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Still packing. Still fed up with it all.

Glum, glum, glum.

Oh well, into the final fortnight now, the home stretch as it were, so it's just grit the teeth and get on with it.

On the plus side, I have found my trade paperback copy of Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, so I can re-read that over the next couple of nights.

As soon as the bloody Polish Brigade^TM have finished faffing about I shall have a shower and go to bed.

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Still packing. Still fed up with it all.

Glum, glum, glum.

Oh well, into the final fortnight now, the home stretch as it were, so it's just grit the teeth and get on with it.

On the plus side, I have found my trade paperback copy of Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, so I can re-read that over the next couple of nights.

As soon as the bloody Polish Brigade^TM have finished faffing about I shall have a shower and go to bed.

Oh look, problems with ntl. Quel Surprise.

I think the idiot pills are kicking in big time.

I have been trying to contact ntl to arrange either a cancellation of service, or a transfer to the new address. This is easier said than done. I have aged a number of years whilst waiting while their automated phone system plays the most appalling drivel at me, pausing now and again to apologise for the delay. After a while, a further automated voice pops up posing a number of alternative actions, one of which involves phoning their direct line, which is suspiciously similar¹ to that I have been dialling.

The only reason I'm trying it is because I would quite like to keep access to cable TV, and have a broadband internet connection.

The wish to maintain any kind of business relationship with ntl is slowly fading with each attempt to contact them, however, and I may well revisit my entertainment requirements accordingly.

Life is too short.


¹read suspiciously the same.

Oh look, problems with ntl. Quel Surprise.

I think the idiot pills are kicking in big time.

I have been trying to contact ntl to arrange either a cancellation of service, or a transfer to the new address. This is easier said than done. I have aged a number of years whilst waiting while their automated phone system plays the most appalling drivel at me, pausing now and again to apologise for the delay. After a while, a further automated voice pops up posing a number of alternative actions, one of which involves phoning their direct line, which is suspiciously similar¹ to that I have been dialling.

The only reason I'm trying it is because I would quite like to keep access to cable TV, and have a broadband internet connection.

The wish to maintain any kind of business relationship with ntl is slowly fading with each attempt to contact them, however, and I may well revisit my entertainment requirements accordingly.

Life is too short.


¹read suspiciously the same.

Home Choice Broadband - heard of them?

I am close to giving up with ntl. I have not been able to speak to anyone on their ignore the customer services line. I fear, their protestations to the contrary, that the first that they'll know that things aren't quite what they seem will be when the bank twats them for trying to take the direct debit. Thirty days' notice for cancellation my arse. It takes thirty days to get hold of them as long as the money is going into their coffers. So take away the money. It's the only way.

It turns out that they don't do cable in Whetstone, as noted by philoko, so there really is no point playing their game any more. Their broadband is quite cheap, though.

In the meantime, courtesy google, I found broadband checker, which in turn lead me to this bunch, who look quite interesting.

Now, the question is, has anyone amongst you good people ever heard of Home Choice, and if so what reputation do they have? The deals look suspiciously interesting, and rather competitive. But I've never heard of them.

Home Choice Broadband - heard of them?

I am close to giving up with ntl. I have not been able to speak to anyone on their ignore the customer services line. I fear, their protestations to the contrary, that the first that they'll know that things aren't quite what they seem will be when the bank twats them for trying to take the direct debit. Thirty days' notice for cancellation my arse. It takes thirty days to get hold of them as long as the money is going into their coffers. So take away the money. It's the only way.

It turns out that they don't do cable in Whetstone, as noted by philoko, so there really is no point playing their game any more. Their broadband is quite cheap, though.

In the meantime, courtesy google, I found broadband checker, which in turn lead me to this bunch, who look quite interesting.

Now, the question is, has anyone amongst you good people ever heard of Home Choice, and if so what reputation do they have? The deals look suspiciously interesting, and rather competitive. But I've never heard of them.