Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:35:39 +0100 Keith Edmunds wrote: Hello Keith, >Yes, sorry Brad, I meant to quote that bit too. NP; I ought to have used a smiley, TBH. I wasn't annoyed by the slip. >We were without a telephone or Internet for 3w2d a couple of years ago. >BT didn't pay us anything :-(

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread hantslug
On Friday 22 June 2012 10:43:44 Brad Rogers wrote: >  If BT attend and no fault is found, > it's a minimum of £80. Over £300 apparently last time I had to crawl around on the floor plugging routers and cat5e into almost inaccessible sockets. But I don't know, of course, whether it was a more

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread Tim
On 22/06/12 18:47, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:43:44 +0100, b...@fineby.me.uk said: If BT attend and no fault is found, it's a minimum of £80. I believe it's £130. I can't help thinking BT would take a lot more interest if, when they attended and found there WAS a BT fault, the

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:11:14 +0100, b...@fineby.me.uk said: > Well, I did say it's probably more now. Yes, sorry Brad, I meant to quote that bit too. We were without a telephone or Internet for 3w2d a couple of years ago. BT didn't pay us anything :-( -- We're looking for good Linux people: ht

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:47:08 +0100 Keith Edmunds wrote: Hello Keith, >I believe it's £130. I can't help thinking BT would take a lot more Well, I did say it's probably more now. :-) >interest if, when they attended and found there WAS a BT fault, they had >to pay the subscriber £130. That wo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:43:44 +0100, b...@fineby.me.uk said: > If BT attend and no fault is found, > it's a minimum of £80. I believe it's £130. I can't help thinking BT would take a lot more interest if, when they attended and found there WAS a BT fault, they had to pay the subscriber £130. That

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:29:28 +0100 Tim wrote: Hello Tim, >router first and if that is still a problem we will contact BT. Fault >turned out to be a broken line coming into the building so I would of >had to spend my time and money before Zen would call out BT to resolve >their line fault. I m

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread john lewis
On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:29:28 +0100 Tim wrote: the wan side setup nothing else. > In regards to Zen (the above ISP is not Zen) I had a ADSL from Zen > several years ago, I went with them based on the comments of there > good customer service. Unfortunately the one time the line fail > (again remo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread Tim
On 21/06/12 18:32, Rob Malpass wrote: Hi all Slightly ot but something we all have to do at some point... I ask in all honesty - could / should any ISP have been able to do more for me in my situation? Tonight I contacted Zen because (having only had my connection activated a couple of day

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-22 Thread hantslug
On Thursday 21 June 2012 22:55:59 Andy Smith wrote: > So if someone were to say to me, > >     "I know I have a problematic phone line and need an ISP that's >     going to go to fight for me with BT instead of one that will >     just do the equivalent of a shoulder shrug and pass the buck >     a

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-21 Thread Leszek Kobiernicki 1
On 21/06/12 18:32, Rob Malpass wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Slightly ot but something we all have to do at some point... I ask in > all honesty - could / should any ISP have been able to do more for me > in my situation? > > > > Tonight I contacted Zen because (having only had my connection > acti

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-21 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Rob, On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 06:32:27PM +0100, Rob Malpass wrote: > Slightly ot but something we all have to do at some point... I ask in all > honesty - could / should any ISP have been able to do more for me in my > situation? *Could* they do more? Yes. *Should* they do more? Trickier questi

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-21 Thread hantslug
On Thursday 21 June 2012 18:32:27 Rob Malpass wrote: > When I asked him about this > he said Zen didn't support the router (even though they supplied it!) Zen sells routers, but does not "supply" them in the same sense as e.g. Sky does. Though I would agree that it does not sound as tho' the cha

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-21 Thread James Bensley
On 21 June 2012 18:32, Rob Malpass wrote: > I ask in all > honesty - could / should any ISP have been able to do more for me in my > situation? What was your situation, your connection dropped and your router needed a reboot...my answer is no. Supplying you with an unsupported router, that is d

[Hampshire] [OT] ISP level of tech support

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Malpass
Hi all Slightly ot but something we all have to do at some point... I ask in all honesty - could / should any ISP have been able to do more for me in my situation? Tonight I contacted Zen because (having only had my connection activated a couple of days ago) I returned home to find no conne