JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 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 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 So what's happened to you lately that's made you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SNAP SHOT 194 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Sadly nothing john, but glad to see you got a grin and a bit of an upgrade.... nice one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sounder 9 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 your a happy camper !!!!john how could we bet that as there nothing like going from dialup to broadband , you sound happy lol ab sounder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 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 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! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sounder 9 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 so i take it it's way faster , and you don't have to make tea while your waiting for a photo to load !!!!! you be downloading porn full time lol atb sounder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bullterrier Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 glad you have got it sorted now john Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Porn? ... What is this porn you speak of? 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 Still got the dodgy connection at the minute. Getting a wireless thingy as well so no more leads Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratreeper 441 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 i recently discovered what this 'pleasant' surprise thing was last week, i found £10 on the floor lol. Not a huge amount of money, but to have £10 to do what you want with was exactly what i needed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sounder 9 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 i am wireless it's great,freedom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Nice 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, red bar must be powered by Ferrari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fragle 1 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) hi to test your speed just click on speedtest below , then click on yellow star that will start the test for you Edited January 29, 2010 by fragle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Cheers Fragle 1.91 download and 1.13 upload, plenty fast for what I do online Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I done the lottery on the off chance last week with a loose quid I found in my pocket. I won a tenner! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Getting chatted up by a 19 yr old undergraduate lass. Probably won't go any further but nice at the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIGZY 4 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 marrying cheryl cole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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