I Could Draw a Better Line

Not much going on today yet. But I thought I'd have another ranty sort of an entry. Whenever I move again I sure as hell aren't getting another BT internet line.

First of all, the line was advertised as "8Mb". Now, I know that the crafty fucks always put an "up to" in front of it, but when I ask for an eight megabit line I do not expect to get an ADSL line going through my fucking phone. If they can't provide a cable line -- like expected -- they should just tell me that and I'd of found someone else. My last Telewest/Virgin line could hit 1.5MB download speeds. I'm lucky if I break 250KB on this one.

Secondly, your routers are shit. My Telewest/Virgin one lasted me something like 3-4 years and even returned it when I moved because it was still in perfect working order. The first router I got from you died after a month. This new one just stops randomly making new connections at least once a week, making me restart it. The wireless range (which only has to go goddamn 15 or so feet, because I'm right above it) often dips from 4 bars to 2 for no reason.

Just use someone else's or get someone to manufacturer something that isn't going to break every fucking week. To put it in perspective, I used my Apple Airport for something like 2-3 years. It never once died or forced me to restart it.

It really pisses me off when I'm sat waiting for an email and suddenly -- oh it won't get anything from Gmail. Oh Safari won't resolve any pages. Oh, nothing will reconnect again. And then I have the bullshit that IRC/AIM won't reconnect me for some stupid reason until I turn the wireless off and on.

Companies: Making life harder for an extra £1.75, since the God damn start of time.