[Sussex] Wanadoo nothing

[Jon Fautley]

Gareth Ablett wrote:

> Steve
> 
> 
>>On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 12:13:24AM +0100, Gareth Ablett wrote:
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>>>I still havnt canceled my old wanadoo but will do ver soon was just
>>>making sure my emails where going to teh right place.
>>>
>>>anyway thy sent a message out to say ther have new terms and
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> conditions
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>>>and this was at the top of it, which so technicaly i cant apply to
> 
> so
> 
>>>have to cancl the account.
>>>
>>>1. 	Becoming a Wanadoo Member
>>>1.1 	You can only become a Member of Wanadoo (a "Member") if:
>>>1.1.1 	You have a valid contract with BT for telephone
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> services; and
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>>>1.1.2 	You have a computer with Internet Explorer 5.0 or above.
>>
>>If I loaded a IE 5.0 binary on to my Linux machine would that make me
>>legal?  I may not be able to use it, but I would have a computer with
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> it
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>>so technically I'm okay :-)
>>
>>Steve
>>
> 
> 
> I suppose the term with is some what open to interpretation.

I suggest we call in our resident lawyer-a-like, if he's not too busy :)

> Although tbh I cant see why they need you to have IE 5.0 or above what
> does it have that could possible benefit Wanadoo unless of course the
> have some shifty spyware ie prog that they load up.


Because the helldesk staff can't handle anything other than IE5+ on 
windows machines. Bear in mind they're quite possibly the least 
technically trained people on the planet, and just have to follow a 
script, clicking a BIG BUTTON corresponding to the problem the user is 
having. By stipulating it in their T&C they can turn around and say 
'Well, we can't support you because you're in breach of our terms and 
conditions'

I very much doubt it's anything spyware related. I think if it was, 
there would be a major data protection issue going on - and not even the 
French are that stupid ;)

Jon