Comments for Notes from the Watertower

Comment on What happened to the future? by Earle Martin

Earle Martin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:27:23 +0000

What a gem! Thanks for posting this.

Just goes to show that BT/the Post Office has always had some of the best visionaries. Except maybe for that idea about the ultraviolet screen-to-print system – and I thought thermal printers were bad….

Also, there’s some splendid acting on display there. The woman at 0:38 is apparently meant to be enthusiastic, but I’ve never seen a more unconvinced-looking person in my life!

Comment on The Listening Company don’t listen by admin

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:20:42 +0000

Do you guys work for them? It certainly seems that way.

Just one thing – I will never call someone to ask them to stop calling me. My home number is ex. directory and registered with the TPS. DO NOT CALL ME. Ever.

I’m also going to not accept any more comments on this from people who leave false email addresses too. If you’re not prepared to say who you are, I’m not prepared to listen.

Comment on The Listening Company don’t listen by sainsbristollaurens

sainsbristollaurens — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:56:15 +0000

Hi guys, just to say that Chopperfloyd is right and if you call 0800 0324617 then you can add your number to their ‘DO NOT CALL’ list. I’ve just done it

Comment on The Listening Company don’t listen by The Truth

The Truth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:41:01 +0000

Both of you are wrong. They are 3rd party outsourced contact centre. Clients include Sky, O2, MBNA to list a dozen or so. A lot of times it will be cold calling data lists that their clients have supplied and other times it will be an add on service to a product you may already have.

BTW, if any of you own Toyota’s or VW’s and call the customer services team this is the company you actually come through to who again have been outsourced by the cra companies above.

Cheers.

Comment on Left Bank Two, or how to license music on hold? by Colin

Colin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:55:50 +0000

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Comment on The Listening Company don’t listen by Chopperfloyd

Chopperfloyd — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:27:48 +0000

Phone 0800 0324617 and record your telephone number with them – this will remove you from their list. I too was ex-directory but unfortunately they use random number generation for selection and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Comment on The Listening Company don’t listen by jimbob

jimbob — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:29:12 +0000

awesome! makes me want to build an asterisk box just for that purpose! horrendous scumbags!

Comment on The Listening Company don’t listen by Sam Deeks

Sam Deeks — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:28:23 +0000

You ought to go on Dragon’s Den – your system’s way better than ‘TruCall’. Better yet, over time could you build up a list of similar phone spamming swine and then route incoming calls from one spammer to another?

Comment on So what do you do when your broadband goes down… by Sam Deeks

Sam Deeks — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:35:02 +0000

Good point, Gordon. If broadband went down and stayed down, I’d be up a creek without a paddle since we’ve no back-up plan. Heck, we don’t even know what to do for the four hours the electricity will be off tomorrow while the electrician replaces the fuses…

I like the mobile access option as a back up – since I could do with mobile access anyway. I find the whole tariff thing a bit confusing though. Any recommendations?

Comment on Workers of Plymouth – Go Home! (And Telecommute) by Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:09:58 +0000

It seems so obvious to some of us, but the growth of car numbers (to the level where roads are choked) will surely make some staff consider teleworking, while the threat of penalties for businesses that provide parking spaces (and congestion charges getting staff to ask for salary increases) may take some time to kick in.

Incidentally, one of my clients gives training courses on Distance Management, since some firms worry that teleworking means the staff become less efficient (/skive /etc) when they are no longer ‘in the office’ for fixed hours each day.

On the ‘decent internet connection’ I’d love to plug a new website I’m planning about faster BB, but it’s only just been registered and I need to put a lot of work into it – in essence, I worry that Fibre to the Cabinet is likely to go only into the cities, whilst rural areas with lower population densities will be forever left behind.

A BSG report suggests widely varying costs, but perhaps Wales, with only about 50% of homes having PCs, would be a ‘new market’ and higher demand in the form of pre-registrations might ‘tip the balance’ and perhaps EU/Welsh Assembly help could make a difference too! Wish me luck – else I may have to move to Mold to get a 24 Mbps link from Be, rather than using “3″ mobile for my connection

Hope business is good for you…. signing off now…. Peter.

PS I cut out plenty (eg on public transport) to keep this more closely ‘on topic’