EE and BT to join forces
I am very disappointed to hear that EE is to be sold (out) to BT.BT are the most vile company i have ever had the misfortune to deal with.Their customer service is appalling; incorrect and over billing; forced to pay reconnection fees after being disconnected by them in error and having months of a fight to get the money back; told my account was closed and paid off then receiving bills that had nothing to do with me and again months of fighting with them to clear it up; no records of previous phone calls to customer services about issues so having to continuously go over and over and over the problems with very rude, uninterested and very incompetent customer services agents who couldn't care less if your problem is resolved or not.BT being as disgusting as BT is with their monopoly on telecoms in this country will hike contract prices and cut services..I have been with Orange /EE for about 20 years now but I can say with certainty i will not be remaining with whatever is left of EE after BT get their filthy stinking money grabbing hands on it...
I agree entirely with somon_mc... BT are vile and I will do anything I can to avoid dealing with them, because of location and other circumstances I'm still forced to have a landline with them and am to this day peeved that I have to pay an extra charge on my bill because I refuse to take out a direct debit on the basis that I want to see my bill before I hand over my hard earned. I recently switched from Vodafone to EE because of the vastly superior coverage and Vodafone's continued failure to live up to their promises for 3G coverage, let alone 4G. I specifically avoided O2, mainly because of their historical connections to BT but also because how, as a company, they tried to poach my account from Vodafone after they aquired my airtime provider many years ago (and causing me for the only time ever to change my mobile number, no this wasn't the change to the 07 prefix either). As to 3... well, their network leaves a LOT to be desired. I've been happy with my short time using EE and planned for my switch to be long term but it BT do get regulatory approval I will be seriously looking at the alternatives, including returning to Vodafone who might just have a usable 4G network by that time. This will also effect my decision regarding my son's phone upgrade which will be happening in comming weeks. If I can avoid a 2 year contract I will. If I can avoid giving money to BT I will. Sorry but that's the way it is and I suspect from conversations with friends that that's how a lot of EE/Orange/T-Mobile customers feel. I really do hope this doesn't go ahead.
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