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

[John G Walker]

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,

-- 
 All the best,
 John
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