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Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:22 am
by Slartibartfast
Para wrote:by the looks of it i should have my new broadband installed about the end of April !

lets hope it works !
Yes BT have announced a press statment saying this shall be installed by 1st April
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:44 pm
by MudShark
thanks for that, but my office is at my workshop near Ballater which is 23 miles from my house !
Ah fek!
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:59 pm
by MudShark
Here is some news regarding BET:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/0 ... -tech.html
I like the bit -
"It is seen as too expensive, to the point where it is not dissimilar in price, if you need 15 users in an exchange to sign up [BT's estimated minimum requirement figure], to the installation cost of running fibre into the area."
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:34 pm
by MudShark
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:14 pm
by Para
well i got all my details prosessed yesterday and i should be connected the first week in May, in regards to the cost, considering where i live and compared to Satillite Broadband its very cheap, BET has cost me £136.20 connection fee and then £18 per month after that for (alegedly) 2Mb connection (i will belive that when i see it)
the satillite cost me £476 connection fee and £28 per month for 512Kb speed, the reliability is shocking and the connection rarely exceeds 16-34Kbs !! Just Gash !!
I wait with baited breath....................
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:16 am
by Gavac220
Best of luck you old dog! Would love to see ya back in game regularly - Well as regularly as work ever allowed
Miss ya Para-site

Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 7:55 am
by MudShark
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:36 am
by Para
Laggan is up past Newtonmore, but Glen Tannar is about 10miles up the road from me, but the excange upgrade only effects those living in that Glen, so i dont qualify !
still no sign of them switching on my new connection, they are blaming the area manager leaving about a month ago !! FFS !! so long as its installed before BF3 comes out !

Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:43 pm
by MegaYoda
Hang in there Para it will all work out

Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:56 am
by Para
Well supprise, supprise

its BT thats totally fuked up my installation over the last two months but after a monumental row (its amazing what fluent scots swearing can get done

) i finally got some sense out of them, and have finally got a date of 28/6/11 for my new broadband to be switched on ! fingers crossed and all that but i will belive it when i see it, its only two months overdue as it is ! cnuts !!!
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:27 am
by Schlack
Nice one!
just got vodafone to sort out my line, while not perfect, it appears that BC2 is now playable again.
in better news i read on the net that my town is going to be part of a 150meg fibre to the home trial.
Sweet (if they ever namange to get it going, its Eircom who make BT look like Sky)
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:18 am
by Para
Since when did Vodafone do broadband other than dongles schlack ?

Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:07 pm
by Schlack
They took over BTs landline Broadband operation in Ireland a year or so ago
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:42 am
by Para
Re: My Last Hope (for Broadband that is)
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:01 am
by shutteh
oh my god! sounds like a bad movie ...