Opted out of btfon but router refuses to comply

After opting out of btfon I expected my router to turn these features off, this however is not the case, it is still broadcasting btfon and openzone.
My friend tried to connect and did,
why is my router being used for this service when I deliberately opted out?
My understanding is that when you opt out, the service is turned off automatically, is this not the case?
Finally if I need to, how do I go about turning it off in the router, I've looked but cant see a way of doing so.
Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.

Hi jeansmith16 and welcome
When did you opt out as it can take around 72 hours for the deactivation signal to be sent to the hub. Having said that there appears to be some issues with BTFon atm, I too have had the same issue as yourself...
Also -
being opted in, yet the hub isn't
opting out and hub opts in
having a mod deacivate the service on the hub and the BTFon map still showing my hubs (map is a rough guide and won't show the exact location for privacy/security reasons) BTF/BTO SSID's as active
Anyway, we used to be able to call the BTFon guys directly on this number 0800 022 33 22 (then selecting the Fon option), but it now seems that BT have added this number in to the black hole of the BT call centre.
So you can either wait it out in hope that the hub sorts itself out or contact the mods and ask them to have the hub deactivated.
As a side note, there is no means of turning it off when the hub is showing you as opted in
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Answer from the BT web Site....
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To opt-out of BT FON simply follow the steps below:
Go to http://www.bt.com/btfon
Click on the Check Status link on the left of the page
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Remember, if you ever want to opt back in it is easy: just visit the BT FON website.
<End Quote>
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IanC wrote:
Wait - it should happen automagically after a while. If the wait gets too much, I believe a router reset will do the trick, but I don't use a HH2 so can't be sure.
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Opting out of BT Wifi being made impossible by fru...

For the last week I have been trying to opt out of BT Wifi FON, however when I click the link on the BT site and go to
www.bt.com/btfon‎ my BT internet address I set up for for mail is not recognised and says "invalid username/password" (incidentally the email I set up BT ID was a non-BT email so there is no option to input this).
After twenty five frustrating minutes on the phone to customer services trying to explain that my problem was NOT that I couldn't connect to BT wifi FON (I am readily able to do that with my BT internet address) but that it was that I couldnt log into www.bt.com/btfon‎ to opt out, I finally got put through to someone who said I needed a 'registered' BT email address. She set one up for me and said I would be emailed with a password within 24hrs to my non-BT email (ie the BT ID email address I had set up). Incidentally I was advised that they could not opt me out of BT wifi at their end and that I would need to do this myself through the www.bt.com/btfon site.
Predictably this email never arrived and so I called again and after another half hour of trying to explain the same thing to a different adviser who had no idea about the email I had set up by the previous advisor, this advisor uttered the dreaded words "so you can't connect to BT wifi?". Aaaaaargh! I CAN CONNECT TO BT WIFI, I JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOG INTO www.bt.com/btfon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ended up putting phone done in sheer frustration (how many more times can I explain that I CAN CONNECT TO WIFI, THATS NOT THE PROBLEM!!!) and submitting a complaint. I just hope it's dealt with by someone who actually finally knows what they are doing!
As a new customer I am totally fed up with BT already. I am trying to solve what should be a simple problem and have been left frustrated and inconvenienced by the appalling customer service. The telephone advisors seemed to have no knowledge of the trail of events in my case (don't they have an electronic log of these somewhere they can look at to see what earlier advisors have done?) and just seemed to select their response from a selection of pre-defined phrases rather than actually understanding and responding to the problem.
Came to BT from TalkTalk expecting an improvement in service, not more of the same.
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Many thanks to the moderator who has offered to resolve this, much appreciated but the matter is now resolved.
However to update- after another frstrating call from customer services that offered no solution (just the same repetitive misunderstanding of my problem which I won't go over again as I've ranted about this in previous posts!) I stumbled upon a seperate button in the My BT pages that said to press to opt out of wifi.
I expected it to just take me to the link that I have been unable to log into (for the reasons given in my previous posts) but it didn't, and gave me an immediate message saying that I would be opted out of Bt Wifi within 24hrs. Must admit I didnt expect it to work but it did. I subsequently ignored my callback messages from BT customer services as I just couldnt deal with the hassle, having already wasted about 3 hours on the phone trying to sort this out. Not one single advisor had mentioned that I could use this button instead of the BT wifi opt out opt page I had been trying to access.
In conclusion, if you are trying to opt out of BT Wifi and cant log into the page that the BT site links you to (due to not having a registered BT email address), dont waste your time trying to explain it to BT customer services unless you want to be repeatedly told that your problem is logging into a BT hotspot when it isn't and that you will be given a registered email (that will never work- despite having one set up and being given a password by an adviser over the phone this was still rejected by the bt wifi opt out page). Instead, have a dig around on your My BT and look for the opt out button.
Once again, thankyou to the moderator DavidM that offered to help but I am going to leave it here as the outcome I wanted has been achieved ie I have finally been able to opt out. No thanks to BT for the utterly useless and inconsistent advice provided by their offshore call centres.

No opt-out for cloud? I am incensed.

I bought a Cicsco/Linksys EA4500 router a few weeks ago based on good reviews on Amazon. I see now that the package probably said something about the cloud but if I saw it I'm sure I assumed it was some feature for which I would not sign up.
At no time was I advised that the cloud would be mandatory with no opt-out once it rolled out. This morning I see that I am being prompted to either sign a new EULA or roll back to firmware that Cisco will probably not support. This is completely unacceptable. The Cisco cloud may be really cool and awesome but the fact remains that the product I bought has been disabled by Cisco and it appears I have no way to make it functional without agreeing to new terms.
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If I still have the packaging for it I'm returning it today.

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I have OPTED OUT of hot deals (and 2 others, the third will not let me its behind its window) and it will not turn off - how do I turn it off forever?

You have an opt out option.
THIS opt out option has a forever option.
IT DOES NOT WORK.
I have opted out forever on the stupid )(&**%^*&()*^ tab that occurs in the MIDDLE OF MY SCREEN, covering a THIRD of my screen (and at 62cm - this is over kill!) .... FAIL. (at least 4 times)
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I realise this can not be fixed on the spot, as it is going to require an actual programmer to fix it but please, pass this up to or over to whoever CAN fix it. I have used firefox since before patch 4 after it went live. I ADORED the old "you are F****d (etc" page you used to have that was directly opposed to internet explorers page not found - and I actually took the time to read it and had a terrible time stopping the laughter (at work of all places) when I did. I do not want to change browser, but these *features* do not enthrall me - especially since *features* should be optional, and turning them off should work.
Thank you for your help, and I hope you have a great day/night and no more horribly painful people like me. <3 x o

thankyou. THANK you.
thankyouthankyouthankyou!
sorry about no screenie but the first option worked (at least so far!)
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

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