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 Phone Home

Advantages: Neat, looks great, has everything you'd expect from a digital cordless phone.
Disadvantages: Not the cheapest on the market.

...The Bt Diverse is a digital cordless phone which can be bought as a single phone, or in a a twin or trio pack, where you get a phone with a base unit plus 1 or 2 more phones to use around the house. Only the base unit needs to be plugged into a phone socket, which means you can put the extra phones in any room, and move them from room to room if you want to. The extra phones just need an electrical socket for them to work. The phone itself looks very stylish, in silver, and looks like a mobile phone. It has a blue light that comes on in the display panel when the phone rings or is in use, and if you have caller display on your line the number of the person who is calling you comes up when they ring. The phone can receive and send sms text messages, and if you have a BT Line and are on option 2 or 3 for your line rental you get...

phoenixgreen 29.09.2006 · Read review
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Bt Aqua phone

Advantages: Great design, Good quality phone with great features & clarity, along with an answerphone
Disadvantages: price, mine has rang when I put it down, but only a couple of times.

...I bought the Bt cordless Aqua phone a few Months ago. At first I was very sceptical, I had owned a Bt phone in the past & it lasted less than 12 Months. I hadnt had another BT since. But I plumped for it. I liked the look & it had the kind of features I needed. On the whole I am very pleasently surprised. It has a seperate base unit, which plugs into your phone line. Although this is quite large for what youd expect it to be, its about 15 cm high. But the main benefit of it is you can put it next to the phone line, then you can put the handsets anywhere in your house there is a power supply. It means theres no main phone handset, they are all the same phones, with small bases. So if you want the main phone on the other side of the room to your phone socket, bingo, you can. No being tied to your phone socket or trailing wires...

sallyspud 18.12.2007 (21.12.2007) · Read review
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BT phone home

Advantages: sleek, shiny, lots of features
Disadvantages: don't mix it up with the TV remote

...I have been using an old combination phone/answermachine from the BT shop for the last 7 or 8 years & it has been playing up a lot. Since i switched to broadband the phone has to be unplugged & replugged in order to get a dial tone & nobody can dial in. As you can imagine this is quite frustrating but being a bit lazy i put up with it and made people ring me on my mobile all the time. I have now finally got around to replacing it with a BT freestyle 250 cordless & all my problems have been solved. We were in John Lewis having a potter around & being a man i wandered into the electrical department. There was a very wide range of phones on display so i worked my way round to the 'under £40' section - Lets face it, i have lived without a landline for years so there's no way i was going to spend £100 on one. The array of phones...

earlofaldgate 30.09.2007 (28.12.2007) · Read review
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The BT Hub Phone 1010

Advantages: Colour Display, Caller display, stylish appearance, cheaper (with Home Hub)
Disadvantages: you only get it in one colour

...BT Hub Phone is an ordinary cordless home phone. Except it is one of the best in that category. Its got a colour display (with many options), time & date display, few polyphonic ringtones,phone book that could store up to 50 entries and loudspeaker function. If you get the BT Home Hub to pair up with the Phone you can get cheaper call on land line and mobile. I have had the phone for some time now and I make all calls through the Hub Phone to save money. The Hub Phone's appearance is sleek and stylish unlike the other black-brick cordless phones. There are also no annoying aerials and the sound is perfect as long as you are with-in 200m of the Hub. With these options this cordless is almost a mobile phone. ....

a.manuel 03.08.2007 · Read review
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BT Aqua Twin Phones

Advantages: Look great and can be placed virtually anywhere
Disadvantages: Two phones don't communicate

...The BT Aqua phones look great and conveniantly do not have to be near the phone socket. The main base has to be near both a phone socket and an electrical socket, I have mine hidden behind some drawers. The phone bases can be plugged in anywhere in the house. The phones are cordless and it is recommended that they do spend the entirity charging which is great. You are able to have different ring tones for the base and the phones, there are a number of ringtones available buit you are not abale to attach you own like possible with a mobile phone. The phones can store a number of phone numbers and names, the information can be sent to the other phone so the data does not have to inputted twice. However they do not 'talk' to each other automatically, so when a new number is added you have to either add it on both or instruct...

ali8086 01.02.2008 · Read review
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BT Phone home?

Advantages: Digital, cordless and reliable
Disadvantages: Limited distance range from source

...The BT Diverse Solo cordless phone is ideal for analogue telephone users who want to take the plunge and move on to the sound clarity and speedy dialing that digital offers. I've had mine for 2 years now and it's been completely reliable and has provided lovely clear signals and connections throughout this time. Cost: The cost of the BT solo when new was £49 from Argos. However I have recently seen this lovely phone on ebay from as little as £6.99. A genuine bargain if it's true! In any event, use the on-line shopping searches and you will find that now is an excellent time to buy this reliable phone. Size matters: By today's standards it is probably a little heavier and bulkier than the newer DECT phones on the market now but since this is a phone for the home, rather than a mobile, that's okay. It weighs about 164g in your hand...

piano123 24.12.2005 · Read review
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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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BT total broadband and phone line package

Advantages: good range of up to date services, wireless, future proof, great customer services, no hassle
Disadvantages: took a while to get connected but happened without fault and BB went on 4 days early

...I switched back to BT a couple of months ago as I couldnt cope with the incompetence of NTL any longer. I have to say its the best move I ever made. They said it would take a week to activate the phone line which I thought was a bit slow. The date came and I picked the phone up to hear a dialling tone at 9am and was on the package I ordered. I got a text message on my mobile to say the service had been connected at 12pm which I was pleasantly surprised at. I realised the day after that the 1571 answerphone hadnt been activated when I rung it. I got an automated system with which I could request the service and when I followed the easy to use menus was told it would be activated within 5 days. The service was on the next day, another pleasant surprise. I registered for paperless billing and get my bill online and can access...

bigbenn5576 11.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of BT

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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