Re: Bloody BT!

["Shmern" <shmern@xxxxxxx>]

Cheapest AFAIK is Openworld....

The HH 15 Pounds call allowance would be offset by not having to pay BT
(NOT) Anytime 14.99 a month

So really you should just compare the 1/4 line rental of HH and ADSL

D.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bloody BT!


> OK, supposing I want to get ADSL,
>
> (And to be perfectly honest, it's not looking likely, as SWMBO reckons
it's
> gonna cost more per month/per quarter than our current costs, based on
our
> voice call charges)
>
> But, just supposing I can convince her it's worthwhile, which provider
> should I choose?.. - I definately recall seing news a few weeks ago
about
a
> price cut down to £35/month, but BT Openwoe's site is still quoting
> £40/month...
>
> Are any of the providers passing on that price drop, or have they all
just
> absorbed it into their own profits?
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "K. C. Li" <li@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bloody BT!
> >Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:47:08 +0100 (BST)
> >
> >On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Paul Gordon wrote:
> >
> > > Also, I guess they're going to try & stick me for a £150
upgrade fee
to
> > > change to DSL, (even though I pre-registered 2 years ago to
avoid
this),
> >as
> > > when they offered me the DSL upgrade about a year ago, I
turned it
down
> >for
> > > several reasons.
> >
> >If you did pre-register bfore ADSL was available, you are still
entitled
> >to free installation.
> >
> >We've had ADSL installed recently and was charged the £150
installation
> >fee. However, when I queried the Helpdesk about my
pre-registration, the
> >person was able to look up the exact date of my registration and
raised a
> >credit to refund the installation charge.
> >
> >The reason why we've only recently had ADSL installed is because
we were
> >judged to live too far from the exchange. But with the
availability of
> >RADSL, our (4th) order was accepted. As it turned out, the
visiting BT
> >engineer has confirmed from the Whoosh test that our line loss is
actually
> >within the original ADSL limits.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Kwong Li
> >li@xxxxxxx
> >Laser Business Systems Ltd.
> >http://www.laser.com
> >
>
>
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