Post by Paul Chamberlain on Nov 12, 2006 10:44:50 GMT
AAAARRGH!
I could vent my frustration in a string of expletives but I wouldn’t want to offend those of a sensitive nature.
Let me explain. Since October 4th my Internet Service Provider upgraded the service from 1.1mbps to 5.1mbps, which on the face of it sounds wonderful. However, this is the same ISP who has oversubscribed their free broadband offer and in an attempt to pacify all their new customers, switches off their old customers like me from 5pm. I’m even writing this and saving it on Word first in case I’m disconnected while on the board.
Now, as bad as that is for anyone who gets in from work to find that they can’t read their emails, it’s even worse for someone using it to link a live Internet radio show…
Hence the premature end to The Saturday Soccer Solution for the last couple of weeks and the decision to change my ISP rather sharpish.
Incidentally, the ISP causing all the grief shall remain nameless but is national news in the UK and the subject of a great deal of scrutiny by the BBC’s Watchdog consumer rights programme. Try not to be tempted by FREE anything. My rule of thumb is if it sounds too good to be true then it almost certainly is.
Still, what was played will appear on the playlist board shortly. Many thanks to all of you for your patience and I GUARANTEE a complete three hours of Classic Rock, Southern and loads more next Saturday between 3 & 6pm. ;D
I could vent my frustration in a string of expletives but I wouldn’t want to offend those of a sensitive nature.
Let me explain. Since October 4th my Internet Service Provider upgraded the service from 1.1mbps to 5.1mbps, which on the face of it sounds wonderful. However, this is the same ISP who has oversubscribed their free broadband offer and in an attempt to pacify all their new customers, switches off their old customers like me from 5pm. I’m even writing this and saving it on Word first in case I’m disconnected while on the board.
Now, as bad as that is for anyone who gets in from work to find that they can’t read their emails, it’s even worse for someone using it to link a live Internet radio show…
Hence the premature end to The Saturday Soccer Solution for the last couple of weeks and the decision to change my ISP rather sharpish.
Incidentally, the ISP causing all the grief shall remain nameless but is national news in the UK and the subject of a great deal of scrutiny by the BBC’s Watchdog consumer rights programme. Try not to be tempted by FREE anything. My rule of thumb is if it sounds too good to be true then it almost certainly is.
Still, what was played will appear on the playlist board shortly. Many thanks to all of you for your patience and I GUARANTEE a complete three hours of Classic Rock, Southern and loads more next Saturday between 3 & 6pm. ;D