

 If I was
 really concerned then I'd use shred (or DBAN).--

Given how easy it is to use DBAN (or nwipe if you want to use it in a more
familiar setting), I'm surprised we're arguing over the relative strengths
of unproven erase strategies...

Vic.




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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 7 October 2011 09:19, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote:
 On 7 Oct 2011, at 09:05, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:

 If you really have to erase all trace of the data, you should really
 have thought about that before writing it to the HD.
 Normal practice now is to use whole disk encryption.
 Then, to erase the whole disk, just erase the key.

 That's a valid solution, but not a hugely secure one: since the layout of
 the filesystem is quite predictable in places you can use this knowledge of
 the crypted data to help you break the encryption, the only requirement is
 time. Other weaknesses include key backups and weak passwords. There's also
 high resource attack methods round the corner such as quantum computers
 which should be able to decrypt most encryption very quickly. Or even GPU
 farms which are easily rentable on Amazon's EC2 by the hour, here's some
 software you might use to break the encryption using these:
 http://www.elcomsoft.com/edpr.html
 Personally, I'd dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda even though I have full
 disk encryption enabled, you never know what's round the corner. If I was
 really concerned then I'd use shred (or DBAN).

True on some points. The trick is to choose the right encryption algorithm.
Of the encryption algorithms in the Linux kernel, does anyone know how
they score, on a easy to hard to crack scale?

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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Damian L Brasher
Good morning group,

On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 09:05 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
 On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
  Hi all

  Yes this old chestnut again.   Like most of us I guess, I have quite a few
  old hdds and we're now in chuck away mood.   Physically I'll be disposing of
  these in as environmentally friendly a way as I can but destroying data is,
  as I remember, a bit tricky.   I know data can be recovered even if you wipe
  the partition etc so here's my plan - any ideas how robust this is??

 If you really have to erase all trace of the data, you should really
 have thought about that before writing it to the HD.
 Normal practice now is to use whole disk encryption.
 Then, to erase the whole disk, just erase the key.

Despite the popular media connotations and mention of TLA organisations,
with regards to spurious data stored on hard disk drives, this issue
shouldn't be marred. What is very valuable in this new economy, is BI -
business intelligence. An obvious example of BI is customer data. Less
obvious is evidence of marketing objectives. For example, after I have
been on contract, during which, if my own hardware was used to undertake
tasks - then the hardware gets wiped or stronger, depending on agreed or
implied NDA levels. Insurance is also a consideration.

Best
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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Chris. Aubrey-Smith
On 7 October 2011 10:19, Damian L Brasher l...@interlinux.org.uk wrote:

 Good morning group,

 On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 09:05 +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
  On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
   Hi all

   Yes this old chestnut again.   Like most of us I guess, I have quite a
 few
   old hdds and we're now in chuck away mood.   Physically I'll be
 disposing of
   these in as environmentally friendly a way as I can but destroying data
 is,
   as I remember, a bit tricky.   I know data can be recovered even if you
 wipe
   the partition etc so here's my plan - any ideas how robust this is??

 If you're throwing it away, a sledgehammer has always worked for me!

Chris.
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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 October 2011 18:46, Rob Malpass li...@getiton.myzen.co.uk wrote:
 I guess anything's possible but how decent a solution is this?


Use DBAN and get on with your life :D

Al.

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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Benjie Gillam
On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Alan Pope wrote:
 Use DBAN and get on with your life :D

Get on with your life after the many hours it takes to run... 

Assuming you're not intending to reuse or redistribute it, and that you have or 
can borrow a sledgehammer: sledgehammer it and get on with your life, it's not 
just faster, but cheaper and easier too, and better for the environment... and 
more fun! :D 
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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 October 2011 10:53, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote:
 On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Alan Pope wrote:
 Use DBAN and get on with your life :D

 Get on with your life after the many hours it takes to run...


I wouldn't advocate watching that particular pot boil, no.

 Assuming you're not intending to reuse or redistribute it, and that you have 
 or can borrow a sledgehammer: sledgehammer it and get on with your life, it's 
 not just faster, but cheaper and easier too, and better for the 
 environment... and more fun! :D


Why would you not reuse or redistribute it once you've wiped it?

I fail to see how smashing a working device up is better for the
environment than anything.

I can see how it can be fun though :)

Al.

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Re: [Hampshire] Data Destruction

2011-10-07 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 7 October 2011 10:55, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
 On 7 October 2011 10:53, Benjie Gillam ben...@jemjie.com wrote:
 On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:30, Alan Pope wrote:
 Use DBAN and get on with your life :D

 Get on with your life after the many hours it takes to run...


 I wouldn't advocate watching that particular pot boil, no.

 Assuming you're not intending to reuse or redistribute it, and that you have 
 or can borrow a sledgehammer: sledgehammer it and get on with your life, 
 it's not just faster, but cheaper and easier too, and better for the 
 environment... and more fun! :D


 Why would you not reuse or redistribute it once you've wiped it?

 I fail to see how smashing a working device up is better for the
 environment than anything.

 I can see how it can be fun though :)

 Al.


I bought a mobile phone on ebay. It works very nicely, but
unfortunately, it contained a lot of rather interesting photos of the
previous owner.
I could have had a lot of fun on facebook with them!  But, I am not
that sort of person.

For this situation, simply zeroing out the phone storage partition
that contained the pictures would have been enough. I would not have
bothered to try any forensic techniques on the device.
Interestingly, now days, it is far more easy to recover previously
deleted/overwritten data on flash sticks than HDs.

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[Hampshire] remote assistance software for blind users.

2011-10-07 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Hi,

This email is in regards to remote assistance software. I am looking
for a remote assistance tool that does not require the user requesting
assistance, to have to accept a connection or have to enter any type
of code. The reason I am asking is due to one of the users being blind
and his screen reading software not picking up acceptance requests or
pop-ups. Do you know of any such software?

Kind Regards

James

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Re: [Hampshire] remote assistance software for blind users.

2011-10-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 October 2011 11:24, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote:
 This email is in regards to remote assistance software. I am looking
 for a remote assistance tool that does not require the user requesting
 assistance, to have to accept a connection or have to enter any type
 of code. The reason I am asking is due to one of the users being blind
 and his screen reading software not picking up acceptance requests or
 pop-ups. Do you know of any such software?


What platform?

For my mum I have registered a dynamic DNS hostname and pointed it at
her machine, which updates using ddclient. I opened an ssh port
through to her Ubuntu desktop and set it up to use key based logon
only for security. I configured the GNOME based remote desktop server
built into Ubuntu to just let me connect with no prompt, and set a
password.

My mum phones me when she needs help. I just go to my computer and do this:-

vncviewer -via mumsmachine.dyndns.org localhost

This sets up an SSH tunnel to her computer and then connects to the
vnc server on her pc and prompts me for the vnc password. I type that
and instantly see her desktop. Easy peasy.

Al.

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Re: [Hampshire] remote assistance software for blind users.

2011-10-07 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 7 October 2011 11:28, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
 On 7 October 2011 11:24, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote:
 This email is in regards to remote assistance software. I am looking
 for a remote assistance tool that does not require the user requesting
 assistance, to have to accept a connection or have to enter any type
 of code. The reason I am asking is due to one of the users being blind
 and his screen reading software not picking up acceptance requests or
 pop-ups. Do you know of any such software?


 What platform?

 For my mum I have registered a dynamic DNS hostname and pointed it at
 her machine, which updates using ddclient. I opened an ssh port
 through to her Ubuntu desktop and set it up to use key based logon
 only for security. I configured the GNOME based remote desktop server
 built into Ubuntu to just let me connect with no prompt, and set a
 password.

 My mum phones me when she needs help. I just go to my computer and do this:-

 vncviewer -via mumsmachine.dyndns.org localhost

 This sets up an SSH tunnel to her computer and then connects to the
 vnc server on her pc and prompts me for the vnc password. I type that
 and instantly see her desktop. Easy peasy.

 Al.


Sorry, I posted to the wrong forum. This is a windows problem. Not
related to Linux in any way.

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Re: [Hampshire] remote assistance software for blind users.

2011-10-07 Thread robert.beattie
... Sorry, I posted to the wrong forum.

I for one am glad you made this mistake.
This is just the thing I'll need to do soon on my Mum's machine. (Which is 
running Ubuntu 10.10)

Thanks James, Al !  :)
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Re: [Hampshire] remote assistance software for blind users.

2011-10-07 Thread Damian L Brasher
Hi

On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 11:28 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:

 My mum phones me when she needs help. I just go to my computer and do this:-
 
 vncviewer -via mumsmachine.dyndns.org localhost
 
 This sets up an SSH tunnel to her computer and then connects to the
 vnc server on her pc and prompts me for the vnc password. I type that
 and instantly see her desktop. Easy peasy.

Neat, funny enough, my Mum wants to invest in the internet. As a brand
new user she is not addicted to the the Windows OS. She will probably
hesitate if offered a dead man's tablet, OSX (my Dell ceasing is a dull
as it was 5 years ago, no duller), she will probably love Ubuntu.

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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread Martin N

This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES

There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:

LLU operator presence:

AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Enabled as of 13/06/2006

So if i want to bypass talktalk in moving ie not require a MAC code 
Be would the best of the three LLU operators?


Martin N


At 06:30 05/04/2011, you wrote:

Hi,
One note to think about when changing ISP's is that if you are 
chaning to an LLU ISP you do NOT need to get a MAC code from your 
current ISP :-)


Richard

On 5 April 2011 00:35, Martin N 
mailto:marti...@bluebottle.commarti...@bluebottle.com wrote:

At 11:15 04/04/2011, you wrote:
Hi,
I currently have Talk-Talk as my ISP at home, originally starting 
with Nildram
and as them changed hands many times (Pipex - Tiscali - TalkTalk). 
It's fair

to say that the customer service standard has dropped with each take over and
while the monthly cost has fallen a little. I'm coming to towards the end of
my most recent 12-month contract and I'm considering alternatives.



I am in a similar boat having joined pipex initially for a better 
service but i have frequent
disconnects with tiscali and talk talk . Their help line is in India 
as well. :(
It would be good to know how talk talk handle the MAC 
code?  transfer to another

ISP. I heard a while ago that talk talk are poor at cooperating with ISP
switch overs away from them.
I dont want to be without broadband for weeks or maybe months just because
talk talk drag their feet. This is why i haven't switched yet.

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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread Martin N

This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES

There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:

LLU operator presence:

AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Enabled as of 13/06/2006

So if i want to bypass talktalk in moving ie not require a MAC code 
Be would the best of the three LLU operators?


Martin N


At 06:30 05/04/2011, you wrote:

Hi,
One note to think about when changing ISP's is that if you are 
chaning to an LLU ISP you do NOT need to get a MAC code from your 
current ISP :-)


Richard

On 5 April 2011 00:35, Martin N 
mailto:marti...@bluebottle.commarti...@bluebottle.com wrote:

At 11:15 04/04/2011, you wrote:
Hi,

I currently have Talk-Talk as my ISP at home, originally starting with Nildram
and as them changed hands many times (Pipex - Tiscali - TalkTalk). It's fair
to say that the customer service standard has dropped with each take over and
while the monthly cost has fallen a little. I'm coming to towards the end of
my most recent 12-month contract and I'm considering alternatives.



I am in a similar boat having joined pipex initially for a better 
service but i have frequent
disconnects with tiscali and talk talk . Their help line is in India 
as well. :(


It would be good to know how talk talk handle the MAC 
code?  transfer to another

ISP. I heard a while ago that talk talk are poor at cooperating with ISP
switch overs away from them.

I dont want to be without broadband for weeks or maybe months just because
talk talk drag their feet. This is why i haven't switched yet.


Martin N


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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread James Bensley
I would vote for Be here or Andrews and Arnolds over a Be line.

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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread Martin N

This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES

There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:

LLU operator presence:

AOL:
Enabled
O2 / Be:
Enabled
CW / Bulldog:
Enabled as of 13/06/2006

So if i want to bypass talktalk in moving ie not require a MAC code 
Be would the best of the three LLU operators?


Martin N


At 06:30 05/04/2011, you wrote:

Hi,
One note to think about when changing ISP's is that if you are 
chaning to an LLU ISP you do NOT need to get a MAC code from your 
current ISP :-)


Richard

On 5 April 2011 00:35, Martin N 
mailto:marti...@bluebottle.commarti...@bluebottle.com wrote:

At 11:15 04/04/2011, you wrote:
Hi,
I currently have Talk-Talk as my ISP at home, originally starting 
with Nildram
and as them changed hands many times (Pipex - Tiscali - TalkTalk). 
It's fair

to say that the customer service standard has dropped with each take over and
while the monthly cost has fallen a little. I'm coming to towards the end of
my most recent 12-month contract and I'm considering alternatives.



I am in a similar boat having joined pipex initially for a better 
service but i have frequent
disconnects with tiscali and talk talk . Their help line is in India 
as well. :(
It would be good to know how talk talk handle the MAC 
code?  transfer to another

ISP. I heard a while ago that talk talk are poor at cooperating with ISP
switch overs away from them.
I dont want to be without broadband for weeks or maybe months just because
talk talk drag their feet. This is why i haven't switched yet.
Martin N


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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 06 October 2011 15:29:41 Martin N wrote:
 This is my exchange in westhoughton lancashire

 http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LCWES

 There seems to be only a few LLU looking at that list which are:

 LLU operator presence:

 AOL:
 Enabled
 O2 / Be:
 Enabled
 CW / Bulldog:
 Enabled as of 13/06/2006

Be a little wary of Samknows, and check any data that you actually mind about. 

I have just checked my exchange, out of interest.  The results were pure 
fiction, and exceed even my wildest dreams.  Even had us able to have Virgin 
cable superfast!!  And did not mention the ones I know for a fact we can get.

Actual conversations with ISPs/BT: When may our exchange be local loop 
unbundled?  Don't know.  There are no plans at present.  When may we hope 
to get cable?  Don't know.  We have no plans at present.  My ISP the day 
before yesterday: You're not even 21Cn enabled!

The government says that the whole country will have superfast broadband by 
2015.  So I have hopes for 31-12-2015. ;-)

But the information on Samknows was total rubbish.

Lisi

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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread Ian Grody
Seconded. BE ADSL lines are less prone to BT provided ones. No DLM for one.

James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote:

I would vote for Be here or Andrews and Arnolds over a Be line.

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Re: [Hampshire] Domestic ADSL ISPs

2011-10-07 Thread Martin N
Less prone as in less reliable on BT servicing the line if anything 
goes wrong and

the included wait?

DLM?
what is that?
Download Load Management? as a guess.

Martin N

At 18:45 07/10/2011, Ian Grody wrote:

Seconded. BE ADSL lines are less prone to BT provided ones. No DLM for one.

James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote:

I would vote for Be here or Andrews and Arnolds over a Be line.

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