It don't come easy

[caddyman]

Bed shortly; it's been a frantic few days what with one thing and another and I shall almost be grateful to get back to work for a rest. This moving malarkey is not all it's cracked up to be, but still, less than a week from now we'll be in the new flat and that's all that matters.

I have arranged for BT to connect us with a new number from Thursday - there's no point giving the number out yet as they won't give me definitive confirmation that the number I've had reserved is the number I'll end up with.

Hmm.

Now, broadband.

It seems that for reasons beyond my ken, that it may take up to ten days to transfer the broadband connection. What I had hoped in my naivety, was that I could have it switched from this number on Monday night and it would be up and running on Tuesday morning. Same exchange, same provider, flick a switch thinks I. It may, as usual, not be that simple. I find also, that there may be a £40 charge to move the number, though if I agree to stay for 12 months, they may graciously waive said fee.

I know these companies are out there to make money, but frankly they're all taking the piss. Anyway, I can't arrange anything until BT confirm the number.

How slow it is, this digital age in which we live.

I may have to resort to taking my lap top down to the pub to take advantage of their wireless connection. If evening posts are less erudite and more poorly spelt than usual after the move for a few days, you know what's happened.

Comments

[kt-peasant.livejournal.com]

Sadly, there are any number of processes that have to whirr slowly through in the right order.

Using my almighty powers of flange, I did in my own case get a bloke to go 'flick the switch' when I moved at the same exchange (it's not actually that easy, and can take up to two hours depending how well the exchange is set up and how amny people have been routing through it, but still, less than ten days!) but all that did in the end was cause me to be switched off another two times, as they still had the notice to terminate on the old connection, the notice to clear down the new one to bring up broadband etc etc.

It sucks, there is a massive amount of work being done to correct it, but right now it sucks.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Poo.

Well, I am hopeful that it won't take anything like 10 days as we are most definitely on the same exchange - we're only 250 yards down the road for Heaven's sake!

Could you teach me the art of almighty flange, oh Dr Peasant. Say you can, do say you can!