Unreliable internet connection at 10 quid a month

Advantages: free email and webhosting, sites improved
Disadvantages: pretty poor connection at times - that or it didnt like me!

...I had BT Internet for several months. It was reliable for a long time, and free much to my dad's relief! However it suddenly took a nose-dive for no apparent reason. In fact, I downloaded it onto my mates computer and it worked flawlessly on his computer whereas I couldnt get it to stream and give a reliable connection! In fact, sometimes he would connect to my connection at the same time as me so we would both be using my account, which worried me that someone could get onto your account without you knowing and BT had no facilities to stop it (Im talking about situations unlike mine where I willingly allowed my friend to use the connection, but like fraud for instance). Other than that, BT email and the services provided by the home page were OK but fairly limited until they redesigned and revamped the site. Thank goodness as it took so...

judithritchie 27.12.2000 · Read review
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Connect Four

Advantages: fun, strategic, cheap, suitable for all ages
Disadvantages: none

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connect Four ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 7 years old I was playing connect four with my brother and yesterday, aged 18 I played connect four with my youngest brother and still thoroughly enjoyed it! Connect four has been going for years and is a game of strategy for two players. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The actual game consists of a vertical board made from blue plastic, which has six slots running down through the centre of it where the counters can be dropped. The board has 42 circular holes in it where you can see the counters that have been dropped in through the top. To keep the board standing up there are two blue plastic legs which can be slotted on to each side of the board. Some versions of the game have the legs already attached. Many versions of the game have a flap...

ilusvm 09.09.2005 · Read review
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Connections

Advantages: A Good Read and Not too Heavy
Disadvantages: Not an addictive read

...Sheila O'Flanagan is a popular Irish writer who has written a lot of popular novels. Her novels are normally one long continuous story. 'Connections' is different as it is a collection of stories, all based around a hotel - 'White Sands' - in the Carribean. There are 12 chapters in the book and each chapter has a heading of a name and room number. Chapter one begins with Corinne, who's in room 404 and is a crime-writer. She is on a working holiday, trying to get inspiration for her next novel, but is having a case of writer's block. It doesn't help when she sees everyone on the beach reading crime books by a different writer. The next chapter centres around Bree in room 217, who is here on holiday with her partner, Declan. He is 20 years older than her and widowed and he has been to White Sands with his wife. Bree is...

jules.34 21.08.2006 · Read review
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CONNECT 4 - SIMPLE BUT GENIUS!!

Advantages: QUICK TO SET UP AND QUICK TO PUT AWAY
Disadvantages: ONLY FOR TWO PLAYERS

...CONNECT 4 Sometimes the simplest of games give the most pleasure and after playing Connect 4 with my children today I thought that I would review it. THE GAME ITSELF The game is made up of red and yellow counters and a simple blue plastic grid. The game is for two players and each player chooses one of the colours. The object of the game is to then slot the counters in the grid (it houses 42 counters as a maximum) at the top (taking turns) and the first player to get four counters in a straight line wins. The line can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, but the row must be uninterrupted. Of course, whilst you are trying to get your four in a row, you are at the same time trying to block your opponent from achieving the same thing. What I like most about the game is that very young children can master it (I would say age 4...

LAURALILIA 19.03.2009 · Read review
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connect 4

Advantages: great classic game
Disadvantages: boring after a while

...This is the classic counter game for two players, the aim of the game is for those players to compete against each other taking it in turns to try to be the first to connect four counters together. Players take it in turns to use the yellow and red counters and placing them into the grid to form a straight line of four in a row, vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Who ever gets the four in a row wins the game. Each player takes it in turns and needs to think strategically as to where to put there next counter to help them to get four in a row, but to also think about if they need to block their opponent to stop them from winning the game. The game is simple but is great as it does not require hours to set up and a game can be as quick or as long as you want it to be. There are also not a long list of rules to be able to play...

jo_field26 23.11.2008 · Read review
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Love is there on the internet

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...***Forgive me if the category choice for this seems a little odd . The only other close one was Online Dating, which in my mind ties in with dating websites and suchlike, and really doesn't apply to my situation . Also, this review is probably not going to be particularly useful to anyone - it's simply me documenting my experience of an internet relationship . Please rate it as you find it, but bear in mind my category dilemma *** I first met Phill in September last year. I'd been playing an online multiplayer game for about 3 years up to that point, when I started to get a little tired of always playing with American players - nothing against them, just the timing of activities never seemed to work for me . So, I asked on the games forums if anyone had a UK linkshell (similar to a guild) they'd be happy for me to join, I got a reply...

Thehonesttruth 17.06.2009 (20.06.2009) · Read review
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More Safe Than Not Being Connected To The Internet

Advantages: complete security is in one package
Disadvantages: not the cheapest

...Norton AntiVirus? ? NEW! Norton? Internet Worm Protection stops certain damaging Internet worms at the point of entry. Which is very effective. Norton? Personal Firewall ? NEW! Automatically turns the firewall back on after a set period of time if you need to turn it off temporarily. Norton? Privacy Control ? NEW! Confidential information blocking now lets you send personal data to sites you trust while protecting you from sending it to sites you don't. This function allows the user to configure each website individually, so some site can access information if YOU wish them to. Very useful as many user site's will not display correctly without this useful minor alteration. Norton AntiSpam? ? NEW! Filters email coming to Yahoo!® Mail accounts. ? NEW! Helps detect and filter fraudulent and explicit email...

roy.jennings1 01.02.2005 (18.03.2005) · Read review
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Can you connect.

Advantages: good game , durable.
Disadvantages: might get boring after played a few times

...In the 1920's two brothers created a company selling textile remnants. They soon started making and selling pencil cases and things for schools. This company was Hasbro. Over the years Hasbro purchased various other toy companies. Working with children for many a year I have played with lots of Hasbro toys. I was in the playground at work this week and joined in a game of connect four on the giant garden edition of this game. A large garden connects four /four in the row is made by a couple of other manufactures but ours is the Hasbro one. Product description . ~~~~~~~~ The giant connect four is a giant edition of the smaller table top toy. It is a large plastic toy. It is 1.1 metre tall. The main playing frame is a blue colour. This is slotted at the top so that you can post the discs in it. There are 7 rows of 6 round...

mumsymary 03.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Giant Garden Connect Four

talk talk internet connection

Advantages: ok when on line
Disadvantages: sometimes difficult to log on

...I signed up to Talk Talks all in one broad band and phone package after starting out on dial up with them 14 months ago.I shall try to keep my review as honest and as impartial as possible , firstly the phone land line has not been a problem at all,everything running smoothly on that front,the problem has lied basically with the access to the internet connection,for example dropping off line etc ,but I suppose this happens with all I.S.Ps.the main obstacle I have had to overcome is the connection to the internet this has been a real pain at times,to keep the story fairly concise I have been on to their tech people a few times re connection but did not get much joy there so as a last ditch resort I think I have resolved this fault (I HOPE!) with the help of people that have more experience on PCs than I have...

townsy37 17.01.2008 · Read review
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Connect 4 is fab

Advantages: Great fun
Disadvantages: none

...I think we can all say that we have played this game at one point in our life, either as a child or with our own children. I perfsonally remember playing it as a child and had hours of fun playing it with my sister, so when my son was old enough I thought it was tiime to introrduce him to the game and he loves it too. WHATS IN THE BOX When you open the box you are faced with a blue grid (very sturdy) comprising of 22 holes and 22 counters (11 red and 11 yellow). It is easy to assemble just lift the grid up and slide it into the base and you're ready to go. THE AIM OF THE GAME Basically just what it says on the box CONNECT 4, the game is for two players, each decides which colour they want to be (its usually a fight in our house to see who wants to be red), then we usually toss a coin to see who is going first and away we go...

happygoluckygirl 29.09.2005 · Read review
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