Taking the plunge

"Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> http://www.btopenworld.com/broadband...r_splash1_noss.
>> htm
>
> Sorry page cannot be found, well that certainly clarifies
> something for someone but not for me....
>
>> l <<<<<< that's what was missing, a victim of word-wrap!!!

Try this instead:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I508219B5

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Sunil Sood wrote:
> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:zF83b.4917$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sunil Sood wrote:
>>> The last I heard BT Openworld was going to be folded into BT
>>> Retail officially as well...
>>
>> I've heard that rumour ever since it was set up, due to the
>> confusion about names etc. Only problem is that BT directly offer
>> a broadband product already (as you already know) so which one is
>> going to have to give...
>
> "With effect from January 1, 2003 the operations of BT Openworld
> have been transferred under the management control of BT Retail."
>
> from
>
http://www.btplc.com/Mediacentre/Arc...403release.htm
>
> and
>
> "With effect from January 1, 2003, BT Openworld is under the
> management responsibility of BT Retail and will report its results
> as part of BT Retail. This decision reflects the maturity of BT
> Openworld's services and will allow the realisation of synergies,
> particularly in administration and back-office costs."
>
> from
>
http://www.btplc.com/Mediacentre/Arc...303release.htm
>
> Regards
> Sunil

Oh well yet another policy decision which hasn't been filtered down to
us grunts.....

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BRG wrote:
> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> newsja3b.6315$(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> BRG wrote:
>>> Try this instead:
>>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?I508219B5
>>
>> None the wiser it's an advert for the BT Opwenworld broadband
>> service.....
>>
>
> I was challenging your assertion that "the only BT supplied
> broadband (to the end user that is) is BT Broadband"
>
> Whereas BT Openworld is also BT-supplied if you read
> http://www.btopenworld.com/aboutus/intro
>
> e.g.:
>
> "About BT Openworld
>
> BT Openworld, BT's mass market Internet division, is one of the
> UK's leading Internet service providers.
>
> It delivers broadband and narrowband services to more than 1.7
> million business and consumer customers in the UK through
> www.btopenworld.com.
>
> The company offers a wide range of Internet access packages and
> payment options. Broadband packages include: BT Openworld Home 500
> Plug & Go and Business 500 Plug & Go - self-install broadband
> products. Other products cover a choice of download speeds, from up
> to 500kbps, to up to 2Mbps, single or multi-user set-ups for PC or
> Mac, and static or dynamic IP addresses. BT Openworld also provides
> broadband over satellite for business users. "

Read reply to Sunil...

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"Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Oh well yet another policy decision which hasn't been filtered down to
> us grunts.....

I guess you're used to it by now

Regards
Sunil

"Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> BRG wrote:
>> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> newsja3b.6315$(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> BRG wrote:
>>>> Try this instead:
>>>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?I508219B5
>>>
>>> None the wiser it's an advert for the BT Opwenworld broadband
>>> service.....
>>>
>>
>> I was challenging your assertion that "the only BT supplied
>> broadband (to the end user that is) is BT Broadband"
>>
>> Whereas BT Openworld is also BT-supplied if you read
>> http://www.btopenworld.com/aboutus/intro
>>
>> e.g.:
>>
>> "About BT Openworld
>>
>> BT Openworld, BT's mass market Internet division, is one of the
>> UK's leading Internet service providers.
>>
>> It delivers broadband and narrowband services to more than 1.7
>> million business and consumer customers in the UK through
>> www.btopenworld.com.
>>
>> The company offers a wide range of Internet access packages and
>> payment options. Broadband packages include: BT Openworld Home
>> 500 Plug & Go and Business 500 Plug & Go - self-install
>> broadband products. Other products cover a choice of download
>> speeds, from up to 500kbps, to up to 2Mbps, single or
>> multi-user set-ups for PC or Mac, and static or dynamic IP
>> addresses. BT Openworld also provides broadband over satellite
>> for business users. "
>
> Read reply to Sunil...
>

I found three replies to Sunil, none of which clarifies your
response to my points. Please would you explain?

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BRG wrote:
> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>
>> BRG wrote:
>>> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>> news:gya3b.6331$(E-Mail Removed):
>>>
>>>> BRG wrote:
>>>>> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>>>> newsja3b.6315$(E-Mail Removed):
>>>>>
>>>>>> BRG wrote:
>>>>>>> Try this instead:
>>>>>>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?I508219B5
>>>>>>
>>>>>> None the wiser it's an advert for the BT Opwenworld
>>>>>> broadband service.....
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was challenging your assertion that "the only BT supplied
>>>>> broadband (to the end user that is) is BT Broadband"
>>>>>
>>>>> Whereas BT Openworld is also BT-supplied if you read
>>>>> http://www.btopenworld.com/aboutus/intro
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g.:
>>>>>
>>>>> "About BT Openworld
>>>>>
>>>>> BT Openworld, BT's mass market Internet division, is one of
>>>>> the UK's leading Internet service providers.
>>>>>
>>>>> It delivers broadband and narrowband services to more than
>>>>> 1.7 million business and consumer customers in the UK through
>>>>> www.btopenworld.com.
>>>>>
>>>>> The company offers a wide range of Internet access packages
>>>>> and payment options. Broadband packages include: BT Openworld
>>>>> Home 500 Plug & Go and Business 500 Plug & Go - self-install
>>>>> broadband products. Other products cover a choice of download
>>>>> speeds, from up to 500kbps, to up to 2Mbps, single or
>>>>> multi-user set-ups for PC or Mac, and static or dynamic IP
>>>>> addresses. BT Openworld also provides broadband over
>>>>> satellite for business users. "
>>>>
>>>> Read reply to Sunil...
>>>>
>>>
>>> I found three replies to Sunil, none of which clarifies your
>>> response to my points. Please would you explain?
>>
>> Then try readin Sunil's reply to me as he has included my reply
>> to him.....
>>
>
> BT Openworld offer broadband. Whilst "Operating at arm's length",
> it was still part of BT.
>
> So "the only BT supplied broadband (to the end user that is) is BT
> Broadband" is not correct.
>
> Case closed.

Argh selective reading, you must be a BT manager, probably above the
level of 2 as well....

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"Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> BRG wrote:
>> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:vfi3b.55$(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> BRG wrote:
>>>> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>>> news:gya3b.6331$(E-Mail Removed):
>>>>
>>>>> BRG wrote:
>>>>>> "Kraftee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>>>>> newsja3b.6315$(E-Mail Removed):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BRG wrote:
>>>>>>>> Try this instead:
>>>>>>>> http://makeashorterlink.com/?I508219B5
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> None the wiser it's an advert for the BT Opwenworld
>>>>>>> broadband service.....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was challenging your assertion that "the only BT supplied
>>>>>> broadband (to the end user that is) is BT Broadband"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whereas BT Openworld is also BT-supplied if you read
>>>>>> http://www.btopenworld.com/aboutus/intro
>>>>>>
>>>>>> e.g.:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "About BT Openworld
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BT Openworld, BT's mass market Internet division, is one of
>>>>>> the UK's leading Internet service providers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It delivers broadband and narrowband services to more than
>>>>>> 1.7 million business and consumer customers in the UK
>>>>>> through www.btopenworld.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The company offers a wide range of Internet access packages
>>>>>> and payment options. Broadband packages include: BT
>>>>>> Openworld Home 500 Plug & Go and Business 500 Plug & Go -
>>>>>> self-install broadband products. Other products cover a
>>>>>> choice of download speeds, from up to 500kbps, to up to
>>>>>> 2Mbps, single or multi-user set-ups for PC or Mac, and
>>>>>> static or dynamic IP addresses. BT Openworld also provides
>>>>>> broadband over satellite for business users. "
>>>>>
>>>>> Read reply to Sunil...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I found three replies to Sunil, none of which clarifies your
>>>> response to my points. Please would you explain?
>>>
>>> Then try readin Sunil's reply to me as he has included my
>>> reply to him.....
>>>
>>
>> BT Openworld offer broadband. Whilst "Operating at arm's
>> length", it was still part of BT.
>>
>> So "the only BT supplied broadband (to the end user that is) is
>> BT Broadband" is not correct.
>>
>> Case closed.
>
> Argh selective reading, you must be a BT manager, probably above
> the level of 2 as well....
>

Manager! How dare you, you cad! Well if you're going to resort to random
below-the-belt insults, you must be a, errm, aha, an Estate Agent!

Re selective reading: so why not respond to my repeated requests to explain
what you meant. Or is it all really just totally inexplicable to anyone in
the real (i.e. non-BT) world. :-)


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