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ISP asking for return of modem after 5 years

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  • williham
    williham Posts: 1,223 Forumite
    savemoney wrote: »
    I got broadband with BT in 2000. 512k and costs me £150 to install you couldn't do it yourself then. Good job I still got the Alcatel modem (blueish turtle) all those years in case they ask for it back. I havent used BT since about 2001/2
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    haha this was my first broadband modem too.
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Yes they are crap williham. I seem to recall real problems with XP I did some beta testing for Alcatel at the time. My pc run like a snail when downloading from that modem at one time.
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