Phone line finally fixed after a week

As promised I would like to thank the nice engineer guy who fixed the fault on the pole. Hopefully i will never have to contact BT customer service again to be treated like a numpty. If u sorted that bit out u would have an excellent service.
Thank you for sorting it though in the end.

You can only claim "compensation" if the line has not been repaired after the 3 working day.
This is not actually compensation, BT wil refund you the rental you pay.
If you want updates you can check the progress of your fault on www.bt.com/faults.
If you reported the fault on Monday, BT will always hope to have the fault cleared by the end of play on Thursday.
You say that you work from home, is it a Business line you have? if it is this will get repaired quicker than a residential line.
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Faulty phone line and broadband for 1 week - and B...

Please can a UK based BT Advisor / Engineer respond to this message as I'm desperately in need of help - and would be grateful of any assistance
Our housing development had lightning stikes on 30th Jan
As a result I lost my phone and BB connectivity as lines were damaged down the road
I reported this and was given an engineer visit for 5th today
BT enginerrs have been in teh neighbourhood for the last week
No show today for my scheduled visit though and no contact / feedback at all from BT
Rang up today and its cancelled as apparently "my fault has been remotely fixed" - definitely not
Also "we tried to contact you but got no answer" - maybe because my phone line is broken?
I'm getting absolutely nowhere with the help line -
I have told them I want an urgent resolution and I want to formally complain and I want a UK contact to help me resolve this - and that it I don't I'm cancelling my contracts - which I'm minded to do in any case
Still no call back from them on all that - and 1 week now with no connectivity at all
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Re:BUSINESS Phone line not working - nearly 2 WEEK...

Hi
I have a salon the phone is very important and since beginning of last week my phone line got ceased and cut off no warning or any thing i have lost alot of business and payments as i have a card machine as well. BT kept saying my line is not with them and i needed to ring my provider any way to cut story short my provider rings me today and says that i should have my number back and line on thursday well its not good enough as i finish then for easter and re-open on the tuesday. This is two weeks that i've lost money/business what are BT going to do about it?

this is a communty forum for BT Retail where customers help customers.
your phoneline would be fixed by BT OPenreach and they will only deal with your provider as that is not BT. you need to go back to your phone provider and see if they can help
there is nothing that can be done by BT Retail on this forum
this post is also 18month old!!!
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I am having trouble with my iphone5. I finally had SFR after 2 hours or more waiting to switch the service of the sim card. The phone worked finally but after upgrading my itunes, the iphone 5 will not even let me sign in nor give password.

I was so happy to receive my iphone5 today but, happiness turned into frustration. The new sim card was unlocked etc... The phone finally worked after 2 hrs or more and since I upgraded my itunes, the phone is blocked. It will only let me after being turned on unlock the phone. Once I get to ID apple and password, I can put it in but, then it says it has timed out. It also says I cannot connect to the server. What is going on???
I am in France and there is no Apple Store open on Sunday, my phone service is closed as well.
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I think you can solve your problems by removing your AppleID email address from BOTH the Messages setting on your iPhone and the iMessages settings on your Mac.
On iPhone:
Settings > Messages > iMessage > Dissabled
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > touch the "(i)" < touch "Remove This Email"
On Mac:
Open "Messages" application
Click "Messages menu > Preferences
Click "Accounts"
Select your AppleID account
Under the "You can be reached for messages at" settings, uncheck your AppleID email address and your phone number
Then uncheck the "Enable this account" setting
And lastly, ask all of your friends with iPhones to delete all iMessage conversations (blue bubbles) in their entirety.
To test, send a friend a new text using their phone number (not their email address) and watch the color of the bubble. If it's green then you are using SMS.

How do I get my laptop fixed after 6 weeks of waiting for parts that work??

I've been waiting 6 weeks for my laptop to be repaired...this time. The first time it was a week and the problem was not solved. I have a Macbook Pro that started randomly rebooting. It kept getting worse and worse until it wouldn't even complete a boot up, it just went into a cycle of reboots until it finalyy ended with a kernal error. They replaced my AirPort card which didn't solve the problem. My authorized service provider received replacement parts twice, and both times the parts were faulty so they are STILL waiting. I took matters into my own hands, which meant 2 1/2 hours on hold, no that is not a typo, I waited on hold for two and one-half hours with Apple. I spoke to a human twice, and each time asked for a supervisor or manager who could make a decision and solve my problem, but please don't put me back into the hold queue. After nicely saying they would not, they of course did put me into the hold queue...twice. I just want my computer back!!! The Apple commercials say "they just work", but they don't. If this was a pc, I could drive to my local Best Buy and purchase any replacement part, install it myself in an hour or two, then get back to doing what I need to do, but not with an Apple!!!! Thank goodness I purchsed the Apple Care or I would really be toast. From what I've read on the boards, this is a well known, common problem, so why isn't Apple doing everything possible to keep from ticking off so many people?
I just got off the phone with someone at Apple, after a total of 3.5 hours on the phone, and of couse he has to call people to find out what to do, so it is STILL going to be a couple of days, both of which he will be out of the office so someone else will take care of contacting the powers-that-be. So my question is, what can I do to escalate this matter besides hiring an attorney? Is there some magical department I can call or some supreme being I can email to get some help before I lose faith in all things Apple???? I'm afraid at this point I've had to tell people who ask me how I like my MAC that I would never in a million years purchase one again because the survice is so incredibly horrible and way too traumatic. Who at Apple can I complaign to and have it mean somethings?
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I had a similar waiting time when I sent my iMac G5 in to a Service Provider to get the optical drive fixed. It has to do with - the part takes so much time to get to the Service Provider then if its faulty, they have to resend for a new one. From my experience I would be calling the Service Provider and keeping up on them and the progress. If you need to, ask them how to speed things up. My Service Provider told me to phone Apple to give authority to speed up the shipping to 2-day instead of a week (it is something only the user can ask Apple for) or to ask them to loan me another computer till they get it fixed if it is going to take a lot longer. I called Apple, the lady at Apple put me on hold and gave me to her supervisor who then got the Service Provider on the phone to verify and then told me the part would be there within 2-3 days. It came and was finished, but it took a month before I became wise that nothing was happening at the Service Provider's end "We are waiting for the part" they kept telling me, but they just forgot to order the second one. I found all this out from Apple. There was nothing shipping to the Service Provider at the time nor had there been a second order for the part. The Service Provider did not even tell Apple the first one was faulty. It is called miscommunication and it happens from time to time.
I would make sure you tell Apple how long your computer has been in the shop and always sound professional and polite to whoever is on the other end and ask for that shipping speed up. Phone your Service Provider first to get the proper name that it is called!
It sounds like you got a lemon being taken care of by a Service Provider which automatically takes longer because of shipping. If it is not fixed when you get it back phone Apple first. Hope this helps you.

BT broad band and Phone line

Over the last few weeks I have had massive problems with noise issues on the phone at the same time my broadband keeps timing out.
I phoned BT who asked me to speak up over the phone because of the noise, they then checked the line and told me nothing wrong it must be your phone. So I bought a brand new phone and then tried again same again you have a hissing noise and I can hear faint noise of people speaking, then a loud click and the phone line goes dead.
At the same time as this my broadband keep taking ages to connect to anything it just goes on and on and on before telling me it's timed out, this is a long going issue, a few weeks ago it was suggested I try a cheaper method of broadband because it may be better, I agreed so long as it worked better, I lost all contact and could not get on to any site.
I contacted BT who told me today a line check it always came back OK.
Then I was told to take the front of the box off at the phone connection to look if the wires were connected I refused so they said you must have a bad phone so I bought another one, second one, still same problem.
I phoned BT 150 to get through to India who complained they could not hear me through the noise twice then I get cut off. After I phoned again they came up with another great idea I buy another phone.
I now started to lose my temper and asked to be put through so I could close my account while speaking to this nice lady who tried to help my phones line goes dead, phone up again get through to somebody else who says he will look into this, bang the line goes dead. I get a phone call saying they have looked at the line nothing wrong with it and he says he cannot hear any issues with the line. At the same time my Broad band starts to work.
So I get told they will phone me back to see if my line is fixed after three weeks of a nightmare with my phone and my broad band I'm tired to say the least, worse I do not like being made to look like a fool.
If there is issues with the line I expect people to say OK we will look at it fix it, not you may have to pay £99 to have an engineer look at it.
Being disabled my phone is my life line so is my broadband.

hi checking the phone in the test socket will eliminate any internal wiring problems and if the noise is still there then you would not be charged for the call out also closing your account would not solve the noise problem as it will follow you to any other provider
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Having lots of problems with getting a phone line ...

this may be a bit of a long story sorry, but this has now stretched to nearly 2 months without phone and internet and i desperately need help as i rely on both for my business.
we moved in to our new house in october and ordered BT phone and internet on the 18th of October, we've now had 3 engineers out to connect a phone line but yesterday after the 3rd one turned up, and then left without informing me, i phoned BT to ask where he was to be told i now had to rebook my appointment for the 6th of December, nearly 2 months after moving into my house.
first engineer came on the 8th of november, a very nice man who explained to me the phone line in my house was 20 year old outdated underground line which was no longer in use by BT, he phoned his boss and was told he'd need to put up a whole new line. he went away to get a harness and ladder etc, came back and climbed the pole and got the line up and put it to my house. he then took the whole thing down again... came in to inform me that the line didnt meet regulations as it was not high enough, and he couldnt use the other pole as it was too close to electrical wires. he was gutted to have lost a whole day but informed me it is the law that bt have to provide me with a phone line and that if they dont do anything within 3 days i should complain. i was disappointed as i'd taken the day off work for this, being self employed this cost me a lot of money.
next day i was back to work as normal, a new bt engineer phoned saying he was at my house. i said i'd come back to meet him but he told me not to bother, as he'd already inspected the area and decided the first engineer was wrong and he should have infact put the line up at the pole which was beside the electrical wires, so he told me he'd book a new appointment and bt would phone me to let me know.
i waited a week with no phone call or email so i phoned BT myself on Saturday 16th November. i got a lovely lady on the phone who actually seemed horrified at what had happened, she couldnt be more helpful and managed to get me a cancellation appointment the following thursday, 21st november, from the BT engineers and assured me the order would be completed this time. great, but annoying as again i had to be in the house which meant a 2nd day off work costing me a lot more money again.
21st november - yesterday - bang on 9am a knock at the door, great. new BT engineer is there, an older unfit looking gentleman wrapped up in hats and scarfs and huge jackets. straight away he came across to me that he couldnt be bothered with this, he was asking me what line i had, what the previous guy did, what the 2nd guy said needed doing, he didnt know himself. i explained to him and he went away back into his van. he sat there for 30-40 minutes, came back to the door to say he needed a cherrypicker to get him up the pole to connect the new phone line but as it was in another place it wouldnt be here till the afternoon. he then went on to ask me if i would be staying in all day as it would get done today, he said i needed to stay in the house all day 'you wont be going anywhere will you?' i was told to stay and wait for him over and over again. i said this was fine as i'd had to take another day off work, i couldnt afford a 3rd day so i wouldnt be going anywhere.
come 11.30am, he returned, he just said he wanted to update me on that he was heading into the village to fix a phone line then would return, again he asked for assurances i wouldnt leave the house etc and i said thats fine.
12:15pm - a man phoned from BT to rebook my engineer appointment, i kindly explained he was here at half 11 and was returning to complete the job later. the man on the phone said thats fine but please phone us back if he doesnt reappear. at this point i was very worried, phoned the missus for her opinion and we agreed i should phone back so i phoned back straight away. this time i got a nice scottish man on the phone and i explained everything, he went and checked things for me and said the system still said my order was in progress so if the engineer had told me he'd be coming back, he saw no reason why he wouldnt. i was happy with that and agreed.
3:30pm - still no sign so i phoned BT back to say i was worried he had left, it was a nice man on the phone again but talked in broken english and didnt understand me completely a lot of the time... (i have a scottish accent ) the whole call took about an hour but eventually it turned out the BT engineer had indeed just decided to go home, im presuming he decided it was too much work in the wind and rain, and to add insult to injury he'd even told BT my order was completed. i asked the man on the phone if i could talk to someone higher up as i wish to complain as i needed my order completed today, he point blank refused saying he would file the complaint on my behalf which i wasnt happy with but he wasnt having it any other way. he decided to rebook my appointment for the 6th of december despite this meaning i'd need to take a 3rd day off work costing me yet more money. he then had me wait on the phone whilst he typed out my complaint and gave me a complaint reference number, he didnt really check anything with me as to what i wanted in the complaint so i am a bit worried not everything is in there. i could add more on this, im not happy at having to wait for another 2 weeks aswell considering the last lady found me an appointment within just 4 days of me phoning, i believe i should have priority for an urgent appointment?
anyway, i am very annoyed by this whole thing. i have remained patient up until today and now i just dont know what to do, im not the type to complain but this is ridiculous, i can see the same thing happening with the next engineer. i do expect some form of compensation over this whole affair as it is not fair at all that i will now have to take 3 days off my self employed job which is very very costly for me and is money i can not get back. not to mention the loss in business from not having the internet as we take appointments and orders online, we have been unable to use this for 2 months now. the amount of money i have lost over all of this is unbelieveable. fair enough i did not mind at all having to wait for my first appointment, or for taking the first day off work for the work to be done. that was fair enough, i realise these guys are busy and that was the earliest appointment i could have so that was fine. but now that i have to take another 2 days off work is the problem, not to mention all this extra time with no internet.
please could one of you help me out here as i dont know what else to do. ideally im hoping someone could sort out an earlier appointment for me like the original woman on the phone did, getting me a cancellation, as i am in desperate need of it now as december is our busiest month. i also wish to file my own complaint about all of this if possible. thank you in advance for any help and i am sorry for the length of this post. cheers.
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You will not get any compensation from the failure to provide a residential line, apart from what BT say on this page.
Customer service guarantee
BT do not provide or maintain the external network. This is done by Openreach who work for all service providers. BT do not get any special treatment.
If you are waiting for Openreach to deal, then that appointment is going to be the earliest available.
You could take a laptop into town, and use it on the available hotspots. It would also be worth considering adding broadband to the business line, to make things easier at the shop.
As this is only a customer to customer forum, all I can do is to ask a BT Moderator to see if they can help, but I doubt that they can influence Openreach, as Openreach deal with other service providers as well.
I have asked a moderator to provide assistance, they will post an invite on this thread.
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Problem with phone line after installation of BT I...

Hi,
After persuading my dad (86) to switch from aol to BT infinity he is still without a working phone line. The phone line worked perfectly before switching to BT. Bt infinity was installed 5 weeks ago and ever since then his phone line developes a loud buzzing noice then breaks up completely after about 1-2 minutes into a call. Has been reported to BT several times, 4 BT engineers have been out to try and fix the problem without any success. We do not seem to be getting anywhere with BT and do not know what to do next.
Any help/advice would be gratefully received.

Hi I suggest you contact the forum mods they should be able to get your problem sorted for you this is a link to them
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14 weeks to get a phone line installed - £10 compe...

I moved house on 28/07 and after a huge amount of problems with Orange and after managing to cancel my account with them I ordered BT Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls on 07/08/12.
I get 3 emails confirming my order, thanking me for choosing paperless billing etc.
My initial engineer appointment was on 14/09/12 which is 5 weeks and a long time. To quote BT: “It usually takes 15 working days from when you order. It can take longer but this is very rare.” (http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8317/~/how-long-will-it-take-to-install-a-new-line%3F)
I get a text and an email on 12/07 to remind me of my appointment between 1pm and 6pm. So far so good.
The router gets delivered at 12.30am. This is promising.
The engineer comes at 13.30pm, installs the BT Open Reach box in my flat and then asks me if I can open the electronic gate next door as he needs access to my neighbour’s pathway to activate the distribution point. I tell him I cannot as it’s not my building. We try the trades button on the door system. It doesn’t work. We try pressing random house numbers on the door system (there’s no flat numbers on the building) to see if someone’s home. Nothing works. I phone my landlord who tells me this is a council building. No one is coming in and out of the building/gate. After about 30 minutes of trying and waiting I tell him just to use his ladder and climb over the gate (it’s about 6 foot) and activate the distribution point. I’ll take the blame if someone complains. It shouldn’t be a problem as I live next door, I’ve got a BT Open Reach engineer with me and we have a perfectly valid reason to do it. He tells me he can’t do that because of health and safety riles and trespassing laws. Fair enough.
The engineer leaves but before he does he tells me that when I’ve got access to the pathway BT would be able to send an engineer within 24 hours to activate the distribution point. He also tells me there is no need for me to be there the next time as all the work inside is completed and the only thing that needs to happen is for someone to activate the distribution point which is located on a wall on my neighbours building accessible from the pathway. He points it out to me and there is indeed a black box on the wall which can be reached using a ladder in the pathway.
I phone BT to see if anyone can find out how to get access to the pathway as I assume that if BT has installed a distribution point there they must have a way for them to get access to it. Especially as the engineer told me there are 3 lines in my building so this must have happened before. I was wrong. I have to argue with the customer service person with a very poor command of the English language for 30 minutes. He doesn’t know what “the council” is and doesn’t understand whatsoever why I –and I quote- “Can’t just ask the neighbour to let the engineer in when the next appointment has been made”. I try to explain to him there is an electronic metal gate with a call system and I am unable to call anyone as there are no flat numbers on the outside of the building and asked if he was suggesting that I wait all evening after work until someone comes out and that even then, surely I can’t ask my neighbour to stay home to let a BT engineer onto his pathway because I am trying to get a phone line installed. He then presented me with another option: “We can install a new line from the road but this is chargeable by £350”. After 30 minutes of this and asking to speak to a manager several times –which was refused- I had enough and hung up.
Determined to get the problem resolved I rang again and got someone else on the phone. She was quite sympathetic and advised me to phone the council and see if they can help. She confirmed that I didn’t need to be there for the next appointment if someone could give the engineer access to the distribution point as all the work apart from the distribution point activation was complete. By this time it was 4pm on a Friday and she promised to call back at 4pm on Monday.
I called the council right away but they said the caretakers had gone home as it was late on a Friday and advised me to ring back on Monday.
I get a text from BT: sorry we missed you appointment etc.
BT calls me on Monday morning 10.30am asking if I’ve sorted it. I tell the person I was expecting a call from them at 4pm and therefore I hadn’t rang the council yet. He promises to ring me back on Wednesday at 10.30am.
I call the council later that day; they’re not very helpful and advise me to call them again on Tuesday.
On Tuesday they log the call and lo and behold. Wednesday at 8.30am, the caretaker calls me, gives me his mobile number, tells me the trades button on the call system will work before 9.30am and they can give them access remotely. If they’re coming after 9.30am, the engineer needs to ring him an hour in advance and he’ll come to open the gate. We’re getting somewhere.
I don’t get a call on Wednesday 10.30am.
I call them myself that afternoon and explain the above. The guy says he’s written it all down, everything will get sorted and I’ll get a text with the new time and date.
Someone with a very poor command of the English language phones me on Thursday. I asked why she is ringing me. She says it’s to makes an engineer appointment. I tell her she doesn’t need to ring me as I don’t need to be in the property and they should all the information needed as I called them the day before. She doesn’t have a clue what I’m on about. I tell her to read out what she has on her screen under the notes as I now don’t trust that the person the day before has written it down properly. She once again doesn’t have a clue what I’m on about. I ask to speak to her manager. She says he’ll call me back. 5 minutes later he does. His English is excellent and he seems to have found the notes and knows exactly what’s going on. This is encouraging. He says the first appointment they have is 03/10 (it is now 20/09) but he’ll make sure they get it earlier and he’ll ring me back. The first person that hardly speaks English calls back. She says the appointment will be on 03/10 between 8am and 1pm. I tell her that her manager told me he was going to make sure it was going to be earlier and ask her why he lied to me. She doesn’t understand what I’m saying. I try to explain to her that trades button on the call system will work before 9.30am and they can give them access remotely but if they’re coming after 9.30am, the engineer needs to ring him an hour in advance and he’ll come to open the gate. She doesn’t understand what I’m saying. I ask her to get her manager to ring me back as he speaks English. She says he’ll call within 15 minutes. I get a text 5 minutes later confirming my appointment for 03/10 between 8am and 1pm.
On 02/10 I phone the caretaker in the morning to let him know they’re coming on 03/10 between 8am and 1pm. I also called BT once again to check everything was clear, confirming they have the correct mobile number of the caretaker etc. They say they have all the information needed and promise that the work will be done.
I phone on the afternoon of the 3rd to check the work had been done and I am told that it hasn’t as the engineer needs access to a flat roof and the caretaker can’t provide him with that. I explain that the original engineer had been on the flat roof already and told me they only needed to get through the gate to activate the distribution point so I don’t understand why they now need to get back on the roof. The roof can be accessed with a ladder (which they all standard have with them) from the pavement anyway so why do I need to be there? They tell me that the engineer has tried to call me but my phone was switched off. I am 100% sure that my phone has been on all day and I haven’t received any missed calls. Also, after all of the above, I wouldn’t switch my phone off on the crucial day. The engineer is lying. After being on the line for 15 minutes (as it takes at least 5 minutes to go through the automated menu every single time you call them and it literally takes a minute for the information to come up on their screen every time they need to access a file) that I don’t have time to discuss this right now as I have an important teleconference with an overseas client and ask for someone to call me back that evening to discuss this as I am busy at work all day.
I receive a text 10 minutes later saying the next engineer appointment is 12/11 between 1pm and 6pm.
This is 14 (!!!) weeks after ordering the service. I phone back when I have a short break at work to discuss this and request a call back. Someone calls me back 5 minutes later and asked for my account information which I don’t have handy so I ask to hold on while I’m looking it up. She hangs up on me.
I stay late at work to write an email on the email form on the website with a watered down version of all of the above and I get a confirmation email that it’s arrived.
I get another text that evening at 8.40pm as well as an email saying -once again- that the next engineer appointment is 12/11 between 1pm and 6pm.
Someone calls me at 8.50pm saying that the next engineer appointment is 12/11. I tell him I know this as they’ve sent me 2 texts and an email already and that this date is unacceptable and ask to speak to his manager. He tells me I need to call the Order Management Department. I ask him what the number is. You’ve guessed it: 0800 0800 150.
Someone called Chris XXXXX calls me the morning after to discuss the email I’ve written the day before. He gives me the usual “Open Reach controls the engineers” story and tells me the appointment will not be earlier than 12/11. I tell him this is unacceptable and if the appointment can’t be moved forward I want some compensation for all the expense and inconvenience caused. He tells me that since I haven’t been billed yet I’m not eligible for any compensation but as a gesture of good will he will give me £10 which I’m normally not eligible for as this is only given to people whose engineer didn’t come on time. I try to explain that if the engineer would have called me as he said he’s done (and not lied like he’s done) I could have explained where the distribution point was and I probably even would have rushed home from work to finally get it sorted. We argue a bit about compensation in which he tells me he’s already doing me a favour by giving me £10. I stop the argument to discuss more practical issues and ask him if I now need to be home on 12/11. He says I do. I now need to take another day off work it seems. I ask him if the caretaker needs to be there as well. He says he does. I ask him if I should invite anyone else and provide tea and biscuits for everyone. I don’t think he gets the joke. We argue a bit more about compensation, we get nowhere. I’m now getting upset. He says he’ll call me back at 1.30pm.
He does and immediately I ask him for his direct phone number. He says he doesn’t have one. I ask him for his email address. He says he doesn’t have one. I ask how to get in touch with him. He says through the 0800 call centre or the form on the website. Now the line gets really bad and gets disconnected. There is nothing wrong with my mobile or signal, I have 5 bars and 3G showing but I can’t hear him and the line gets disconnected. This happens 2 more times. I get him back on the phone and I ask him to call me back on my work landline. He does and a number shows up on the phone (not the 0800 one that showed up when he called my mobile). I immediately write it down and tell him he just lied to me about not having a direct line. He says it’s a desk used by many people. I tell him that if I ring that number and he’s around there’s chance I could get to speak to him surely. He says it’s only used for outgoing calls. I haven’t tried to ring it and can’t be bothered to be honest. I stop this argument and bring the conversation back to compensation. I ask if he can at least give me a few extra months free or upgrade my account for free for a few months maybe by throwing in some telly or something. He says he can’t do that and they can review compensation once the line has been installed. I tell him that’s not good enough and that this whole story is going online and hang up.
Worst customer service I’ve ever experienced and it seems that I’m stuck with it because I’ve already got an appointment and cancelling and going with another provider will result in an even longer wait.
I’ve been offered £10 compensation for taking 2 days of work, hours on the phone, massive mobile phone bills, a lot of stress and 14 weeks without a landline or internet. Truly unbelievable.

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I am sorry to see you are having problems with your BT Service
I suggest you contact the forum mods they should be able to get this problem sorted for you this is a link to them http://bt.custhelp.com/app/contact_email/c/4951
They normally reply by email or phone directly to you within 3 working days they will take personal ownership of your problem until resolved and will keep you informed of progress
They are a UK based BT specialist team who have a good record at getting problems solved
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13 Weeks still fault with my phone line

Well what a nightmare did I think 13 weeks later and still have a fault with phone line. Had around 15 dates for this to be fixed excuses after excuses really don't know what to do next so annoyed

Thanks mariek666,
Do you pay talktalk your line rental or BT Retail?
if it is talktalk then As this forum is for BT Retail customers only and you are with talk talk then you will need to raise it with TalkTalk themselves.
The lines are maintained by Openreach for all ISPs/CPs such as talktalk, BT Retail, Sky, EE, ect...
However even though Openreach is part of the BTplc Group, Openreach are a completely different line of business and have to treat all ISPs/CPs equally.
Openreach also only communicate with ISPs/CPs such and do not talk to end users such as you and me.
I'm afraid you will need to raise this matter with TalkTalk if you pay them line rental.
Link to talktalk contact page:http://www.talktalk.co.uk/contactus
Link to learn more about who Openreach are: http://www.expect.openreach.co.uk/faqs/
Hope you get it sorted soon.
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Phone line dead, over 2 week wait for possible rep...

Hi there
I'm posting on behalf of my Mum who cannot post in the forum as her phone line/broadband are currently down.
On Friday 4th January 2013 she noticed the phone was dead, and also that the Internet had stopped working. She rang the usual number BT provides and was told by an Indian chap that there is a fault but there won't be anybody available to look at it until 21st January 2013! She was not provided with any reference numbers to track the case or anything which didn't help.
Bear in mind my Mum is in her late 60's and relies on the phone to keep in contact with relatives, and this is especially important since my Dad died.
I am aware that Openreach are busy yadda yadda, but it is simply not acceptable for her to wait over 2 weeks for someone to at least have a look at it! She has spoken to her neighbours and they were having problems originally which now appear to have been sorted.
I am worried that not only will she have to wait but that she will charged a ridiculous fee for any repairs, even though the fault is not anything that she has caused. Also I am not happy that BT are going to charge for zero service for a two week period, surely this is essentially robbery?
Is there anyway I can get this escalated, and is there anyway I can get the charges she will receive refunded?
I have already contacted someone in the forum via e-mail but I don't think it worked as I was using my brother's mobile at the time.
Thanks in advance
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Tootsie wrote:
You're welcome. Also, I understand that your mum can have al her calls diverted to an alternative number and there is some form of compensation available for loss of service....I'll see if I can find the details.....I've seen them somewhere
BT will not pay you compensation they will only refund your line and BB rental if your phone has not been repaired after the end of the 3rd working day also if you have your line diverted you are not entitled to this refund.
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Why does my itunes crash after start up with an "APPCRASH" error every time i open it?! I have been trying to fix this for weeks but all i can do it re-install it every other day which does nothing!

Why does my itunes crash after start up with an "APPCRASH" error every time i open it?! I have been trying to fix this for weeks but all i can do it re-install it every other day which does nothing! I am desperate to get access to my itunes to get music on my phone and all of this just makes me want me to sell my iphone since there is no other way to add music to my phone. If things go get sorted soon you can say goodbye to my support.

For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down the page in case one of them applies.
The further information area has direct links to the current and recent builds in case you have problems downloading, need to revert to an older version or want to try the iTunes for Windows (64-bit - for older video cards) release as a workaround for installation or performance issues, or compatibility with QuickTime or third party software.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there are also links to backup and recovery advice should it be needed.
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Very slow connection speed, after phone line probl...

My catalogue of problems starts about a month ago. The phone line developed heavy interference and my Broadband connection kept dropping. This was diagnosed as being a fault with my HH 1.5. BT duly sent me a replacement HH3 which arrived about 3 days later. I installed the new hub, changed all the wiring and the filters for the new kit that came with the hub only to discover that the interference on the phone line was now even worse. It was so bad that at times you could not even hear what was being said on the other end of the phone, so an engineer visit was arranged.
A week later a BT engineer came and checked the line, sure enough there was a second problem and all the wiring from my house to the nearest telephone pole had to be replaced.
These problems had had a catastrophic effect on my connection speed and profile (I was getting about 500 kbps both up and down stream), so I dutifully reset the hub after the engineer had finished and waited for the line to stabilise.
14 days later and the upload speed had doubled, but the download speed is still unchanged at 570 kbps, about half the current upload speed. The line was a bit temperamental for the first few days but I have been able to maintain a solid connection for the last 4 days, current stats are as follows:
ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
4 days, 04:42:16
Downstream:
574.3 Kbps
Upstream:
1.184 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
29.9 dB / 5.6 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
19.6 dB / 12.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
18.3 dBm / 12.4 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
279 / 615
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 94
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 156
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 42
There is only one active socket in the house, and the hub has been running from the test socket for the last week.
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The Hub is connected to the test socket. Disconnecting the ADSL feed to the hub has had no real effect (The upload speed increased marginaly but still no change to the download speed). Reran speedtest too, the new stats are:
FAQ
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
0.44 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.5 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 0.44 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.1 Mbps-0.5 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 0.51 Mbps
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
0.94 Mbps
0 Mbps
0.83 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Upload speed achieved during the test was - 0.94Mbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 0.83 Mbps
ADSL Line Status
Connection Information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 00:02:29
Downstream:
574.3 Kbps
Upstream:
1.2 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
29.9 dB / 5.9 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
19.5 dB / 12.7 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
18.3 dBm / 12.4 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
6 / 63

Slow Broadband after line fault fixed

Hi,
After a fault was fixed on the line two weeks ago Broadband speed has been incredibly slow - 32kBs at the most (previously it was around 400kBs)
After replacing the microfilter, resetting the router, plugging directly into the test socket I just left it alone but have seen no improvement.
Tried the quiet line test and all seems fine.
Looks like the router disconnected at least once, otherwise the connection time should be longer
Stats today...
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
3 days, 22:43:33
Downstream:
287.1 Kbps
Upstream:
1.088 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
10.9 dB / 4.9 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
44.2 dB / 28.1 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
17.6 dBm / 12.7 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
134945 / 6918
CRC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 341
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 246
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 211
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Also I saved the stats from the 29th Sept, the day after the line was fixed if they are any use, much the same except Noise Margin was 14.9 dB / 10.6 dB
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Hi,
Yesterday mods replied that there was indeed still a fault (didn't specify what) and they were looking into it.
This morning broadband was back and faster than ever
Thanks to all involved
My current stats, in case anyone's interested...
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 days, 13:14:59
Downstream:
5.615 Mbps
Upstream:
1.04 Mbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
9.6 dB / 5.7 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
44.2 dB / 28.1 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
19.8 dBm / 12.7 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
379372 / 686
CRC Events (Down/Up):
471 / 60
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
HEC Events (Down/Up):
6422 / 41
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
277 / 169

ADT cannot seize phone line after fiber installation

I had my phone line switched over to fiber today and now my ADT system cannot "seize" the phone line. It will call out properly but if you are in the middle a call and the alarm is activated it will not disconnect the current call in order to make it's own call out to the monitoring center. Of couse this was working before.
I talked to the tech that installed the fiber and he said his only responsibilty to me was to provide me with a dial tone, period. I also called Verizon tech support and talked to three different people who all told me it was ADT's problem. So now I have to call ADT and incur a fee to have them come out and fix it. So much for Verizon's promise to me that an upgrade to fiber would not cost anything.
Is there anyone is this forum that may have experienced a similar problem? Any help greately appreciated.
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armond_in_nj wrote:... Verizon Digital Voice (if that's what you have and it seems likely that's the case) is capable of using typical alarm system components to transmit alarm system data. Usually the data is transmitted using what's called "Contact ID" data, and usually the connection between the alarm system and the telco lines is handled by a simple device called an RJ31X connector. I suspect that's the case for ADT, but you must check that with your monitoring company ...
Some further thoughts on the issue. Here's a link to demonstrate what's involved in the RJJ31x wiring scheme:
http://wiki.hometech.com/tiki-index.php?page=How+to+Wire+an+RJ31X+Jack
As you can see it appears little "hairy" and in fact there's really only one way to do it correctly. Of course that's what alarm technicians are for, and there's no need for the average user to get into the details.
After thinking about this a while, it occurred to me that what has probably happened in your case is that the VZ install tech never went near your RJ31x connection. He (or she) just did what a normal install requires and got things working. However there are certain requirements for the alarm setup to operate correctly.
The RJ31x mustt be the first device in line after the phone line comes into the building. In old terminology this means that it must be wired in directly after the NID (network interface device) where the phone company hooks up to your house. In this way the alarm can take over the line for all phones downstream.
However with FiOS Digital Voice, this is probably not how your house was connected. I.e., the install tech can connect to your interior phone wiring network at any point and still get all the phones to operate correctly. What doesn't happen in such a case is the alarm is not able to control all the phones downstream, because some of the phones aren't really "downstream."
As convoluted as this seems, the way out is simple: the alarm company must pay a visit and make sure that all your phones are connected (from the VZ ONT) after the RJ31x. This should be pretty easy, and it's really on the alarm company to make it work.
Let us know what you decide and what happens (using your personal service ticket mentioned by Lawrence). Once again, good luck.

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