Jump to content

Small unexpected things that can make you happy


Recommended Posts

Hi folks,

 

I've been struggling with a dodgy broadband connection for the past while. I rang the company Saturday afternoon, and, in fairness to them they had an engineer to my door Monday Afternoon. I know the guy for yonks anyway, he'd injured himself earlier on in the day at something else so was coming around to see what the trouble was. I was heading out the door so we just had a quick chat. Because of where I live, I don't get broadband in a very typical way. It comes via radio signal as the big companies don't give a flying fcuk about people out in the sticks, not enough money to be made. The engineer had a glance up at the roof, turns out the casing around the receiver had been damaged, most likely some water has gotten into it and damaged some dongle or other. "Would you be interested in upgrading to the 2mb package?" As I'm currently on 1mb I thought "Oh no, here comes the sales pitch, more money out the door". "How much will that cost me then?", "No, not a thing, free upgrade, twice the connection speed you got now".

 

Nice one :toast: It hasn't been all that long since I was aging in front of a screen with bloody dial-up so I was dead happy with both the service and freebie :clapper:

 

So what's happened to you lately that's made you :D

Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks lads, I am happy about it. The pessimist in me expects, when dealing with companies, that they'll put their price up and their service will worsen! The above situation was a very pleasant surprise being the exact opposite :clapper: I get the broadband from a small enough company as well, it's nice to have value placed upon my business and not have to deal with big corporations to whom you're just a cash cow!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Porn? ... What is this porn you speak of? :whistling:

 

I tell ya, when I was on dial-up I used to dread clicking on a photo heavy thread, wouldn't be fully loaded by the middle of next week! And video, video?? Sure, next Christmas!

 

He'll be around in the morning to put up the new receiver :thumbs: Still got the dodgy connection at the minute. Getting a wireless thingy as well so no more leads :clapper:

Link to post
Share on other sites

Nice :notworthy:

 

Got the upgrade installed just now, was wondering how I'd test the speed so went to YouTube and watched

. On my last connection I'd have to let the red bar load for a while before I'd play the song. Now, :icon_eek: red bar must be powered by Ferrari :clapper:
Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...