[jaws-uk] Re: ?talk talk?

  • From: "Joan Muir" <wjmuir.twadugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 13:52:38 +0100

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.
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