TALKTALK's reputation in tatters
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From: Lemonia. Best Greek in the world
What one needs with BT is the phone number of the Chairman's secretary.
Other than that, getting them to do stuff is, in my experience, (and we are all talking about our experiences here, aren't we??) marginally less difficult than dealing with Apple.
But I've never had the phone number of their Chairman's secretary.
Other than that, getting them to do stuff is, in my experience, (and we are all talking about our experiences here, aren't we??) marginally less difficult than dealing with Apple.
But I've never had the phone number of their Chairman's secretary.
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From: Earth
What one needs with BT is the phone number of the Chairman's secretary.
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From: Bracknell, Berks, UK
Getting back to the title of the thread, I see nothing here to alter any semblance of TalkTalk's reputation aside from the one quote saying they were lightyears better than BT (which is tantamount to defamation...or 'famation' if there is such a word?)
Companies like this are what bargepoles were invented for.
Companies like this are what bargepoles were invented for.
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Well said, Mike. My email is STILL down. TT announced a resolution last evening at 1900. Not for me it wasn't. I have tried everything. Setup emails again but nothing. Its all very well them saying its over but how can it be. Loadsa complaints on Google and I have started to change to Gmail - not sure yet if it is out of the frying pan into the fire but who the hell can you trust to give you a service. Come Thursday it will be 7 days without an email facility. You could drive a train through TT and they wouldn't know it No good asking Openreach they can't reach far enough.
I started a change to Outlook but the complications were a nightmare. Gmail don't help with GOOD instructions but I like puzzles! NOT.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day. And I might just start sending TT some invoices for my time!
I started a change to Outlook but the complications were a nightmare. Gmail don't help with GOOD instructions but I like puzzles! NOT.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day. And I might just start sending TT some invoices for my time!
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From: North Cheshire
About a year ago, I moved onto a new house for which a postcode had not yet been allocated. I had been a TalkTalk customer for seven years. I rang them and explained what was happening. Their Indian call centre could not understand the concept of not having a postcode, so it was a difficult conversation, but they agreed they could sort things out. Long story short, they didn't. I could get no sense out of their so-called customer support team (they did not answer my recorded delivery letters), so I contacted the Ombudsman. They eventually agreed a resolution and advised me. Three months later and I've heard nothing from anyone, so I contacted my MP. Again, long story short, TalkTalk had sent the cheque to the wrong address and it had been sent back, but they didn't bother contacting the Ombudsman, but all this only came to light after the MP intervened. The whole situation took nine months to resolve. 
PPRuNe Pop: I invoiced them for the money I spent ringing their 0800 numbers from my mobile phone and they paid up - eventually! It might be worth calling the Ombudsman.
PPRuNe Pop: I invoiced them for the money I spent ringing their 0800 numbers from my mobile phone and they paid up - eventually! It might be worth calling the Ombudsman.
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From: Earth
aside from the one quote saying they were lightyears better than BT
Companies like this are what bargepoles were invented for.
(a) Avoid all incumbent operators (BT, Vodafone etc.)
(b) Avoid all large operators (TalkTalk etc.)
Go for the mid-sized ones, like Easynet, Zen etc.
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About ten years ago I signed up to Pipex broadband, and I was automatically changed to TalkTalk after the take-over about three years ago. I hope I don't regret saying that during all this time problems have been very few and far between. I do sometimes consider an alternative ISP, especially after reading threads like this one, but it's difficult to justify when the internet just works! Since FTTC recently became available in our area, I've also considered upgrading to fibre, either with TT or another ISP, but it's difficult to accept the increased cost (which I could comfortably afford) when the existing ADSL speeds are still more than adequate for our modest needs. Another prompt was a recent notification from TT that my monthly payment is about to increase from about £15 to £20 per month, and I winced at a 33% increase. However, it is still some £3 a month less than when I first started with Pipex about a decade ago. My package was, and still is, totally unlimited.
Another drawback to changing ISP is that the majority seem to insist that you also change your landline to them. I don't wish to do this because I'm quite satisfied with my exisiting BT telephone package. Sorry if all this goes against the flow, but I can only report as I find.
I do hope that PPRuNe Pop's problems are sorted soon, and just for comparison my TT emails have not so far been affected.
Another drawback to changing ISP is that the majority seem to insist that you also change your landline to them. I don't wish to do this because I'm quite satisfied with my exisiting BT telephone package. Sorry if all this goes against the flow, but I can only report as I find.
I do hope that PPRuNe Pop's problems are sorted soon, and just for comparison my TT emails have not so far been affected.
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From: Earth
One thing BT has going for it is its free openzones. Doesn't matter where I go in the UK I can always find one in most streets.
When you sign up for BT Broadband, what they don't tell you is your router and the bandwidth you're paying for will be used to provide Openzone services to the public in your vicinity !
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From: on the beach
One thing BT has going for it is its free openzones. Doesn't matter where I go in the UK I can always find one in most streets.
Cut it anyway you like, a lot of people think BT's product and after sales support is third world, which by coincidence is where their customer service is based! I've had nothing but bother with BT since I joined them and can't wait for my contract to come to the end of it's time. Not sure where I'm going but am sure that BT can go and
themselves as far as I'm concerned.To all happy BT customers, beware the ides of March, your time will surely come
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One thing BT has going for it is its free openzones. Doesn't matter where I go in the UK I can always find one in most streets
Buy a Fonera Router for a £25 once only fee and plug it into, say, your TalkTalk Router and you've got exactly the same Openzone access plus similar access in Europe and elsewhere.You can also set the Router so you only share as little as 512kb of your bandwidth
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Buy a Fonera Router for a £25 once only fee and plug it into, say, your TalkTalk Router and you've got exactly the same Openzone access plus similar access in Europe and elsewhere.You can also set the Router so you only share as little as 512kb of your bandwidth
Avoid imitations
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Mixture, are you aware that judging by your posts here on anything to do with the internet or computers, you seem to be forever angry?
I use BT and the requirement to allow other users to access your router was/is clearly explained if you decide take the option to partake in the facility yourself.
I use BT and the requirement to allow other users to access your router was/is clearly explained if you decide take the option to partake in the facility yourself.
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From: Earth
Mixture, are you aware that judging by your posts here on anything to do with the internet or computers, you seem to be forever angry?
I simply don't see why I should be allowing a whole bunch of people I don't know to use a broadband connection I'm paying for ... hence the reference to freeloaders.
Avoid imitations
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I simply don't see why I should be allowing a whole bunch of people I don't know to use a broadband connection I'm paying for ... hence the reference to freeloaders.
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I simply don't see why I should be allowing a whole bunch of people I don't know to use a broadband connection I'm paying for ... hence the reference to freeloaders.
However, as I think you have me on ignore, you probably won't see this
