Telefonica gets the Red Card!
Feb 9th 2008 | 7:08 am
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Feb 9th 2008 | 10:08 pm
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Feb 9th 2008 | 10:12 pm
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Re: Telefonica gets the Red Card!
He's just bitter as some Spanish Arthurio Daleyio type sold him a Lemon when he moved to Spain that needed a rebuild within a year! 
He should have come to me! Though I do have a Pete tax that is added whenever I sell to a Welsh bloke in Spain that dyes his hair orange!
He should have come to me! Though I do have a Pete tax that is added whenever I sell to a Welsh bloke in Spain that dyes his hair orange!
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Feb 9th 2008 | 11:08 pm
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The orange hair pics were particularly scary!
Feb 10th 2008 | 4:25 am
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All posts reported due to blatant orangism! 
Feb 15th 2008 | 12:07 am
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Re: Telefonica gets the Red Card!
Doing a bit of research on the Net and I found THIS!
Telefónica Trickery
When you have downloaded more than 20 GB in a single month, Telefónica will automatically reduce the speed of your ADSL connection by 75%, back to 256Kbs in other words. The revelation came on the website www.adslzone.net where a Telefónica spokesman insisted that 90% of clients never use that much bandwidth – it’s about the same as five DVD disks. A company source is quoted as saying ‘To say 20 Gigas or without limit, is practically saying the same thing’. Really?
The slower speed avoids Telefónica having to declare that there is a limit on the download; there is no limit as such, only that things will slow down when you cross the 20 GB level.
Not being up front about that detail, even if it only effects 10% of users, does Telefónica no favours, and the Spanish Association of Internet Users has already said it will start legal action against the company for misleading advertising.
Telefónica Trickery
When you have downloaded more than 20 GB in a single month, Telefónica will automatically reduce the speed of your ADSL connection by 75%, back to 256Kbs in other words. The revelation came on the website www.adslzone.net where a Telefónica spokesman insisted that 90% of clients never use that much bandwidth – it’s about the same as five DVD disks. A company source is quoted as saying ‘To say 20 Gigas or without limit, is practically saying the same thing’. Really?
The slower speed avoids Telefónica having to declare that there is a limit on the download; there is no limit as such, only that things will slow down when you cross the 20 GB level.
Not being up front about that detail, even if it only effects 10% of users, does Telefónica no favours, and the Spanish Association of Internet Users has already said it will start legal action against the company for misleading advertising.
The practice you have said about reducing speeds is also happening in the U.K. We were under the impression that OFCOM (or whatever they are called) has ended this practice. It seems that they have not.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle2982965.ece
Any how xtreme, are you up and running with your new ISP yet?
Feb 16th 2008 | 4:39 am
#67
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Unfortunately not....still working out of my mate's office in the town. But most of this week has been hardware service calls, so I've hardly been on the Net.
I spoke to Yacom yesterday and they think it'll be on next week....providing Telefonica don't start making it more difficult than they have.
I spoke to Yacom yesterday and they think it'll be on next week....providing Telefonica don't start making it more difficult than they have.
Feb 19th 2008 | 6:58 am
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Still not connected due to Telefonica taking their time to activate the line. Bet if I phoned them up and said reconnect me with you it would be on in 5 minutes.
Well they can bugger off! I'll keep working out of my mate's office however long it takes.
Well they can bugger off! I'll keep working out of my mate's office however long it takes.
Feb 21st 2008 | 12:24 am
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Mar 1st 2008 | 6:09 am
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Well we're now entering March.....and I'm still sitting in my mate's Estate Agent office in town. 25 days without ADSL at home.....cos it seems Telefonica are dragging it out to try and make me give in.....but it's not going to happen.
If I'm not live with Yacom in another 5 days I get my first month free!
If I'm not live with Yacom in another 5 days I get my first month free!
Mar 1st 2008 | 6:56 am
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Well we're now entering March.....and I'm still sitting in my mate's Estate Agent office in town. 25 days without ADSL at home.....cos it seems Telefonica are dragging it out to try and make me give in.....but it's not going to happen.
If I'm not live with Yacom in another 5 days I get my first month free!
If I'm not live with Yacom in another 5 days I get my first month free!
also the offer for the 1st month free ended in Feb!
Mar 1st 2008 | 8:37 pm
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