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Originally posted by Rara Avis
Well, bully for you, but you were a newbie once upon a time, right?
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yep i was thing is i had enough idle time to read about it
*thinks back to when he started using the net
id say the media played its part they mentioned how the net is a great resource of info etc so thats when i started to get interested and saw dial up and latched on to it
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Originally posted by Rara Avis
Not everyone HAS someone in the house to help them. That's WHY they phone Help Desks!!
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exactly people do need helpdesks and i have used then once or twice not recently but along time ago
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Originally posted by Rara Avis
How many people know, ordinary people mind, the difference between 600k and 1mb? If they read about it, it's all jargon to them  Your household is very lucky.
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its true people dont know thats why i think compaines should go out canvassing for new customers taking time to explain to them what the net is about and the possibilities instead of these silly BT adverts which are vague to the consumer
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Originally posted by Rara Avis
The flyer through the door thing is only valid if you know what you're reading. As Ramrod pointed out,
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indeed i understood and did further research on them then dial up connection using google but i got the basics from the flyer
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Originally posted by Rara Avis
there's small print and sods out there who are more than capable of making a buck by playing on people's ignorance.
The ISP's are there to make money, not educate.
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yes but its a business no one hardly reads the small print but i always do i knew when i signed up i was locked in to it for 12 months then can do what i want and was confident that things would go smoothly as they have done a couple of years on im still an NTL customer and a happy one at that
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Originally posted by Rara Avis
There only reason they're making an issue of it now is because their services are under threat thanks to people not knowing how to handle their security.
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yes and thats why i help my mates who are on BB i have already got one of them some excellent antivrius and firewall software and told him to update it when nessecary (though it is set to auto update) others dont care or mind so im not going to force them......
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Originally posted by ronald146m
Kronas
Have you run out of full stops and capital letters in Yorkshire?
Get your act together man.
Ron
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im lazy i dont use them
