Event - Obnoxious welsh people

[jack]

I've nothing against obnoxious welsh people per se, some of my best friends (if you stretch the definitions of "best", "friend", "obnoxious", "welsh" and "people") are obnoxious welsh people. But if you're attempted to staff a call centre for a cambridge utility company, couldn't you find someone (1) who was willing to answer questions and (2) didn't have an incredibly strong accent? Do all these companies farm out calls to some disgruntled welsh schoolmistress or what?

Anyway, what broadband do I get? The options seem to be:

(1) BT phoneline (£10.50/month) + Wanadoo broadband (£18/month) @ 1M supposedly.
(2) NTL cable broadband (£18/month) + BT Broadband Voice (Voice over IP to exchange landline) (£6.50/month) @ 300k

The second solution is slightly cheaper but (a) the speed is pathetic and (b) the telephone adapter is likely to be a big hassle. And why do I need to pay for a BT phone line anyway? Is there any way of renting the line for broadband without paying for telephone calls?

Comments

[satanicsocks.livejournal.com]

that's more like it (pricing wise).

we shopped around and got bulldog wires-only. £22.99 (IIRC, it may be less) which is 512/256 peak (8am-6pm) and a reliable 1024/256 offpeak (sometimes 2048 when they cock up!).

[theinquisitor.livejournal.com]

Plus.net are pretty decent, too - although by the looks of it, we ought to be getting a little more bandwidth for our buck. May ask Nick to look into that when he gets back.