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No BT Connection since 18/12/09

Nuke-BT
Nuke-BT Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 25 January 2010 at 8:45PM in Phones & TV
After problems with incoming calls for several months, for which we could get no help from BT, our line finally died on 18th December. The fault was established as being outside our property but several engineers didn't know where the box was to mend the cable (there were a couple of inches of snow). Eventually the snow went, an engineer came and took 2 days to find the right box and establish that the cable would have to be dug up. Apparently holes can't be dug if it's snowy, but after the thaw we were promised a dig on 4th Jan. Nothing happened. It snowed again. It thawed. They came and dug a hole. It was in the wrong place. They came back and filled it in but didn't dig one in the right place. Obviously we have now used up our entitlement to hole digging because they haven't been back since. Promises of their imminent arrival have been made but never kept, promises to call back with information are never kept and attempts to escalate our case to higher levels have been fruitless. The day cable comes to this village, I will be waving good bye to BT forever.:( Are there any BT reps around who could get something done?

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  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,957 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    For the older members of the forum :-
    Sounds like the old Bernie Cribbens song --- "there I was digging this hole..............
  • BT_company_representative
    BT_company_representative Posts: 1,861 Organisation Representative
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi Nuke-BT,

    I am sorry to hear of the delay in getting this fault repaired. I would like to take a look at this for you to see what is happening. Please could your drop me an email with your BT account details? Please also include your Forum username. My email address can be found by clicking on my profile. Once I have received those details I will investigate this and reply to you directly.

    Cheers

    Paddy
    Official Company Representative
    I am the official company representative of BT. MSE has given permission for me to post in response to queries about the company, so that I can help solve issues. You can see my name on the companies with permission to post list. I am not allowed to tout for business at all. If you believe I am please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com This does NOT imply any form of approval of my company or its products by MSE"
  • Jemma-T
    Jemma-T Posts: 1,546 Forumite
    Try and get the BT Rep to help because all the engineering has zero to do with BT retail. If you move around it could get MUCH worse.

    Once the problem is solved then leave immediately.

    If the BT Rep can't help (maybe do it anyway) start to investigate a new line installation. You have to cut your losses sometime.
  • If you have broadband you might like to look at this:

    http://www.aaisp.net.uk/broadband-trial.html
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