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My ISP Bargain update

Toria — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:45:42 +0000

Remember my post a few days ago about my ISP bargain? Well yeah, it seems I was gloating about that too quickly — I found out today that I can’t get it because…well…some technical reason about the exchange I am on not being able to handle it or something…I don’t know, all I do know is that I am not getting my super duper killer deal on a years super fast broadband and will now have to stick with my old ISP.

Oh well

My ISP bargain

Toria — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:24:34 +0000

I have been happy with my ISP for a few years now, and a part from a few hiccups last week that annoyed me I still am happy with them, but I have been lured away by a bargain — I just can’t resist them can I?

It costs just £9.79 per month, which is already less than half of what I am paying now — but that’s not where it ends, they have a promotion on at the moment where you get your first 3 months free.

So 9 x 9.79 = £88.11. Compared to the 12 x £19.99 = 239.88 I am paying now I am sure you can see why I was tempted.

But still that’s not it, until the end of the month Quidco, a cashback site I use, are offering a whopping £70 cashback on all new sign ups making the total for a year of upto 20mb speed and unlimited download broadband just £18.11 — less than one month on my current ISP.

Crazy, huh?

Like I say I am not moving because I am unhappy with my host, so lets just hope I don’t live to regret moving for a bargain!

Is it plugged in?

Toria — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:18:57 +0000

I just spent 40 minutes getting more and more annoyed with my ISP/Computer not being able to get online. I was using it fine and then all of a sudden it just stopped working, that’s not too uncommon as it does it now and then for a few minutes, so I went to make and eat some food expecting to come back and see it fixed.

Nope, still offline.

So I tried accessing my router — wouldn’t let me. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the network, nada. Tried 100 other things, including frantically calling my other half to ask if he had any suggestions and finally I worked it out…I’d only gone and accidentally pulled the bloody cable out.

Idiot.

Rule number One if something stops working, check that it’s plugged in lol

Bad day, baaaad day.

Toria — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:56:25 +0000

Firstly the website that sends the most traffic my way on my reality tv site has blacklisted me, so I won’t be able to share my videos over there any more. The site sends me any where from a few 100 to 20000 hits per day…and therefore adsense revenue of course, so this is pretty disastrous.

At least, I thought it was until a few hours later…

I got an email from my ISP warning me that someone had logged a complaint about me uploading their copyrighted material, erm, eep. This absolutely terrified me, I don’t want the police to come a knocking or for my ISP to kill my account.

I don’t know what I will do now and what it means for my baby, my beautiful site that I have put two years hard work into

Faster faster, go faster!!

Toria — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:01:09 +0000

My Internet has being going really realllly slow the last week or so. Annoying.

I have been very happy with my ISP since I signed up with them over 2 years ago now, this is the first issue I have had with them at all which is pretty impressive. I pay a little more than I really need to, I did a little shopping around last month and I could easily get a similar service for £5 – £10 less per month and was tempted, but figured ‘If it aint broke, dont try and fix it!’.

Lets hope that this is just a temporary glitch and not a sign of things to come, I have had my fair share of nightmare ISPs in the past, I don’t plan on adding another to the list (Pipex, I still hate you, booo!!).