BT HOME HUB

Advantages: easy to use
Disadvantages: despite technical language (thankful for pictures)

...Bt home hub is an innovative idea to bring together all computers, phones, faxes etc through one small box. It can also be connected to your answering machine and house alarm systems. It allows you to have a wireless connection to broadband through a USB connection that you put into your computer. Although the instruction booklet you get with it is full of technical language there is easy to follow pictures, so even if your rubbish with technology you should be able to set it up by yourself. They do have technical support should you require it. You can access broadband in many places throughout the UK and Ireland. Anywhere where you see a BT openzone sign such as British Airways Airport Lounges, which is great if your often away on business. It means you can keep working right up until you board the aircraft. As part...

emma1984 29.10.2006 · Read review
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Official Wii Component Video Cable

Advantages: Far better picture than standard composite, better looking games
Disadvantages: Expensive, Only needed for larger screens 32" or greater

...After the release of the little white bundle of joy on the 8/12/2006 people were given a composite cable to show off their new shinny new console. AV enthusiasts all know a composite signal is the poor quality option for showing video on their TV's - what people really want is RGB or Component video input. As console manufactures are out to make a profit they usually bundle the cheapest and most compatible option with the console and then release upgrades to that product for people who need or want it. Nintendo understand this and have released two video upgrade options - the Wii RGB cable or the Wii Component cable. Lets get things straight from the off, The Nintendo Wii is not a High Definition Console, What this cable does offer is a enhanced image resolution of 480p. I finally got hold of the component video cable after...

tungst3n 20.01.2007 · Read review
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does bt stand for bloomin terrible

Advantages: speedy sign up
Disadvantages: poor line quality

...B.T.! These initials are supposed to represent the most reliable, stable and efficient British telecommunications company in the UK today, or so its advertising and reputation from years gone by would have you believe. Having been a happy customer of Telewest (cable) for the past two years, i decided to switch to BT as they were offering BT Surftime, which allowed me to pay £14.99 a month for which i would recieve the following services: Phone Line Rental, Free answering service, itemised billing and unlimited internet surftime all evenings (after 6pm) and weekends. At the time my cable company were charging £10 a month for the above with the exception of the unlimited free internet access which would cost me an additional 1p per minute time spent online. Bt also offered another package which would allow me all of the above...

mbmb11 05.09.2001 · Read review
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BT phone line.

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: totally unreliable.

...From our experience with BT they seem to have a policy of treating customers with utter contempt. Since we had our BT line installed last summer we've had constant problems with the phone line. About 5-6 times the line has cut off, gone completely dead. Even when it was working there was constant interference on the line. Calling BT (very expensive if you're forced to use a mobile) usually takes the best part of an hour to get through to a human being, at which point they will tell you there's nothing wrong with the line and it must be your fault. Eventually (after having been put through to countless different people) they agree to send someone out to fix it.. but we're usually left without a working phone for a week, there is no apology or explanation for why the line was cut off in the first place, and no refund for the money they...

millardmc 06.10.2009 · Read review
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BT - How They Continue To Operate I Don't Know

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Lengthy On Hold Periods, Rubbish Customer Service, Do Not Maintain Promises

...For the first 10 months as a customer of British Telecommunications (BT) I had no complaints. The service was installed (for a price of £125) and I paid for the line rental only on a quarterly direct debit of £33 per quarter. In the 10th month I moved house and applied to BT for a Home Move ? the service which automatically reconnects your current account to your new address with minimal upheaval. The website claims ?We can arrange the transfer of your BT Broadband and BT phone line with one simple call. We'll also transfer your BT Calling Plan and any BT Calling Features to your new address automatically so you won't miss out on any services.? I can confirm that; *They cannot arrange the transfer of your BT phone line with one simple call. *They cannot transfer your BT Calling plan to your new address automatically so you won...

carysb 12.07.2009 · Read review
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BT : 'Now That's What I Call Broadband!'

Advantages: Free wireless router and phone, fast and reliable, excellent technical support, value for money!
Disadvantages: Too many options to speak to someone on the phone.

...February and I received two phone calls basically saying that it had been activated and that I could install my wireless router any time from the minute I put the phone down. The other phone call was basically asking me whether I required any techinical assistance in wiring the BT home hub up to my computer. Installing the BT wireless home hub couldn't be much simpiliar. If you follow the clear instructions and do everything it tells you to do, for example, place one end of the ethernet cable into the wireless BT home hub and the other either into the side of your computer, if conecting using wires. Once you have wired the BT home hub up, wirelessly or wired, you then have to place the installation cd into the cd/dvd drive to install the software that ensures that the BT home hub works. The main benefits of having a BT wireless hub is that...

f1insidetrack 09.02.2007 (29.11.2009) · Read review
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BT Haven't Got A Clue

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: misleading literature, bad customer service

...After having problems with my telephone / broadband / television provider i decided it was time for a change. I had been with with BT before when i first moved into my house and basically I just had a landline then and later added BT Broadband. My television service was from sky, the invoices that i was receiving at that particular time were equating to over £100 a month, thats why i left initially. I received some literature in the post from BT advising of their new phone, broadband and television package which was all for a flat fee of £30 per month and if i subscribed during the month they would give me a free BT Homehub which i thought was a fantastic deal so my first thought was to get it changed as soon as possible. It advised on the literature to take advantage of the offer please ring a certain 0880 number which i did. I...

blondgem 22.09.2007 · Read review
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Amazing Little Cable

Advantages: Synchronizes mobile phone to PC
Disadvantages: None

...REASON FOR PURCHASING I am fond of taking pictures with my Nokia 7360 mobile phone.There are always unexpected moments that I want to treasure by capturing them with my mobile phone. I only bring my digital camera with me during special occasions so I use my mobile phone in taking pictures in ordinary days. When my phone's memory card was almost full, I bought Nokia CA-42 Mobile phone cable since I didn't want to delete pictures from my mobile phone. I wanted to transfer the pictures from my mobile phone to my computer. PACKAGE CONTENTS *1 item CA-42 Data Cable *1 item CD ROM that contains Nokia PC Suite and Drivers *1 item CD that contains Wallpapers, Games and Ringtones *1 item User's Guide Manual INSTALLATION Installing Nokia PC Suite to my computer is quick and easy. I just inserted the CD in my CD...

browndoll 06.07.2009 · Read review
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BT's TV Dream

Advantages: No contracts, high quality On Demand TV
Disadvantages: No over run facility on recordings

...however, the TV signal streamed by your internet to the BT Vision box is using an advanced compression system meaning that it uses very little of your broadband signal, better still this is not reflected in your image, which in case I never mentioned if available will come down in High Definition when a show has been made in this format. Another issue that might be on your mind is cables, I was thinking my house would be filled with meters of cable but this is not the case. Your box will come with two power line extenders; these are big chunky plugs that you can slot an Ethernet cable into. This then sends your internet through your home electrical system, so if you purchase more extenders you can use the internet in rooms you might not have been able to before. This is great because even though I have a wi-fi system at home at times this...

sghawken 22.11.2007 · Read review
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FREE FROM BT

Advantages: Free - and a voice which sounds much nicer than mine!
Disadvantages: Cannot personalise your settings.

...BT Answer, a FREE service, yes, FREE. Have you thought of buying an answering machine? Answering machines are really useful, and we have used one for years, but ours finally went wrong a couple of months ago. Faced with a bewildering choice of new machines, we did nothing, which in retrospect was the right thing to do! So, when I logged on to BT.com and saw their new service, BT Answer, advertised as a free service, I decided to give it a try. So far I am pleased with it, I know if I am on the Internet (which is often), or if I am out of the house or engaged on another call, incoming calls will be answered with a professional greeting and the caller can opt to leave me a message if they wish to do so. I can still use the last number called service 1471, and if I do have any messages I can tell by listening to the dial tone...

Lynda04 21.09.2001 (29.09.2001) · Read review
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