The grumpy thread

[Partridge]

Mate, it's been just the same here. Been wanting to do my garden all day.

[warren t claim]

Only 2 year old Lurcher's can use the internet. It's the law.

 

Try Talk Talk for crappy connections....... actually, no don't 'cos they're pants (nylon one's).

[eddyramrod]

I don't think there's any secret here about my relationship with Tesco Broadband.  Probably not possible to get worse service.  I've been with Plusnet for about 6 weeks now and still was getting random dropping.  The difference is, when I phone Plusnet, first, I get someone who speaks English, and second, they actually try to sort it out!  They sent me a BT engineer today (second one) who has found what might be the cause (in the green box at the roadside, on the nearby main road) and fixed it.  I know this should probably be in the Grin thread, but as we were discussing broadband......

[dollywobbler]

TalkTalk are so crap they never actually managed to connect us at all when we moved here. Changed to Plusnet and it was sorted in a jiffy. Nice Yorkshire folk on t'phone if you have any issues too.

[Cavcraft]

PlusNet are brilliant.

[Pillock]

Sky broadband. It is acting up!

 

Meanwhile I have broadband for ten minutes every hour. At random.

 

I had a similar deal with Virgin. At 6pm, on the dot each night, it would cut the broadband.

I phoned up, they "tested the line" and said it was my computer at fault, they could fix it but I'd have to pay their fees as there definitely wasn't a problem with any of their equipment.

 

I asked them how they were intending to fix it. Apparently, I needed new drivers on all my computers. They would install them for me.

 

I asked them how they intended to install drivers on a PS3, an Android phone and a Blackberry. All of which suffered at 6pm every night.

 

My broadband started working properly the next day.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Virgin get a slating online, but I'm very happy with them. 

 

1: Cable and Wireless engineer turns up to install broadband internet service. Discovers Win98 PC with no ethernet port and non-functioning USB ports. Spends a very long time tampering with temperamental computer, apparently rewriting Windows from the ground up so we can have always on internet. 

 

2: Cable to house was mysteriously severed while digging in front garden with spade. Engineer came round the same day and made a temporary repair to keep the internet on. 

 

Also got a free upgrade to 60meg broadband, and get it.  

 

 

Would not recommend TalkTalk or O2 based on my experiences with other people's internet. 

[Rover414]

Been with TalkTalk for a few years, absolutely horrible for the first few years but for the past 2-3 years not had much trouble with them. Awful call centres, awful customer services but ultimately a cheap and hate free experience as of late with TalkTalk TV thrown in for no extra cost on the bill so not all bad.

[hairnet]

did lots of research cos we wanted to feck off bt but found plusnet and were v skeptical (finidng out they are now part of bt)

 

not had a bother

 

had slight issues when we moved house but they were v helpful and sorted us oot

 

the sppeds been ok and only had a modem issue once - see above

[warren t claim]

Looking up at the sky and trying to come to terms with the fact that there's an infinite amout of unending space.

[Station]

TalkTalk are so crap they never actually managed to connect us at all when we moved here. Changed to Plusnet and it was sorted in a jiffy. Nice Yorkshire folk on t'phone if you have any issues too.

 

I had Talk Talk in my last house, for four years the connection was intermittent.And by that, I don't mean up for 5 hours, off for a couple of minutes, it was up for 5 minutes, then off for 10, then back up. It took two months to get it sorted when it was installed as it never worked at all. You have to go through two lines of Indian call centre to check you have the microfilter plugged in, before you get to tech support. And it's slow. My mum has been paying 14 quid a month for 200kbit download speed, which is about 1/20 slower than every other service (for more money as well). She won't change it as 'it works'.

I've just got Talk Talk in my new house and it's awful, it can be up for 1 minute to 1 hour and then be down until the next morning. It's up for 5% of the night. Bit silly getting it again, but thought it might be my area.

They are statistically the worst broadband service. I'm going to try and sort it next week, if I can't I'm cancelling immediately and going with PlusNet.

 

TL:DR - don't get Talk Talk, you'll regret it.

[skattrd]

I found the thing with broadband is they're all fine until you have an issue. It's how quickly and efficiently they sort the problem that is the difference between the suppliers. I'm another plusnet fan, as I've had a couple of issues this year, they've sent an engineer out straight-away and it's been fixed without fuss.

[chaseracer]

Looking up at the sky and trying to come to terms with the fact that there's an infinite amout of unending space.

You are Voyager 1 AICM£5...

 

[outlaw118]

Got a medical procedure tomorrow that I won't discuss at the mo, but I can't eat today, and I've got to be there at 8.20 am!

I'm at work on short-time at the minute, and where do you reckon I got sent?

A bakers, a kebab shop and a fucking chippy. Bad enough, but then onto a well known Chicken vending establishment - not teh Colonel - and had a chat with the bossman there in his office. RIGHT NEXT TO THE KITCHEN.

Just got one job left, which I can't do until after 4.30 as the meter is internal. 3 guesses.

A tandoori takeaway. FFS.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Few years ago I had to have a kidney X-ray (that one where they inject dye) and the letter said I couldn't drink anything after 10pm the night before. But this applied whether your appointment was 9am or (like mine) 4pm, which was irritating. 

 

When I turned up the nurse asked me when I'd last had anything to drink, and when I said "nothing since yesterday" she was so pleased, impressed almost, I got the impression people regularly turned up chugging from a two litre bottle of Mountain Dew. 

[Bobthebeard]

Few years ago I had to have a kidney X-ray (that one where they inject dye) and the letter said I couldn't drink anything after 10pm the night before. But this applied whether your appointment was 9am or (like mine) 4pm, which was irritating.

 

When I turned up the nurse asked me when I'd last had anything to drink, and when I said "nothing since yesterday" she was so pleased, impressed almost, I got the impression people regularly turned up chugging from a two litre bottle of Mountain Dew.

 

Mountain Dew. Now that stuff does turn your piss fluorescent green! Kidney dye without an injection?

[MrDuke]

Almost topically, I've just got my internet back today after BT left me without it for 2 weeks. Here's the unexpected twist: I'M NOT EVEN WITH BT.

 

It was kinda my fault (which just increases my grumpiness) as after 3 seperate instances of BT trying to poach my line from Plusnet, and me phoning up to cancel the order each time, I'd got a bit lax and missed the deadline for the fourth time. Even more irritatingly, I asked Plusnet (who are brilliant, by the way) if they could place some kind of lock on my account to stop random twats trying to take my line, but apparently there's some kind of universal protocol that means anyone can take the line from anyone else if they want, and it's up to me to try and stop them. Fantastic.

 

The reason why BT keep trying to take the line, is that new people have moved in next door and BT are simply too utterly retarded to realise that it's not the same house. Which is odd, because Plusnet identified the 2 seperate lines (and figured out which one was mine) without any problems at all when I moved in. The guy next door is on the point of suing BT himself, and he's only been with them for 2 months. And the moral is.....

[Ghosty]

+1 for TalkTalk being fucking awful, the router was bollocksed, my mum's that fucking clueless she renewed a 2 year contract to get a new one for nothing. I complain constantly of crap connection and nothing becomes of it. I'm in my bedroom, and I get kicked off the internet if someone closer to the router goes on it, and if I'm on it, then my mum can't get on it, etc.

[Bobthebeard]

I'm in my bedroom, and I get kicked off the internet if someone closer to the router goes on it, and if I'm on it, then my mum can't get on it, etc.

Possibly the content filter is struggling to differentiate between 'porn searches' and 'knitting pattern searches' so just shuts one of you down at random?

[wuvvum]

I'm with Talktalk and it's been pretty reliable - the one time it died turned out to be a knackered wire from the junction box to the 'phone socket, although I had to figure that one out for myself as the Talktalk engineer didn't spot it.  It's not the fastest download speed but it's adequate for my needs.  All my computers are wired in with f*ck off great long ethernet cables though as I don't trust the wireless signal.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

PlusNet is ace, I seem to have to give them £50+ most months though

[garbaldy]

many years ago I joined homecall with unlimited broadband free calls and line rental at £21.50 per month  pipex then bought them out and left me alone,   when talk talk bought them they slapped my package up to £36 per month and limited my broadband twats,

many calls later I sacked them of for bt who are just as bad. 

next month I am free to change provider so will be looking at plusnet.

[skattrd]

PlusNet is ace, I seem to have to give them £50+ most months though

 

How come Boll? I have line rental and negotiated my BB down to half price last year, so pay £22 a month for line rental and unlimited BB

[Bobthebeard]

PlusNet is ace, I seem to have to give them £50+ most months though

Professional Yorkshiremen you know...

[Bobthebeard]

many years ago I joined homecall with unlimited broadband free calls and line rental at £21.50 per month. When talk talk bought them they slapped my package up to £36 per month and limited my broadband twats.

RedTube or Xgerbil?

[MrDuke]

How come Boll? I have line rental and negotiated my BB down to half price last year, so pay £22 a month for line rental and unlimited BB

 

I haven't done any negotiating, and still only pay £36 for free national calls and unlimited porn broadband. Although to be fair, even if Plusnet were massively overpriced and unreliable, I'd still be with them simply due to the fact that I can phone them up and talk to someone who understands exactly what I'm on about. OMG I R RACIALIST!!!11!!1!!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm with you on that MrDuke, I have always found them very good to deal with. I think I end up paying about £36/month fixed cost for phone line rental and unlimited fibre optic internet, and much of  the rest is down to Ms_Balls ringing her family in France. Admittedly I think the call cost is quite pricey.

[TimothyClaypole]

My van is on Ebay, someone came kicking the tyres this morning - sent an "offer" for a grand less than I've advertised it for, a good start.

 

 

 

 

I'd torch it if it was insured (yes I know it's illegal not to sorn or insure it but balls to that, it's taxed and tested what more do they want).

[Pillock]

 All my computers are wired in with f*ck off great long ethernet cables though as I don't trust the wireless signal.

 

PC World are flogging Homeplug powerline adaptors for £30 for a two-pack. They're great stuff, given me loads of flexibility on where stuff goes in the house and get full speed wired networking without drilling holes or whatever. I even bought an unbranded dodgy looking 3-port one off eBay for a tenner, plugged it in and it started working fine so my TV, xbox and PS3 are all wired through one plug. Virgin in the front room on one plug, now have another plug spare which I'll probably put a range extender on so I can get wifi in the garden.

 

*looks at the weather*

 

perhaps next year it'll be useful.

[richardthestag]

powerline stuff is awesome. I bought WD 4 way kit which sorts out telly, pvr and youview. PLUS I used an old wireless router as a range extender so I can get porn internetz in the shed.

 

only issue I had was to keep the two units on the same ring main. they were unreliable when running through the manky old fusebox. house has been rewired since so may not be such an issue any more. the manual also suggests that the need a dedicated wall socket rather than an extension lead. I had spare sockets so not an issue for me.