Posts by planetzog

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B*st*rds. Why do these people think that they deny access to MY device? I had an Epson that wouldn't print a document (black ink only) because the magenta cartridge had run out. In other words, I had to buy a magenta ink cartridge to print a black ink document. I unplugged the printer and drove to my local waste recycling centre. As luck would have it, the electrical/tv skip had just been emptied. I threw the Epson printer as high as I could, and it landed at the bottom of the skip with a very satisfying almighty crash. I bought HP after that. And don't fall for those regular payment plans for ink cartridges; just order replacements as a backup.

Just paranoia

I wouldn't trust Kaspersky to stop this threat, so I've installed another antivirus. In know, just paranoia.

Hahahahaha. How much? Hahahahaha. I have a Goodmans soundbar. Works a treat. £60 new. Hahahahagahahahahaha.

I have found the perfect OS for my desktop and laptop. It doesn't crash, it does what an OS should do, my computers are lightning fast, and I'm not plagued with endless hassle with updates, security issues, and bugs. It's called......... Windows 7.

Don't get me started

Paid around £100 for an Epson printer. After a while, got a 'replace blue ink cartridge' message. But I'm only printing with black ink. Couldn't proceed without replacing the blue ink (and buying complete set of cartridges for £60). Took great delight in throwing the printer from a great height into a recycling skip. Bought an excellent HP printer for less than the cost of the Epson cartridges. FU Epson.

Good until....

Also struggled with card payment at Italian pumps, so it was a pleasure to get attendant service on the Autostrada. I was impressed with the speed the nozzle was inserted in the tank and filling was started. By the time I was out of the hire car, filling was well underway. Afterwards, I realised that the bastard hadn't reset the pump and I was ripped off of £26. Well on the way south by then, but lesson learned.

Encryption? What encryption?

FFS. TalkTalk were bollocked for allowing hackers to access customer data "with ease". What's Three's excuse?

<Angry customer>

I found Vodafone had the worst coverage. I took Orange to court, and won, because they took money from my account after I left and wouldn't pay it back. I suddenly lost reception with EE. They blamed foliage (it was winter) and a railway line (which had been there since 1897.) A manager eventually called to say they don't have to provide a service. I said I don't have to pay. Now with Three. Good mobile data and good coverage. Hope it stays that way.

BT guilty of harassment and intimidation

Some contributors here seem to have missed the point. Mentioning their good experience with BT doesn't help The Register or those suffering from poor service. There's no balancing force in the universe, and those who experienced poor service are in no way heartened to hear about good experiences.

This is harassment and intimidation, and BT have broken a number of express or implicit terms of their contract. First of all, if not expressly stated in the contract, any court would support the rules of engagement between two entities (rather than an individual) where each party should address a specific department for billing enquiries, and not send a broadcast message to all users.

Next, by sending this message before monies are overdue, BT are not providing an unfetterd and uninterrupted service (that's within within their control).

If my power or water company provided an interrupted service when a bill was due, the regulator would take a dim view. If my landlord shouted a reminder about my bill through my letterbox for all tenants, visitors and neighbours to hear, I could take him to court for harassment.

In BT's favour, I cannot believe that this is corporate policy. There's a nerd somewhere in the basement who thought this would be a good idea because he could do it. However, because of the difficulties in engaging BT and finding the right (or any) warm bodies to deal with this, I'd go straight to Ofcom www.ofcom.org.uk They'll descend on BT like a ton of bricks.