[Gllug] OT: Mac code can't be given on an LOU network?

[Julian Somers]

On 10:17 Thu 21 Sep     , John G Walker wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:26:51 +0100 Julian Somers <lists at bigpip.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 18:14 Wed 20 Sep     , John Edwards wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:04:56PM +0100, Julian Somers wrote:
> > > > Hi, 
> > > > 
> > > > I have just tried to get a MAC code from Tiscali so I can switch
> > > > broadband provider, and they tell me that they can't do it
> > > > without 14 days possible downtime because I am on an 'LOU
> > > > network'. I can't find anything on the web about LOU networks --
> > > > did I hear wrong?
> > > > 
> > > > many thanks, Julian
> > > 
> > > Could that be LLU (Local Loop Unbundled) ?
> > 
> > Thanks, Ben, Richard and John. She must have said LLU not LOU. 
> > 
> > I guess I'll have to leave the switch until we're away. Can't do
> > without the interweb for fourteen minutes let alone fourteen days in
> > this house!
> > 
> > Julian
> >
> 
> This is a wee bit frightening. I'd have to make the same choice as
> Julian if I was in the same position, and I suspect most other people
> on this list would be in the same position.
> 
> What this means is that someone can get stuck with an ISP because of
> issues that were not apparent at the time the contract was taken out.
> The price of changing could very well be bigger than any issues you
> have with your ISP or savings you could make by moving.
> 
> Scary,
Yes, irritating -- the Tiscali connection has been really unreliable
these last few weeks. Latency like a dialup, can't do voip. (You get
what you pay for.)

Rather than wrestle with Tiscali for a MAC code, I could get cable
broadband from ntl, and quit tiscali once the ntl connection is running. 

Is ntl any better? Or am I just buying into another long term
relationship that's a pain to get out of?  

> 
> -- 
>  All the best,
>  John

thanks, 

Julian

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