Re: OT: dirty BT business practices...
- From: "NJC©\(TM\)" <njc©™@msnews.grp>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:22:53 +1000
Why such a long post to so many Newsgroups RJK? You would get a much wider
audience, and probably better responses, and maybe converse with people with
similar experiences, or knowledge on what to do by, recording all this either by
voice, and/or text, and/or pictures, and/or video and placing it on YouTube.
That's what business do RJK, they will try and get as much as they can out of you
with your consent to do so. It matters not if you know it or not, if you see they
are, it's up to you to act.
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NJC©(TM)
"RJK" <nosuch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Oiq3Yf3EKHA.1248@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| As we all know, in the UK, BT is more expensive than all other broadband
| suppliers. Other "sole providers" for voice telephone+broadband offer much
| cheaper packages. And it was not so long ago, with the development and
| rapid popularity of increased adsl speeds, and domestic wireless products
| for home computing, that BT was "displeased," (to say the very
| least), when it became possible for people, (e.g. neighbours), to share an
| ADSL/ISP connection, and share the cost. I suspect that BT has, (ever
| since
| wifi was introduced), over-priced its' services on the mistaken (IMO)
| assumption
| that most of its' subscribers to broadband are sharing a connection, some
| with LAN leads, most with wireless.
|
| In any event I believe my brother was mis-sold BT broadband. The house he's
| just moved into had only an old analogue 'phone line, and so the line had to
| be ADSL surveyed/upgraded/enabled by BT - which - as I've always
| understood - is carried out by BT - when they receive a "works order,"
| either
| form a 3rd party ISP and/or sole package provider such as Orange,
| TalkTalk, Tiscali/now Carphone Warehouse etc, or for BT itself.
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| And the latest incredible insult from BT, (as I understand it), is that it
| wants it's subscribers to provide local wifi hotspots - free of charge,
| ...as though this is a "trendy" and "desirable" thing to want to do ! So
| BT
| is excessively charging its' subscribers for its' ISP service, and then has
| the
| mind-boggling audacity to want its' customers to offer a free wifi
| connection to the
| general public. This simply beggars belief !!
| (...ok...ok I know that the wifi component would have to be left open and
| un-password protected etc. but, there is the consideration that most users
| plug'n'play and never even check the default settings in their
| adsl/router/wifi unit - indeed most of them wouldn't even know how to get in
| there and have a look around. i.e. try telling someone on the 'phone to tap
| http:\\192.168.*.* into their browsers' URL slot and their eyes just glaze
| over!).
|
| My brother has been with BT for only a few days, and after some initial
| teething problems his "BT Home hub," had it's firmware upgraded - and the
| option in that firmware to switch off wireless was removed !
| Now, the first thing he did with the BT Home hub was switch wireless off.
| Not because he was too mean to provide free wifi to the general public at
| large but, because sitting at his PC with the BT Home Hub nearby, the
| wireless emissions made the side of his face and neck tingle ! And seeing
| as
| he doesn't have or use a wifi laptop or notebook etc. he didn't need it
| switched on
| anyway ! And to have wifi switched back on via a firmware update, without
| his permission, and also to have the firmware switch to turn wireless off
| removed, is simply mind boggling !
| After a little investigation, he had to log on to BT's "BTFON" page to
| request wifi to be switched of - which can take up to 48 hours ! HAVE YOU
| EVER HEARD OF ANYTHING SO TOTALLY RIDICULOUS !?!
|
| <quote my brother>
| A short look on google about it and I found this:
| http://beta.bt.com/bta/forums/message.jspa?messageID=64875
|
| Specifically - the last two posts on the page:
| Peter Williams
| Posts: 32
| Registered: 12/4/03
| Re: Cannot disable wireless on BT Homehub 2.0 type-A after firmware
| update
| Posted: Jun 27, 2009 10:01 PM in response to: Mike O
| Reply
| Hi Mike,
| How strange. I had wireless off and it remained off after the
| firmware upgrade to 8.1.H.G. You need to get FON off before you can turn
| wireless off. On the hub home page is there an option to turn FON off?
| Peter
| Peter Williams
| Posts: 32
| Registered: 12/4/03
| Re: Cannot disable wireless on BT Homehub 2.0 type-A after firmware
| update
| Posted: Jun 27, 2009 10:21 PM in response to: Mike O
| Reply
| Hi Mike,
| I have just discovered this " From the middle of March 09 all
| new Total Broadband customer will be automatically opted into BTFON".
| Go to www.bt.com/btfon - click on "Check Status" - you can then
| opt out.
| Peter
|
| <end-quote my brother>
|
| In any event, I've just dug out an old BEWAN pci/adsl card, unearthed the
| drivers and put them on cd and usb pen-drive, and tomorrow I shall drive 50
| miles to his house and fit it, so that he can have less wires, and no chance
| of firmware updates to an adsl/router/wifi unit that has operational control
| removed from the user by ignorant and incompetent ISP/'phone provider BT
| !!!
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| regards, Richard
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