Well, hows you bank holiday been?

Lorns · Mon 01 May, 2006 18.41

Let me tell you about mine...!

It began at 4.40am with breakfast in bed, the bloke had to get up early for work. I managed to doze back off at about 6am. Awoke again about 10am with a mission to sort my internet access out...

Rewind to Thursday... Phoned BT to clear an outstanding bill and to tell them i'm no longer interested in having a land line i just need the line for broadband and internet access. 11.30pm that evening all internet access is lost!! Called BT to reconnect my line, they tell me it will be connected by the morning.

Friday spent ringing AOL to tell me that as BT have disconnected me, i need to reorder AOL broadband, which i'm told will take 7-10 days. Check to see if i'm reconnected, alas i'm still disconnected.

Saturday.
Another call to BT Hurrah! I'm reconnected by 11am i also discover i don't need to reorder broadband or need AOL to contact BT to prepare my line for broadband i can ask BT myself and they'll do it within 48 hours.
Stiill can't get access to internet via dial up.
Sunday.. was spent doing system restores, adding locations and editing numbers inbetween helping the bloke unload paving slabs from the van for the new patio he will eventually get round to doing. Got fed up and vowed to admit defeat and cal AOL technical advice in the morning...

TODAY bank holiday!!!.. It's raining dogs and frogs, and the everso helpful foreign person at AOL probably based in Dubai gives me step by step guide to getting on-line. After about an hour i've scribled his instructions on 2 pages of A4. I have little faith seeing as i couldn't understand much of what he was saying. But yeehaa< i'm back online albeit on dial up but i should have broadband back by tomorrow.

And that was my boring bank holiday, i managed to squeeze in a bit of housework and do a bit of shopping.

How have you lot spent your bank holiday?

Sput · Mon 01 May, 2006 19.13

Wow, hairdresser meets geek. I LOVE IT.

(Though I daresay you'll incur Nick Harvey's wrath for your lack of understanding that land line = broadband line!). Let's hope he's bank holiday smashed on a bottle of red!

Lorns · Mon 01 May, 2006 19.25

So i'm being charged £36.00 a quarter line rental for nothing. I was told i needed a phone number and active line to connect to the internet.
As for AOL, they have now decided to upgrade me to gold ( stoopid people) according to an e-mail i received, then another telling me i can't have it because my line is disconnected.

Confused geek ( hehe never been called that before) from Kent.

Lorns · Mon 01 May, 2006 19.40

They did with mine. The mistake i think i made was telling them i didn't want to be reconnected to use a telephone. They had selective hearing and ignored my request of needing internet access and killed my line altogether. So it cost me £50.00 to reconnect which i will get back after 12mnths if i stay in credit.

Lorns · Mon 01 May, 2006 19.44

Also how come it takes less then 5 hours to disconnect you and 48 hour to reconnect you?

Sput · Mon 01 May, 2006 20.55

It's harder to turn switches off than on

And Grindon, I'm pretty sure you're wrong about not having to rent a line. You at least need a phone number to get the dsl connected.

Jamez · Tue 02 May, 2006 00.30

Today, got up at 10am.

Went and picked up a ladyfriend of mine, and went on a sightseeing tour of Pembrokeshire. Weather was warm, sunny with cloudless blue skies.

Went from Tenby in the south, to Fishguard in the north stopping off at various interesting points along the way. Stopped off at Nick Harvey's regular haunt... The Harp Inn for a drink and a quick bite to eat and then home by 7pm.

Nick Harvey · Tue 02 May, 2006 01.28

Jamez wrote:Stopped off at Nick Harvey's regular haunt... The Harp Inn.

Good for you.