| Author |
Message |
|
Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: IoW
|
Been with them 18 years this year.
_________________
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
|
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:01 pm |
|
|
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
There's a list of broadband deals in the latest edition of Computer Active - EE, Plusnet and TalkTalk in that order are the top three for the first year. According to the page, it's from Ofcom, £30 for the first year... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:28 pm |
|
|
|
davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am
Posts: 6954
Location: Peebo
|
I suspect you'll find the £130 is the standard Openreach fee for installing a phone line (or activating one that's been dormant for more than a month or so). It's an enormous pile of wank but any ISP that relies on the BT network is likely to make the same charge. It's certainly worth shopping around to see if you can get it waived but unless you can get Virgin Media be prepared for an extremely irritating answer.
_________________
When they put teeth in your mouth, they spoiled a perfectly good bum.
-Billy Connolly (to a heckler)
|
| Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:23 am |
|
|
|
John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
Posts: 7935
Location: Manchester.
|
Yes, it was the same thing and now the prof is also a member of the secret squirrel club  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise
|
| Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:26 am |
|
|
|
cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Posts: 10022
|
This is why I ended up going with Virgin. _________________ He fights for the users.
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:15 am |
|
|
|
TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
Posts: 4955
Location: on the naughty step
|
Fed up with London. Fed up with sitting 1.5hrs in smelly dirty public transport everyday. Fed up that working in top global consultancy I can't afford to live anywhere closer than zone 5 because I decided not to go into banking or law but engineering which gets no respect.
I need a new job somewhere else, maybe the valleys.
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:16 am |
|
|
|
pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
|
Have to say, I've always been surprised at how much tolerance there is for travel time on the mainland. _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:37 am |
|
|
|
TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
Posts: 4955
Location: on the naughty step
|
1.5hrs on a good day, it does go up to 2.5hrs/3 hrs when the trains are f***
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:47 am |
|
|
|
hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
Posts: 5041
Location: London
|
funny thing is that I live out near Reading and door to door (zone 1) its 1hr 20 mins and I get all the advantages of being in the countryside (and that will improve with crossrail)
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:59 am |
|
|
|
TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
Posts: 4955
Location: on the naughty step
|
We live in Surrey as the overlord drives to work. I use oyster contactless to go to work, i don't think I could afford the train fare even from reading :S
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:05 am |
|
|
|
John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
Posts: 7935
Location: Manchester.
|
Manchester to Stoke is 1.5 on a very good day. It's usually at least two hours there and two hours home. The things we do for money... _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:47 am |
|
|
|
TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
Posts: 4955
Location: on the naughty step
|
If i worked for money I wouldn't be an engineer
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:15 am |
|
|
|
big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
|
I used to have 4 hours on a good day, 6 on a bad day and in the summer, on a Friday, around 8.
Now it is around an hour.
_________________
"Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
Executive Producer No Agenda Show 246
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:18 pm |
|
|
|
Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: IoW
|
The car is probably a write-off. Some pillock rear-ended me on the A34, at high speed, while I was stationary. Now stuck in a hotel at the services.
_________________
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:42 pm |
|
|
|
Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
Posts: 3838
Location: Here Abouts
|
Are you ok?
_________________The Official "Saucy Minx" This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
|
| Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:48 pm |
|
|
