[UK-Bug] News .. pick n mix time

Been a while since the last posting, and so some of this is not really
*news* per say.

And dont forget June's competition ! Details on the homepage @
http://www.uk-bug.net/.

July's competition has been confirmed as well - so watch out for that too!

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How low can BT go ?
http://snipurl.com/78ky

Ofcom raps Tiscali over TV ad's
http://snipurl.com/78kx

Broadband from BT to get cheaper
http://snipurl.com/78kw

BTWholesale confirm "ADSL bonding" stance
http://snipurl.com/78bd

I'm innocent m'lud!
http://snipurl.com/78kt

Nildram offer 54g router
http://snipurl.com/78ks

Plusnet participating in Scottish trial
http://snipurl.com/78kr

Wanadoo in hot water...
http://snipurl.com/78kq

Reading area hit (again) by ADSL outage.
http://snipurl.com/78kl


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Regards
Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

How low can BT go ? (Lots of spelling mistakes in this article)


bug.net

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:00:51 UTC, Andy M Jenkins
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

Andy, I think your site is good....and it looks quite professional. But
it is marred by grammatical and spelling errors. Perhspa you could
employ a proof reader or just ask a friend to look over it??

For example (and I'm not having a particular 'go'; just pointing out
that there really are errors):

> Been a while since the last posting, and so some of this is not really
> *news* per say.

That's 'per se'.

> Ofcom raps Tiscali over TV ad's
> http://snipurl.com/78kx

That's "ads" (without the aprostrophe)

etc.

Just in the newsgroup, it isn't a great problem. But on the site...to
take one story...

> BTWholesale confirm "ADSL bonding" stance
> http://snipurl.com/78bd

para 2, line 4: 'hole', not 'whole'

para 4, line 1: should be "you're", not "your"

I hope you'll take this as constructive criticism...the stuff on the
site is more important than the bits here, of course. It's good...but is
spoiled by the little things. Your image (and believability) is damaged
by any error, unfortunately.

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

Bob Eager wrote:

> I hope you'll take this as constructive criticism...the stuff on the
> site is more important than the bits here, of course. It's good...but is
> spoiled by the little things. Your image (and believability) is damaged
> by any error, unfortunately.

*Every* comment re: Bug is taken as constructive.

Not an excuse, (but a reason none the less) a couple of the articles
were posted by external sources who evidently didnt spell check. Yes,
one should check the spelling myself I guess before publish, but I was
rushed for time, and on the quick read it looked fine.

Maybe Bug needs to hire a proof reader

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Regards
Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:41:39 UTC, Andy M Jenkins
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Not an excuse, (but a reason none the less) a couple of the articles
> were posted by external sources who evidently didnt spell check. Yes,
> one should check the spelling myself I guess before publish, but I was
> rushed for time, and on the quick read it looked fine.
>
> Maybe Bug needs to hire a proof reader

I think so...the errors in the article mentioned were both things that
would not have been picked up by a spell check.

--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-(E-Mail Removed)>, rde42
@spamcop.net, a.k.a Bob Eager says...

[...]

> Andy, I think your site is good....and it looks quite professional. But
> it is marred by grammatical and spelling errors. Perhspa ....

oh really .... ;-)

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:47:00 UTC, Tx2
<tx2newscollection-invalid-@hotmail.com> wrote:

> In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-(E-Mail Removed)>, rde42
> @spamcop.net, a.k.a Bob Eager says...
>
> [...]
>
> > Andy, I think your site is good....and it looks quite professional. But
> > it is marred by grammatical and spelling errors. Perhspa ....
>
> oh really .... ;-)

I'm just a fast-typing (and tired at the time) individual. I don't care
what anyone thinks! I can spell...I just can't type...
--
Bob Eager
begin a new life...dump Windows!

On 22 Jun 2004, in uk.telecom.broadband, "Bob Eager" wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Tx2 wrote:

>> Bob Eager says...
>> Perhspa ....

>> oh really .... ;-)

>I'm just a fast-typing (and tired at the time) individual. I don't care
>what anyone thinks! I can spell...I just can't type...

I assumed (wrongly) that it was deliberate :-) Peter M.

In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-(E-Mail Removed)>, rde42
@spamcop.net, a.k.a Bob Eager says...
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:47:00 UTC, Tx2
> <tx2newscollection-invalid-@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-(E-Mail Removed)>, rde42
> > @spamcop.net, a.k.a Bob Eager says...
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Andy, I think your site is good....and it looks quite professional. But
> > > it is marred by grammatical and spelling errors. Perhspa ....
> >
> > oh really .... ;-)
>
> I'm just a fast-typing (and tired at the time) individual. I don't care
> what anyone thinks! I can spell...I just can't type...


It was the irony, nothing more.