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Well I'm Back I think? -
03-20-2006
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Well after my broadband provider decided to pull the plug on newsgroups last Friday, i've been trying to find ways to stay in touch with you folks. Anyway thanks to Google-Groups, I can still communicate with you after all! I guess this is the only way to do it know? Or is there easier options available? |
to news.infoave.net - it's free, and so far I've found it to be very fast,
and unlike other freebies i tried, carries a huge number of groups.
HTH
G
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Well bugger me that works, thanks mate I can now carry on using Newsgroups via outlook express, hooray! Still I wish Wanadoo had let me know before they pulled the plug last Friday because I spent all day yesterday trying to find another way to be able to access this newsgroup and thanks to Google I've been using that until now. Still why didn't their technical department give me alternative addresses to use instead? Anyway I can't really complain about Wanadoo as we've just moved address and I wanted to transfer my Broadband account with them, but there was a £25.00 charge, but anyway to cut a long story short, I told them I wanted to cancel my account, with the intention of setting up a brand new one at my new address so I wouldn't incur the charge. Well to keep me as a customer they waived the £25.00 charge and gave me 3 months free broadband, so like I said I can't really complain. |
to broadband. The not long after, I had to pay another £20 to get to 1meg.
Then not long after that again, they said I had to pay another £20 if I
wanted
2meg - which I resisted...until last Thursday when, after digging on my own
(no chance of them actually telling you), I found that for a one-off fee
(£20),
I can get 2meg (8 when available), uncapped, with wireless and talk, for the
same price as I'm currently paying for 1meg capped, no wireless and talk.
I then found that my dad, by doing nothing other than ticking a box on an
online form, could stop paying the extra £5 per month that he has been for
wireless and talk, as well as getting his usage limit removed - again, they
said nothing, we had to find this ourselves.
Oh, and apparently Wannapoo did tell us what they were planning, only
they did it on their own news groups which it would seem nobody read.
They also recommended using Google as an alternative...shower of ****!
Grrrr.
G
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Taffy wrote: Well bugger me that works, thanks mate I can now carry on using Newsgroups via outlook express, hooray! Still I wish Wanadoo had let me know before they pulled the plug last Friday because I spent all day yesterday trying to find another way to be able to access this newsgroup and thanks to Google I've been using that until now. Still why didn't their technical department give me alternative addresses to use instead? Anyway I can't really complain about Wanadoo as we've just moved address and I wanted to transfer my Broadband account with them, but there was a £25.00 charge, but anyway to cut a long story short, I told them I wanted to cancel my account, with the intention of setting up a brand new one at my new address so I wouldn't incur the charge. Well to keep me as a customer they waived the £25.00 charge and gave me 3 months free broadband, so like I said I can't really complain. Well I can, and I'm gonna. First I had to pay £20 to upgrade from dial-up to broadband. The not long after, I had to pay another £20 to get to 1meg. Then not long after that again, they said I had to pay another £20 if I wanted 2meg - which I resisted...until last Thursday when, after digging on my own (no chance of them actually telling you), I found that for a one-off fee (£20), I can get 2meg (8 when available), uncapped, with wireless and talk, for the same price as I'm currently paying for 1meg capped, no wireless and talk. I then found that my dad, by doing nothing other than ticking a box on an online form, could stop paying the extra £5 per month that he has been for wireless and talk, as well as getting his usage limit removed - again, they said nothing, we had to find this ourselves. Oh, and apparently Wannapoo did tell us what they were planning, only they did it on their own news groups which it would seem nobody read. They also recommended using Google as an alternative...shower of ****! Grrrr. G |
made us stay Wanadoo customers, so maybe you should phone and complain to a
supervisor, ask for Peter as that's who sorted us out and maybe he'll give
you a few months free for the trouble?
Taffy
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"Gordon Welsh" <gordon (AT) welsh01 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:dvpfh1$451m$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... Taffy wrote: Well bugger me that works, thanks mate I can now carry on using Newsgroups via outlook express, hooray! Still I wish Wanadoo had let me know before they pulled the plug last Friday because I spent all day yesterday trying to find another way to be able to access this newsgroup and thanks to Google I've been using that until now. Still why didn't their technical department give me alternative addresses to use instead? Anyway I can't really complain about Wanadoo as we've just moved address and I wanted to transfer my Broadband account with them, but there was a £25.00 charge, but anyway to cut a long story short, I told them I wanted to cancel my account, with the intention of setting up a brand new one at my new address so I wouldn't incur the charge. Well to keep me as a customer they waived the £25.00 charge and gave me 3 months free broadband, so like I said I can't really complain. Well I can, and I'm gonna. First I had to pay £20 to upgrade from dial-up to broadband. The not long after, I had to pay another £20 to get to 1meg. Then not long after that again, they said I had to pay another £20 if I wanted 2meg - which I resisted...until last Thursday when, after digging on my own (no chance of them actually telling you), I found that for a one-off fee (£20), I can get 2meg (8 when available), uncapped, with wireless and talk, for the same price as I'm currently paying for 1meg capped, no wireless and talk. I then found that my dad, by doing nothing other than ticking a box on an online form, could stop paying the extra £5 per month that he has been for wireless and talk, as well as getting his usage limit removed - again, they said nothing, we had to find this ourselves. Oh, and apparently Wannapoo did tell us what they were planning, only they did it on their own news groups which it would seem nobody read. They also recommended using Google as an alternative...shower of ****! Grrrr. G Well we were going to change companies, but obviously the deal they gave us made us stay Wanadoo customers, so maybe you should phone and complain to a supervisor, ask for Peter as that's who sorted us out and maybe he'll give you a few months free for the trouble? Taffy Oh and we looked on the web for different Broadband providers whilst we were |
knows how bad the others must be like.
So Wanadoo had their own newsgroups too? I take it they don't now then as
they've all been shut down?
Taffy
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"Taffy" <taffy_turner (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:dvpg0k$47n1$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... "Gordon Welsh" <gordon (AT) welsh01 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:dvpfh1$451m$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... Taffy wrote: Well bugger me that works, thanks mate I can now carry on using Newsgroups via outlook express, hooray! Still I wish Wanadoo had let me know before they pulled the plug last Friday because I spent all day yesterday trying to find another way to be able to access this newsgroup and thanks to Google I've been using that until now. Still why didn't their technical department give me alternative addresses to use instead? Anyway I can't really complain about Wanadoo as we've just moved address and I wanted to transfer my Broadband account with them, but there was a £25.00 charge, but anyway to cut a long story short, I told them I wanted to cancel my account, with the intention of setting up a brand new one at my new address so I wouldn't incur the charge. Well to keep me as a customer they waived the £25.00 charge and gave me 3 months free broadband, so like I said I can't really complain. Well I can, and I'm gonna. First I had to pay £20 to upgrade from dial-up to broadband. The not long after, I had to pay another £20 to get to 1meg. Then not long after that again, they said I had to pay another £20 if I wanted 2meg - which I resisted...until last Thursday when, after digging on my own (no chance of them actually telling you), I found that for a one-off fee (£20), I can get 2meg (8 when available), uncapped, with wireless and talk, for the same price as I'm currently paying for 1meg capped, no wireless and talk. I then found that my dad, by doing nothing other than ticking a box on an online form, could stop paying the extra £5 per month that he has been for wireless and talk, as well as getting his usage limit removed - again, they said nothing, we had to find this ourselves. Oh, and apparently Wannapoo did tell us what they were planning, only they did it on their own news groups which it would seem nobody read. They also recommended using Google as an alternative...shower of ****! Grrrr. G Well we were going to change companies, but obviously the deal they gave us made us stay Wanadoo customers, so maybe you should phone and complain to a supervisor, ask for Peter as that's who sorted us out and maybe he'll give you a few months free for the trouble? Taffy Oh and we looked on the web for different Broadband providers whilst we were deciding what to do and everyone claimed that Wanadoo are the best, so god knows how bad the others must be like. So Wanadoo had their own newsgroups too? I take it they don't now then as they've all been shut down? Taffy |
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"Taffy" <taffy_turner (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:dvpg0k$47n1$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... "Gordon Welsh" <gordon (AT) welsh01 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:dvpfh1$451m$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... Taffy wrote: Well bugger me that works, thanks mate I can now carry on using Newsgroups via outlook express, hooray! Still I wish Wanadoo had let me know before they pulled the plug last Friday because I spent all day yesterday trying to find another way to be able to access this newsgroup and thanks to Google I've been using that until now. Still why didn't their technical department give me alternative addresses to use instead? Anyway I can't really complain about Wanadoo as we've just moved address and I wanted to transfer my Broadband account with them, but there was a £25.00 charge, but anyway to cut a long story short, I told them I wanted to cancel my account, with the intention of setting up a brand new one at my new address so I wouldn't incur the charge. Well to keep me as a customer they waived the £25.00 charge and gave me 3 months free broadband, so like I said I can't really complain. Well I can, and I'm gonna. First I had to pay £20 to upgrade from dial-up to broadband. The not long after, I had to pay another £20 to get to 1meg. Then not long after that again, they said I had to pay another £20 if I wanted 2meg - which I resisted...until last Thursday when, after digging on my own (no chance of them actually telling you), I found that for a one-off fee (£20), I can get 2meg (8 when available), uncapped, with wireless and talk, for the same price as I'm currently paying for 1meg capped, no wireless and talk. I then found that my dad, by doing nothing other than ticking a box on an online form, could stop paying the extra £5 per month that he has been for wireless and talk, as well as getting his usage limit removed - again, they said nothing, we had to find this ourselves. Oh, and apparently Wannapoo did tell us what they were planning, only they did it on their own news groups which it would seem nobody read. They also recommended using Google as an alternative...shower of ****! Grrrr. G Well we were going to change companies, but obviously the deal they gave us made us stay Wanadoo customers, so maybe you should phone and complain to a supervisor, ask for Peter as that's who sorted us out and maybe he'll give you a few months free for the trouble? Taffy Oh and we looked on the web for different Broadband providers whilst we were deciding what to do and everyone claimed that Wanadoo are the best, so god knows how bad the others must be like. So Wanadoo had their own newsgroups too? I take it they don't now then as they've all been shut down? |
around
which is how i found the deal i'm in process of switching to...to be honest,
apart
from the news stuff and not being told i'm being overcharged, I've no
complaints.
Might be different if we had cable here, but they went right past our estate
when
it went in years ago...my mate lives nearby and they just keep upping his
connection
speed - i'm sure he said he's on 14meg now.
G
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Taffy wrote: "Taffy" <taffy_turner (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message news:dvpg0k$47n1$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... "Gordon Welsh" <gordon (AT) welsh01 (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:dvpfh1$451m$1 (AT) news3 (DOT) infoave.net... Taffy wrote: Well bugger me that works, thanks mate I can now carry on using Newsgroups via outlook express, hooray! Still I wish Wanadoo had let me know before they pulled the plug last Friday because I spent all day yesterday trying to find another way to be able to access this newsgroup and thanks to Google I've been using that until now. Still why didn't their technical department give me alternative addresses to use instead? Anyway I can't really complain about Wanadoo as we've just moved address and I wanted to transfer my Broadband account with them, but there was a £25.00 charge, but anyway to cut a long story short, I told them I wanted to cancel my account, with the intention of setting up a brand new one at my new address so I wouldn't incur the charge. Well to keep me as a customer they waived the £25.00 charge and gave me 3 months free broadband, so like I said I can't really complain. Well I can, and I'm gonna. First I had to pay £20 to upgrade from dial-up to broadband. The not long after, I had to pay another £20 to get to 1meg. Then not long after that again, they said I had to pay another £20 if I wanted 2meg - which I resisted...until last Thursday when, after digging on my own (no chance of them actually telling you), I found that for a one-off fee (£20), I can get 2meg (8 when available), uncapped, with wireless and talk, for the same price as I'm currently paying for 1meg capped, no wireless and talk. I then found that my dad, by doing nothing other than ticking a box on an online form, could stop paying the extra £5 per month that he has been for wireless and talk, as well as getting his usage limit removed - again, they said nothing, we had to find this ourselves. Oh, and apparently Wannapoo did tell us what they were planning, only they did it on their own news groups which it would seem nobody read. They also recommended using Google as an alternative...shower of ****! Grrrr. G Well we were going to change companies, but obviously the deal they gave us made us stay Wanadoo customers, so maybe you should phone and complain to a supervisor, ask for Peter as that's who sorted us out and maybe he'll give you a few months free for the trouble? Taffy Oh and we looked on the web for different Broadband providers whilst we were deciding what to do and everyone claimed that Wanadoo are the best, so god knows how bad the others must be like. So Wanadoo had their own newsgroups too? I take it they don't now then as they've all been shut down? I've been with this lot since freeserve first started, and i was shopping around which is how i found the deal i'm in process of switching to...to be honest, apart from the news stuff and not being told i'm being overcharged, I've no complaints. Might be different if we had cable here, but they went right past our estate when it went in years ago...my mate lives nearby and they just keep upping his connection speed - i'm sure he said he's on 14meg now. G |
wireless too on their £17.99 package, but if your already a customer like
me, then you have to pay a £20.00 charge to switch services. But like I
said, because I created a stink and threatened to cancel with Wanadoo, they
waived my home moving charge of £25.00 and gave me 3 months free broadband
(3*£17.99), so when I switch my service/package after I've had the 3 months
free, I'm still not out of pocket!
Taffy
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