O well, definitely not at the moment then! Best wishes, Joan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Clayden" <r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 8:31 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: ?talk talk? > Hi, > > I have a friend who has just signed up, and they were told, we will = > connect your broadband facility in June.... > > Robin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = > On Behalf Of Graham Page > Sent: 04 May 2006 19:19 > To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: ?talk talk? > > > Hi Robin, Joan and all. > > Maybe some of you have come across the Martin's Money tips website which = > is=20 > certainly useful in many ways. > > As he says, the service is not free but it is very competetive. > > I dare say it is and that originally the service will work well but if a = > > service is popular it often gets overloaded. If you have been an = > internet=20 > user since 1998, when Orangenet, later to be Onet, arrived, we saw = > internet=20 > at the price of a local call with no extra cost for the first time. = > You=20 > may well remember that often people could not get through because of = > there=20 > not being enough lines either at the ISP or at BT. > > This has happened time and time again. The same thing happened with=20 > RedHotAnt, one of the first to offer an unmetered dial-up package at = > =A35 a=20 > month. > > There were broadband problems with Tiscali, wanadoo and others because = > of=20 > lots of favourable reviews. Plusnet who I am with seem stable enough to = > me=20 > but the company is having significant difficulties keeping up with the=20 > amount of technical calls it deals with. The list goes on. > > Talk-Talk is in my opinion a prime candidate for exactly this problem. = > When=20 > it does happen it will be bad because you rely on the company for your = > phone=20 > as well. I heard someone from Talk-Talk saying they had got 5 times = > more=20 > subscription enquiries than expected so the backlog may take a while to=20 > shift. With the amount of advertising and hype explains this. With = > enough=20 > hype it is possible to sell almost anything. Isn't that half the reason = > for=20 > the so called internet bubble? > > This is a broadband connection that could be used with Internet explorer = > and=20 > Outlook/Outlook Express. I would think Firefox web browser would also = > work=20 > fine. I am sure however that there are teething problems ahead for this = > ISP=20 > Phone deal and would avoid it for now despite the competative price. > > Cheers > > Graham ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Robin Clayden" <r.clayden@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 8:46 AM > Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: ?talk talk? > > > Joan, > > Funnily enough, I just happened to hear something on 5 live the other = > day about them, and that their customer service centres were based in = > India and were getting lots of complaints. > > Doesn't mean to say their packages or quality of online access isn't = > good. > > Think I'll stick to good old reliable BT myself. > > Cheers, Robin. > > [Oh, sorry for the off topic, but Vladmir Romanov sends his regards...] > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Joan Muir > Sent: 03 May 2006 21:28 > To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jaws-uk] ?talk talk? > > > Hi, > Does anyone know if the Talk Talk broadband connection is any good and = > would it be suitable for Outlook Express and Jaws? > > Sounds a good deal but I haven't met anyone who has it yet. > > Best wishes, > > Joan. > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dunsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3D3Dfaq] > ** or send a message, to=3D20 > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > __________ NOD32 1.1520 (20060504) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] > ** or send a message, to=20 > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq