Hi there,

Sorry you're having this problem. Can you PM me your line number and contact details please and I'll follow up with Tech?

Correct. It would appear there is no way to configure loopback on it (it's a Belkin F5D7633uk4a ADSL2+) that's given me no issues in the 10 years it's been on the line, apart from one dodgy firmware that Belkin pushed out. I had to return it to them under warranty. The firmware since then has been rock solid.

As for accessing via VPN, I'd have to hunt down an OpenVPN provider that gave a free trial as I'm now out of my monthly data allowance. As I'm now using the Belkin router in NAT mode, at least I've regained some semblance of home wifi, albeit WPA, and from a poor location. I'll have to fiddle around with the Assus to get it to operate just as an access point.

Thank you Neil. PM sent

Ah, I used to have a Belkin 7633, excellent modem. I probably still have it somewhere...

A quick search for free VPN gave this http://www.vpnbook.com/

Thank you.

The issue is now fixed. Timico allocated me a separate IP address for the WAN IP they dish out on authentication that's not in the /29 they allocated me. This is as per Zen, ADSL24, and Coms. Routing now works. Many thanks to everyone's work at Timico to fix this.

RWJ

Timico Broadband - Misleading! Censoring! Poor support!

After migration I noticed that some websites dont load, ie one of my favourites torrentz.eu.
Sent email to their 'technical support' - received reply two days later:

"I'm afraid as a service provider, we do not support the use of torrent sites and that is why these are blocked."

Yep - they don't support torrent websites! But still very very many 'torrent websites' load without any issues!

Now take a look at their T&C:

Network Managemant Policy
4) Content Filtering
"Timico does not operate any content filtering or proactive website blocking of any kind by default on our fixed line network"

I can access torrentz.eu from neighbours Virgin or TalkTalk, I did not have such problems when with Coms. Now Timico and my connection is censored! But for those who want to rad T&C there is no blocking or filtering! Trap for new customers? Poor idiots.

Also 1) is interesting. It is about bandwidth management - they do shape traffic all the time. Soon or later throttling to be experienced.

This is just ridiculous, even worse than Coms! How is it possible that such a rubbish providers still exist?

Moving house in couple of months, MAC soon. End of this comedy.

In reply to a post by Jack_14:

Moving house in couple of months, MAC soon. End of this comedy.

Two problems there.

First: a MAC isn't applicable to house moves. Only to migration between ISPs on the same line/number/premises. You will have a simple Cease, which is usually chargeable by ISPs.

Second: MACs ceased to exist on 20 June 2015.

Edited by RobertoS (Mon 17-Aug-15 16:49:35)

You can see only two problem here? I can see more. Ie poor ISP? No?
To MAC or not to MAC whatever the name is hope you got the message.
BTW I have never agreed to any of their t&c - so no new charges here. I was promised the same service but their failed to deliver, even as poor as Coms, Timico is even worse!

Its a month contract so you can leave whenever you want if you arent happy.

are you sure the torrent website isn't down from the websites side? i have used many torrent sites since the switch over and haven't had any problems.

seems strange because if their official stance was that they didn't support torrent sites they would have blocked more than just 1 of them

infact my torrent speeds have greatly increased in the last couple of weeks, steam downloads too. under coms it seemed like whenever i hit my peak speed, it would dip down into the 500s and then crawl back up, down again, etc. timico are very stable at the highest possible speeds. not sure if that has anything to do with the switch or not but its certainly noticeable