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[SpyderTracks]

No, it was using EE again that I wasn't so keen on.
If there turns out that there's a problem with it, I hope I'll be dealing with BT, rather than EE.

Ah, yeah, absolutely.

All the services that piggy back off BT (ee, sky, vodafone, plusnet etc etc) get secondary service by BT's engineers to fix issues. So there will always be a longer delay in getting things fixed. It's a bit of a con, but that's what you get for leasing lines off someone like BT. This should in theory no longer be the case since the engineering service was split from BT into OpenReach, but from what I've heard it's still preferential treatment to BT issues (and it's still BT's infrastructure).

BT are generally a little more expensive, but IMHO and experience, they tend to be more reliable in the long term regarding stable service and resolution time in case of failure.

 

[SimonPeters116]

Ah, yeah, absolutely.

All the services that piggy back off BT (ee, sky, vodafone, plusnet etc etc) get secondary service by BT's engineers to fix issues. So there will always be a longer delay in getting things fixed. It's a bit of a con, but that's what you get for leasing lines off someone like BT.

BT are generally a little more expensive, but IMHO and experience, they tend to be more reliable in the long term regarding stable service and resolution time in case of failure.

Ah, yes, a bit more expensive than the other broadband providers. But then you pay BT as well, for the use of their wires, so in total, there's next to nothing in it.

When I came back to Britain and got a house, I wanted a telephone line. I had to pay a £200 deposit to BT, because I'd been abroad for over 2 years. That I'd been army, and therefore, technically, putting my life on the line for my country made no difference. I'd been abroad, so was now an unknown quantity/credit risk as far as they were concerned
I got it back again after 6 months or a year, but no interest on it, and interest was running at about 15% then

 

[SpyderTracks]

Ah, yes, a bit more expensive than the other broadband providers. But then you pay BT as well, for the use of their wires, so in total, there's next to nothing in it.

When I came back to Britain and got a house, I wanted a telephone line. I had to pay a £200 deposit to BT, because I'd been abroad for over 2 years. That I'd been army, and therefore, technically, putting my life on the line for my country made no difference. I'd been abroad, so was now an unknown quantity/credit risk as far as they were concerned
I got it back again after 6 months or a year, but no interest on it

Really? My god, when was that?

You would have thought UK companies would have some understanding with government workers of any type who were positioned abroad, but especially those serving.

That's really shocking! £200 in those days as well was a hell of a lot more than £200 today!

 

[SimonPeters116]

I left the army in March '91. I'd been abroad since November '81.
We, me, my wife and 6 month old daughter, were sent from the UK to Cyprus, where we lived for 2.5 years.
Man, that was a hard tour I became a qualified RYA Windsurfing Instructor, with open sea (as against inland water) and competition add ons. I've got a shelf full of silver cups for Windsurfing competitions all over Europe.
After Cyprus we went to Germany for another 7 years.

Aye, £200 was a lot of money. But there was only two options, BT or do without.