Same Broadband account works from two addresses!!!! (?)

Dear all:

I am the (happy-ish ) user of PlusNet (2Mb... )

I found by accident that "my" broadband account worked from a neighbours
house,,, I had thought it was supposed to work from my (physical) BT line
only - any comments???

(Found out as neighbour's 16 yr old Daughter had a screwed up PC and as the
closest person able to spell "PC" was asked if I could help (fair enuf.... )

Found 65 viruses (!!!!))) and was unable to restore with manufacturers CD
(yes, I was surprised they had them) so ended up installing WIN98 etc etc...
Doing all this at my house, set it up with "my" broadband to PlusNet... give
the working box to neighbour and 3 hours later am asked "should your
broadband work 'coz it does... " ??

Needless to say I've changed the password, but was surprised that that was
possible....)

Yours aye

Rab




Rab C Nesbitt

Rab C Nesbitt wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> I am the (happy-ish ) user of PlusNet (2Mb... )
>
> I found by accident that "my" broadband account worked from a neighbours
> house,,, I had thought it was supposed to work from my (physical) BT line
> only - any comments???
>
> (Found out as neighbour's 16 yr old Daughter had a screwed up PC and as the
> closest person able to spell "PC" was asked if I could help (fair enuf.... )
>
> Found 65 viruses (!!!!))) and was unable to restore with manufacturers CD
> (yes, I was surprised they had them) so ended up installing WIN98 etc etc...
> Doing all this at my house, set it up with "my" broadband to PlusNet... give
> the working box to neighbour and 3 hours later am asked "should your
> broadband work 'coz it does... " ??
>
> Needless to say I've changed the password, but was surprised that that was
> possible....)
>
> Yours aye
>
> Rab

My Netgear router from home works into my domestic Plusnet account if
plugged into ADSL in the office. I tried this as a sanity check as,
sadly, it won't work at home until BT remove that DACS.
Phil

In article <42e7b0b0$0$92990$(E-Mail Removed)>,
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> Dear all:
>
> I am the (happy-ish ) user of PlusNet (2Mb... )
<Snip>

Hi there,

Due to the way BT's Serivce Selection Barring works, if your neighbour
has a PlusNet broadband connection, your router will be able to connect
from their line to your account. It's only restricted to the realm the
line has been activated for, in yours and your neighbours case most
likely @plusdsl.net

Hope that helps explain the apparent problem.

Regards,
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| Customer Support Home & Business @
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> In article <42e7b0b0$0$92990$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > Dear all:
> >
> > I am the (happy-ish ) user of PlusNet (2Mb... )
> <Snip>
>
> Hi there,
>
> Due to the way BT's Serivce Selection Barring works, if your neighbour
> has a PlusNet broadband connection, your router will be able to connect
> from their line to your account. It's only restricted to the realm the
> line has been activated for, in yours and your neighbours case most
> likely @plusdsl.net
>
> Hope that helps explain the apparent problem.
>
> Regards,
> --
> | Alex Crosby Broadband Solutions for
> | Customer Support Home & Business @
> | PlusNet plc www.plus.net
> +------ PlusNet - The smarter way to broadband ------

Alex

Can I point you at a ticket I raised recently ?
16846325
The answer I got seems to contradict yours.

eric

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>
> Alex
>
> Can I point you at a ticket I raised recently ?
> 16846325
> The answer I got seems to contradict yours.
>
> eric

Hi Eric,

This is because the answer you received was incorrect, sorry. I will
ensure the agent in question is educated further on the subject.

Regards,
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| Alex Crosby Broadband Solutions for
| Customer Support Home & Business @
| PlusNet plc www.plus.net
+------ PlusNet - The smarter way to broadband ------

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> In article <42e7bd3d$0$80427$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > Can I point you at a ticket I raised recently ?
> > 16846325
> > The answer I got seems to contradict yours.
> >
> > eric
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> This is because the answer you received was incorrect, sorry. I will
> ensure the agent in question is educated further on the subject.
>
> Regards,
> --
> | Alex Crosby Broadband Solutions for
> | Customer Support Home & Business @
> | PlusNet plc www.plus.net
> +------ PlusNet - The smarter way to broadband ------

Alex

Thanks for that.
As you can imagine, it makes life easier for me to be able to supply modems/routers
that I know are already configured and working.

eric

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