I'm back with dial up
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Problem is, the only way you get that sort of result is to bypass the normal "customer service" procedure. After several days without unmetered access, I got so fed up with the whole "Indian Experience" that I called OFCOM and asked for a complaints contact at BT, something the Indians were stubbornly refusing to give me. The number I got was a plain old 01xxx geographic code, which connected me to a very helpful chap called Ben who promptly started kicking ar$es. Even he had major trouble sorting things out, but sort 'em he did - and he kept me informed by telephone of progress, even to the point of calling me 3 times on "B-day" to make sure the kit had arrived and everything was working smoothly (it did, and it was).
Now that's what I call customer service. OK, the fact that I've been a premium paying customer more or less since BT Internet got started probably helps, but if I were them I'd give the offshore boys a serious audit, they must be costing BT a fortune in lost custom.
Now that's what I call customer service. OK, the fact that I've been a premium paying customer more or less since BT Internet got started probably helps, but if I were them I'd give the offshore boys a serious audit, they must be costing BT a fortune in lost custom.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by martyhopkirk</i>
Im in the process of sending Jon a big document - bit by bit and I am on 56k dial up......
.... a carrier pigeon would be faster
Guess who is ringing Blueyonder on Monday morning.
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Hey Marty
Send it to me and I'll get it to Jon faster[:p][:p][:p][:p][:p]
Im in the process of sending Jon a big document - bit by bit and I am on 56k dial up......
.... a carrier pigeon would be faster
Guess who is ringing Blueyonder on Monday morning.
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Hey Marty
Send it to me and I'll get it to Jon faster[:p][:p][:p][:p][:p]
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out here in the boonies, ADSL is thought to be some sort of sexually transmitted disease [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] . I have ISDN which with onspeed effectively gives me 256K on a good day and 14.4 on a bad one, depending on wind direction, how much it has rained etc [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] (no I'm serious). Still Yorkshire Forward has given our local guys money to set up satellite broadband with satellite uplink as well as download (no phone required which will be brill), it has been promised for about 6 months now, but should finally be here mid May, all i need to do is cough up the £250 installation fee and 2Mb upload & download will be mine for £20 a month.
Onspeed is definitely worth it for dial up, they assure me I'll still get a speed bump even on a 2MB ADSL, now all I need to do is to change this 1997 model Mac i"m on and things will be better........ on the other hand I need some new tyres ..........
Pete
Onspeed is definitely worth it for dial up, they assure me I'll still get a speed bump even on a 2MB ADSL, now all I need to do is to change this 1997 model Mac i"m on and things will be better........ on the other hand I need some new tyres ..........
Pete
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Carrier pigeons you say...
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt?number=1149
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers
http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/writeup.html
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt?number=1149
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers
http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/writeup.html
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by martyhopkirk</i>
Im in the process of sending Jon a big document - bit by bit and I am on 56k dial up......
.... a carrier pigeon would be faster
Guess who is ringing Blueyonder on Monday morning.
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Marty the pigeon is waiting for you !
Im in the process of sending Jon a big document - bit by bit and I am on 56k dial up......
.... a carrier pigeon would be faster
Guess who is ringing Blueyonder on Monday morning.
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Marty the pigeon is waiting for you !
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Great, Marty, You'll eat tonight!
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So, the menu (not cooked by Gary Rhodes or Jean Christophe Novelli) will be.
Pigeon pie, and potatoes with a dash of LHM, suspended [:)] in a mix of:-
Sorry, Marty but I could not resist a bit of twisted return sarcasm mate. [:)] [;)]
Great, Marty, You'll eat tonight!
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So, the menu (not cooked by Gary Rhodes or Jean Christophe Novelli) will be.
Pigeon pie, and potatoes with a dash of LHM, suspended [:)] in a mix of:-
Sorry, Marty but I could not resist a bit of twisted return sarcasm mate. [:)] [;)]
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I tried this link http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/
first time I got 956.6 kbps, my broadband rocks[:D]
Stewart
first time I got 956.6 kbps, my broadband rocks[:D]
Stewart