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It gets better (well, worse, actually). My phone line went live today so, as I was told to do, I called BT to order broadband, accepting that it would be a minimum five day wait.
It gets better (well, worse, actually). My phone line went live today so, as I was told to do, I called BT to order broadband, accepting that it would be a minimum five day wait.
Yeah, right. Apparently my phone actually working, and my making a call to BT on it, are irrelevant. It takes 72 hours for the phone to be accepted as working by BT. And only then can I even start ordering broadband. So we're talking 8 working days - minimum - before BT can supply a basic part of its so-called service.
Anyone know any good dial-up services, which don't infect your pc with porn etc?
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Jonathan Sheppard
July 5th, 2007 8:53pmIf you look at their terms and conditions when you have signed up - if you have a problem (which I had over the last month) they have 12 weeks to rectify it! Expect to be told to change the filter on the line numerous times - and even screw the plate of the phone socket off yourself at least 5 times before you even get to speak to someone in the UK. Finally this week an engineer came out to me to rectify my problem which sorted itself out a week ago. A bunch of flowers and bottle of wine are apparently now on their way as an apology.
aristeides
July 6th, 2007 4:29pmWhy are earth are you proposing to use BT broadband? Use Bethere.co.uk - it should be up and running in less than the five days and is a thousand times better.