NFG

Well done, perhaps a learning curve you'd prefer not to do, but at least you were honest enough to admit your error & I see you have obtained some PPE. In my previous career as an instructor in the RN nuclear school, I used to say there was no such thing as a stupid question... Take care N

Hi Sometimes its your ISPs DNS server not being able to answer requests fast enough that can cause slow downs or outages, if you're familiar with your router config what you could try is set the router to use Open DNS which is faster and more reliable In the DNS settings, make a note of the existing settings then set: DNS1 - 208.67.222.222 DNS2 - 208.67.220.220 If theres no improvement then change it back! I know this works well with Talk Talk & have used the service on every network router I install as well as using it personally for several years.

Much as I despise those No 10 petitions (as if theyre going to take any notice), I did sign the 'Jeremy Clarkson for PM' one! Theres a lot in his manifesto Im quite happy with.

Hmm, Firstly, I suspect the relatively slow 1Mb/s you achieve is due to distance from your exchange, however there are many factors that affect BB speed, no the 50 year old copper is not good but there are a few things worth trying: You may like to try removing the master socket & connecting your router directly to the socket inside your master socket (nothing else connected) & doing a speed test, so if you have a noisy extension dragging the connection speed down then speed should/will improve. Also you may consider disconnecting the bell wire, there are plenty of 'how to' if you google it, the bell wire can pick up interference and is now redundant. Its regrettable that BT have the lions share of the broadband market in the UK, their organisation is clumsy, support is fairly abysmal & slow to respond (unless you're late paying) but generally their engineers are pretty good. For a long time I suspected that BT changed the waveform of their ADSL I had so many clients who used them found their connection problematic or even disconnected until the router had its firmware updated. If you cannot get fibre then perhaps look at some of the good quality providers, which in my opinion (having installed several hundred ISPs & various routers over the years) are: IDNet - excellent Zen Internet AAISP - probably the best Quite good are Eclipse Internet Plusnet Demon I do not work for any of the above organisations, the website thinkbroadband :: The UK's largest independent Broadband / ADSL troubleshooting website (incorporating news, reviews and comparisons) will also help decide on your ISP. The above comments my views from many years hands on sleeves up & other posters views & opinions may be different. Bon chance N

Oh la, my mouth is watering, my mum worked at a museum with a brass foundry & they would do fried eggs in a shovel - the best In another life, we used to bake potatoes wrapped in foil on the main engine throttle valves on a nuclear submarine after an hour or so at 20 revs or so they were fab!

My chainsaw tuition (circa 1970 aged 12) Old school starts up like using a yo-yo & hands over to me... ere's t throttle, an nay cut wi the tip, now ger on wi' it laddie.

Hi I use iskysoft media converter, it may not be exactly what you want but its simple to use and works for me. It runs really well on my Mac Pro with 2 Xeons & 8Gb of ram Video Converter for Mac ? Easily convert videos on Mac | iSkysoft N

Hi A half eaten curry is better than nothing, your son has much to grateful for! I have eaten a lot worse and survived