Damus
๐Ÿ†Ž · 6w
To be clear, with ENORMOUS amounts of perseverance and patience, it is rare that we can't fix a customer's issue and make it work for them. But we charge like, ยฃ2 a month for VoIP, and it's just a ...
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It's not all BT's fault.

They are entitled, as any commercial company is, to withdraw a product from sale with adequate notice, and they have given LOADS of notice.

I do feel the regulator ought to have stepped in, though, and really analysed the problem more fully, and perhaps mandated some stuff. I'm not really sure what, though.

All in all, to repeat, I don't think the "practical market" (what is available, now, in reality) was really ready for the withdrawal of landlines for calls.
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Simon Zerafa · 6w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqjatjh5 The analogy lines being self powered was also a great safety/security option, particularly in a power cut. Even if you have a UPS on your router and fiber termination how long will t...
William Leech · 5w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqjatjh5 I don't like the rather disingenuous way BT claim that their little UPS boxes with 8 hours will sort most power cuts, because longer than that is really rare. Now if they were confident ...