Re: BT Privacy at home

Question

I realise this is an old topic, but I too came across it searching das interweb.  I have found the comments interesting and a reflection of all the reasons I mistrust everything BT say, write or do.
Back in the day when there was a simple organisation to call to complain about BT, things could get resolved quite quickly.
I made several complaints to OFCOM (as it was back then) about the misleading wording of BT's adverts.  They still do it, and the intuitive out there pick them up on it, then go elsewhere for their services.  Examples are the misleading titles BT give to almost everything... this first came to my attention when BT advertised a BT router, naming it something completely different.  The advert (back in the day) insinuated that anyone wanting to run a home network would only be able to do so if they had one of BT's special adaptors - known to all and sundry as a router.  To this day their adverts use covert wording that insinuates that BT broadband is faster than anyone else.... not true folks... the top speed is the top speed dictated by a number of factors, all coming down to where you are.  If BT provide the line in, then all ISP's offering broadband over that line will be able to offer the same speed... and the best offer short term contracts of opt out after one month.  No need to sign up for a 12 month contract.
TIP (1)  Whenever BT phone you asking if you want the service you already have, either cheaper or at a fixed lower rate.  Always say NO, as sure as eggs are eggs, there'll be something about to happen that they know is on the cards, and you don't - that can save you even more money.  BT are merely wanting to lock you into a year of paying more than you could - if only you knew what they know is just around that corner.
But moving on from all of this.  I now want to look at various methods of dealing with cold calling and automatic dialling systems which are all but short of attacking us with unwanted calls at almost every time of day.  Have you had a loan, credit card or dardi dari darrr in the past 10 years.... dial five to speak to an advisor, 9 to opt out.  Dialling 9 doesn't work anymore than replaying to spam email, it just lets the call system know its contacting a live person.  You can quickly use the internet to discover that the calls trace back to a couple of residential apartments in Gibraltar  SCAM ALTERT ON!
But having read the comments in this forum, I think I'll avoid BT's "Privacy at Home" service, everything written smacks of everything I know to be true about BT... best avoided unless you have no other option.
TIP (2)  Whenever BT rip you off, make a point of posting about it in every forum you come across, they may control this forum, but thanks to many others out there, they cannot stop the truth from out!
Question, are there any good points about: Privacy it home, or is there hundreds of other options that are much cheaper or better?
Dave

Answer 1

RDave wrote:
Oh yes the 12 month contract.... BT's big vision, all BT customers are so intrinsically dumb that they will stand being ripped off, tied into a deal they did not understand nor want, then have forgotten how bad it was by the time they can get out of the deal.
Dave
Please , please , just because you are does not mean that all BT customers are.
I, like the vast majority of BT customers are happy. I have a deal that I want and at the end of that deal I will ALWAYS check up what is best for me before I sign another.
Motto; Check, check and check again and then only sign.
toekneem
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