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Kevin Tunison wrote:
My dad has signed up for their "free, but you have to pay £10 a month extra until about 2030 when we get round to putting kit in your exchange" broadband. He was told he'd have to wait until June/July to get it installed!Is anybody on this deal yet?I was just looking at talk talk today regarding their "free" broadband deal. As of today, the website quoted getting me up the first week of August (yikes!). I wonder how the contention ratio is going to hold up with the deluge of customers (50:1 as most). I have onetel for another couple months on a £30 monthly package. I wish there was no traffic limit, and the "fair usage" policy is too ambiguous for my liking. http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/servlet/gben-server-PageServer?ARTICLE=MAIN.UK.TALKTALK.STATIC.HELP.BBHELP.BBFAQ#faqfair <http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/servlet/gben-server-PageServer?ARTICLE=MAIN.UK.TALKTALK.STATIC.HELP.BBHELP.BBFAQ#faqfair> At least they /plan/ to lose money on their broadband business for the next four years. http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/media/press/2006/2006-04-11b So having the plug pulled on the offer doesn't seem likely. You get what you pay for. KevinOn 5/5/06, *Tom Arrow* <bomarrow1@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:bomarrow1@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:Hi, Sorry for lack of communication but I'm internetless. Just thought I would warn others of a similar pit fall. About a month ago I tried to sign up to talk talk and ever since it has been a very long saga. I have been given many different dates from when it will be set up but none have come through. I guess that until the initial rush is over with it is very hit and miss. Any way this comes from school using doze (before anyone asks how I sent this). So my advice is not to try and sign up with them as it will take a very long time and probably come to nothing. At this rate I will sign up with someone else with out a contract and join when they are ready. (8mbps is good even if you have to wait.)-- Tom (the younger)
I didn't mention the fact he could have gone to an ISP on a 30 day contract which is cheaper, has same sort of download limits and will install a darn sight quicker than June/July.
I'm starting to get the feeling it wasn't so well thought out. Rob - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html