Anyone heard of EasyTalk?

> They sent user the details for the broadband package, but no modem, so
> I have had to use old Dynamode router. There is no email account
> either so will have to set up Gmail.

Personally I wouldn't touch a 24 month contract with automatic
renewal, no modem, mail, or news server, particularly as it is
carrier preselect.
A potential problem with carrier preselect is lack of capacity,
so calls fail at certain times of day, which can extend to lack of
backhaul bandwidth evenings.
There can be arguments and customer service problems
if it anything goes pear shaped.
Unsolicited cold calls are rarely the bargain they seem,
and as for sorting out direct debit problems, need I say
more.
Has he read the small print, I believe he can cancel
within the cancellation period.
..

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:48:14 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>
>> They sent user the details for the broadband package, but no modem, so
>> I have had to use old Dynamode router. There is no email account
>> either so will have to set up Gmail.
>
>Personally I wouldn't touch a 24 month contract with automatic
>renewal, no modem, mail, or news server, particularly as it is
>carrier preselect.

There's nothing on that site that jumps out to you to just join the
service. No, I agree, it is a mess.

I did speak to them about trying to cancel, but it will cause all
sorts of problems, if I can get the thing working as it stands, I will
be happy.

Andrew.

Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> Actually company is called Eze-talk http://www.eze-talk.co.uk/
>
> They sent user the details for the broadband package, but no modem, so
> I have had to use old Dynamode router. There is no email account
> either so will have to set up Gmail.
>
> Andrew.

Have a look at <http://www.fare-talk.com/members/distrib_login.html>

Eze-talk has an association with a company called Farepak.

Farepak are (still currently?) in liquidation ...

Should this be a worry, er... your call? :-)

I wonder which broadband service is being resold. BT?

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Adrian C

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:02:41 +0100, Adrian C <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Andrew Hodgson wrote:
>> Actually company is called Eze-talk http://www.eze-talk.co.uk/
>>
>> They sent user the details for the broadband package, but no modem, so
>> I have had to use old Dynamode router. There is no email account
>> either so will have to set up Gmail.
>>
>> Andrew.
>
>Have a look at <http://www.fare-talk.com/members/distrib_login.html>

Yup - saw the Farepak connection. I did explain to them about this,
however, they wanted to stay with them for now, and if they went bust
then they would deal with it. They are reticent of giving me much
information about the contract, and I didn't want to push.

>I wonder which broadband service is being resold. BT?

The IP address they got was registered with a company called
www.186k.co.uk. The username was xxx@comuk. When we dialed in with
the router, it appeared to give a DNS server which wasn't responding,
so I had to use one of the Opendns servers on the router!

They are sending and receiving fine now with Google, and if they need
to change at any time, at least it will only be the router that needs
changing, and not the email address etc, which hopefully won't go bust
(Google).

Andrew.

Yes, I had same cold call. They are based in Cheshire, Crewe, and apparantly are still=
operating.
They offered me the world for =C2=A313.50 monthincl VAT.
If yu are still interested in locating them, they have website - just google easytalk=
.. I can give you their telephone number and email address if you wish, - they are callin=
g me back. I am sceptical of their ability to maintain their promises! But if they are g=
enuine it seems a good deal.email me at (E-Mail Removed) if you want to know more.=
On holiday until March 2nd - they calling me back in March 2012

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