Soldato
Just moved into a new place in Coventry to rent while I try and find a good rung to start from on the property ladder. I need an internet connection. Okay, Orange Broadband haven't annoyed me in at least a couple of months, so I'll stick with the account that I have with them (besides, cable isn't an option in this bit of Earlsdon). They tell me that they can transfer my connection here as soon as I get a BT line sorted.
Spoke to a lady on the phone at BT (after a ~20min in a queue) who seemed totally disinterested in being where she was - which I can understand, given the crappiness of the job, but it hardly inspires confidence in the company. She tells me that they need to send an engineer out to check on the wires, to make sure that the requisite wiring is all present and correct. All fine so far. "Earliest we can get out to you will be the 26th of September".
Whaaaaaaaat?
I have to wait twenty two days, maybe even more if any work needs doing (God forbid), to get a damned BT line? Plus however long it takes Orange to get the broadband account moved to the new number.....I'm looking at not having an internet connection until October if the worst happens.
Now, as it stands I've managed to charm one of my neighbours who has a wireless router in his home, he's allowing me to piggyback into his connection. But much as the idea of free internet appeals on some level, my conscience really won't let me leave the situation like this for very long. The lady at BT said I could keep ringing up in the week to see if they've had a cancellation, but seeing as I actually have to do some work during the day I really can't spend time sat in a queue being told my call is very important to them when it quite blatantly isn't.
Grrrrrr.
Spoke to a lady on the phone at BT (after a ~20min in a queue) who seemed totally disinterested in being where she was - which I can understand, given the crappiness of the job, but it hardly inspires confidence in the company. She tells me that they need to send an engineer out to check on the wires, to make sure that the requisite wiring is all present and correct. All fine so far. "Earliest we can get out to you will be the 26th of September".
Whaaaaaaaat?
I have to wait twenty two days, maybe even more if any work needs doing (God forbid), to get a damned BT line? Plus however long it takes Orange to get the broadband account moved to the new number.....I'm looking at not having an internet connection until October if the worst happens.
Now, as it stands I've managed to charm one of my neighbours who has a wireless router in his home, he's allowing me to piggyback into his connection. But much as the idea of free internet appeals on some level, my conscience really won't let me leave the situation like this for very long. The lady at BT said I could keep ringing up in the week to see if they've had a cancellation, but seeing as I actually have to do some work during the day I really can't spend time sat in a queue being told my call is very important to them when it quite blatantly isn't.
Grrrrrr.
