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Title: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Snoopy on April 13, 2010, 03:00:48 PM
Internet went off at 1800 last night. Still off this morning. Calls to ISP revealed that they had been informed of "Routine maintenance"  to be carried out at our local exchange. BT told them yesterday that this would involve a shut down of Broadband from 4am this morning until 8am.
Calls to BT from me were met with "We can't tell you anything because you are not our customer"  Banghead

It seems that unless I am willing to pay over the odds for their Broadband services they couldn't give a stuff.

Finally restored at 3.15pm today ~ 4 hour maintenance took 15.5 hours cussing:

Small wonder that they are losing business hand over fist.
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: GROWLER on April 13, 2010, 06:16:59 PM
More joys of the wunderful werld of digi then ey?  noooo:
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Nick on April 13, 2010, 07:08:50 PM
Shoot the Ivy  cussing:
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Pastis on April 13, 2010, 07:12:17 PM
Shoot the Ivy  cussing:

FFS, what's wrong with The Ivy?  Have you ever eaten there?   razz:
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: GROWLER on April 13, 2010, 08:04:13 PM
 Obviously catching. whacky115
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Pastis on April 13, 2010, 08:13:02 PM
Obviously catching. whacky115

http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/menus/

 whistle:    Drool: Drool:
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Grumpmeister on April 13, 2010, 09:03:37 PM
Just a thought Snoop but this may not have been routine maintenance, BT is currently upgrading all of the exchanges to the new 20 mbps network. 

Check this site out and see if there has been any date given for the upgrade.

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php)
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Snoopy on April 14, 2010, 08:32:48 AM
No ~ not an upgrade.

Others have been digging into this and BT have been telling porkies AGAIN!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/livhouse/4517928770/


So you see I am not the only angry person in the village!
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Grumpmeister on April 14, 2010, 06:02:11 PM
There may be an alternative depending on where in Wales this is going to be.

]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8618507.stm[ftp]][/ftp]]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8618507.stm[ftp][/ftp] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8618507.stm[ftp=ftp://[/ftp)
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Snoopy on April 15, 2010, 11:43:23 AM
 angry041:

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Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Barman on April 15, 2010, 12:18:06 PM
angry041:

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He buggered the link up...  ::)

Try this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8618507.stm
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Snoopy on April 15, 2010, 12:19:59 PM
Thanks ~ I had worked out what he was on about.
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Pastis on April 15, 2010, 12:32:22 PM
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BT said it was "delighted to help Rutland Telecom" although it added that it hoped it would allow other service providers access to its new network. "Otherwise there is the risk of a local monopoly developing, which is never good for consumers," said BT Group Strategy Director Olivia Garfield.

 happy001 happy001
Title: Re: B@st@rd BT
Post by: Snoopy on April 15, 2010, 02:01:08 PM
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