Thanks SD its good to know I'm not alone.
But Miracles occasionally occur its suddenly started to work OK.
Could it have possibly been because of the e-mail to NTL ( to which they responded with a please phone.....)?
Could it have been an impossibly long time for NTL servers to replicate addresses.?
or just luck.
So Wifes happy, and ive got time back to browse Pprune.
Cheers All
Ricity