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General Discussion Area / Re: Openreach
« on: Yesterday at 17:52:46 »
I forgot to mention, I also have a 'free' UPS+ box from BT 
- 30 November 2025, 01:44:31
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 28 November 2025, 18:42:09 »Effing freezer packed up overnight - contents ruined.Ours is covered on the home insurance, but with an excess of £250 I'd have to have an awful lot of food in there to make it pay
£500 excess, so no chance of a claim.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 28 November 2025, 18:38:00 »
Effing freezer packed up overnight - contents ruined.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Budget.
« on: 28 November 2025, 18:35:27 »
Think of the poor unmarried mothers with half a dozen kids or more, each one with a different father.
Got to be looked after by the state.
Got to be looked after by the state.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Budget.
« on: 27 November 2025, 09:40:36 »Everyone's circumstances are different. My wife still, officially, has 12 years to go until retirement. She won't wait that long, of course.State pensioners, like me, have already had a £200 winter fuel allowance and will get about £550 next April. There's nothing to moan about there. Also, over 65's get to keep their full £20,000 tax free isa allowance..
Anyone who complains about the reduction to £12,000 from April 2027....well....you can hardly claim poverty if you can afford to save that much.
Better off spending any cash in ISAs now, can't see any point in being the richest guy in the cemetery.
You've got a wife
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General Discussion Area / Re: Openreach
« on: 20 November 2025, 11:07:07 »
Hurrah!
Openreach have converted me to full fibre this morning.
Landline will take two days to become operative.
Got compensation from BT
Openreach have converted me to full fibre this morning.
Landline will take two days to become operative.
Got compensation from BT
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General Discussion Area / Re: Openreach
« on: 05 November 2025, 13:57:21 »Indeed, your contract is with BT/EE or whatever they call themselves this week. You have no say or relationship with and 3rd party they use to provide the service you bought.
Generally, I think missed installs do carry some compo, only peanuts mind, so kepp on 'em
I already have
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General Discussion Area / Re: Openreach
« on: 05 November 2025, 09:41:19 »Openreach own the network.
It's almost impossible to put a complaint into Openreach, you have to go through your broadband supplier, and in this case, it's not their fault.
Not their fault but, as Openreach is their effectively their sub contractor, they are responsible for the performance
You have a point
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General Discussion Area / Re: Openreach
« on: 05 November 2025, 09:29:02 »
Openreach own the network.
It's almost impossible to put a complaint into Openreach, you have to go through your broadband supplier, and in this case, it's not their fault.
It's almost impossible to put a complaint into Openreach, you have to go through your broadband supplier, and in this case, it's not their fault.
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General Discussion Area / Openreach
« on: 04 November 2025, 18:50:40 »
Openreach were due this morning to connect me to full fibre.
Over the last few days I've had e-mails + text messages from them asking me to confirm the appointment, which I have every time.
Appointment was between 08:00 to 13:00.
Didn't arrive, reported it and was told engineer was running late and would be there in the afternoon.
At 15:24 on my security camera, an Openreach van came into the Close, reversed and drove off.
Reported it again and was told he knocked on the door to tell us more work needed to be done.
He didn't even get out of the van, let alone stop.
New appointment now made for the 20th.
Over the last few days I've had e-mails + text messages from them asking me to confirm the appointment, which I have every time.
Appointment was between 08:00 to 13:00.
Didn't arrive, reported it and was told engineer was running late and would be there in the afternoon.
At 15:24 on my security camera, an Openreach van came into the Close, reversed and drove off.
Reported it again and was told he knocked on the door to tell us more work needed to be done.
He didn't even get out of the van, let alone stop.
New appointment now made for the 20th.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Question for computer wizards
« on: 09 October 2025, 13:21:59 »And in your particular case AA, I suspect it was Norton. Best get rid of that junk IMHO. I just tried going into a Homehub via its IP on a W11 PC here, no issue.
It's not Norton, tried it on the Win 11 desktop and the ISP works fine, only fails on my laptop.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Question for computer wizards
« on: 08 October 2025, 12:16:03 »Stange the IP isnt allowed, but at least you are in. easy workaround.
Thanks for your help.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Question for computer wizards
« on: 08 October 2025, 12:15:29 »Stange the IP isnt allowed, but at least you are in. easy workaround.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Question for computer wizards
« on: 08 October 2025, 11:56:33 »
If I enter http://bthomehub.home/ then I can get into my router.
Unbelievable!
I've always gone in using 192 etc.
Unbelievable!
I've always gone in using 192 etc.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Question for computer wizards
« on: 08 October 2025, 11:28:36 »
Looks like only my router.