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Re: Getting Broadband

#252
From: M Hilton
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:12
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>>Andy Mabbett
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>>                        Downloading http://*.* - disc full...
>Read www.adslguide.org.uk
>It's a font of knowldege for all things broadband

It is a good site although it tempted me to sign with Pipex and its all
been downhill since then - good job I kept my ISDN on a separate line as
I have spent hours and hours listening to Pipex music while queuing on
their helpline - send us an email instead they say  but they never
reply.

And still no broadband - BT say "it is done", Pipex say "BT say it is
done" but it does not work. How's this - took my laptop and modem to a
BT ADSL home and it works perfectly - bring it back here, will not work.
Friend who's ADSL works brings his gear here and it will not work on my
line - well say Pipex, "BT says it is done".

AH! The joys of "Wires only, plug and go" - with the costlier BT
engineer installation, the final act is the BT engineer rolling up with
his laptop and doing a "whoosh" test to show that the ADSL works.

You get what you pay for in this world and I can see now why Pipex is a
free install - when this finally works I will have paid far more in call
charges (2-3 hours a day queuing time) to Pipex than if I had paid for a
proper BT install.

You live and learn
M Hilton
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