Bye-bye Demon, hello Voodoofone.

[Charles Ellson]

"Following the acquisition of THUS Limited by Vodafone Group Plc in
July 2012, we have been investing in our people, networks, systems and
processes to align our services and ensure a seamless transition to
Vodafone. Part of the integration programme is the transfer of all
THUS Limited customer agreements to Vodafone Limited and as such, your
agreement will transfer to Vodafone Limited (Company Number: 1471587
and having its registered office at Vodafone House, The Connection,
Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN) on 1st April 2013.
Your service will not be affected by this change and your current
agreement terms and conditions, charges and service levels will remain
the same. The only changes which you will see are as detailed below.

Changes to your invoices from 1st April 2013

What changes will I see?
You will see the following changes on all invoices issued on or after
1st April 2013;
- Your invoices will be rebranded as Vodafone. THUS and Demon logos
will be replaced with the Vodafone logo "

[Adrian]

In message <0hbsk85ka7enp0rlj...@4ax.com>, Charles Ellson
<ce1...@yahoo.ca> writes

Interesting choice of date.


Adrian
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[Brian Howie]

In message <0hbsk85ka7enp0rlj...@4ax.com>, Charles Ellson
<ce1...@yahoo.ca> writes

>- Your invoices will be rebranded as Vodafone. THUS and Demon logos
>will be replaced with the Vodafone logo "

" Users will notice a difference to the "look and feel" of the Vodafone
log-in"

I'm at the edge of my seat.

Brian
--
Brian Howie

[Andy]

In message <997rEAWZ...@b-howie.demon.co.uk>, Brian Howie
<br...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote

The plastic one with a hole in the middle?
--
Andy Taylor [Editor, Austrian Philatelic Society].
Visit <URL:http://www.austrianphilately.com>

[Martin Brown]

On 24/03/2013 07:52, Brian Howie wrote:
> In message <0hbsk85ka7enp0rlj...@4ax.com>, Charles Ellson
> <ce1...@yahoo.ca> writes
>> - Your invoices will be rebranded as Vodafone. THUS and Demon logos
>> will be replaced with the Vodafone logo "
>
> " Users will notice a difference to the "look and feel" of the Vodafone
> log-in"

I expect they mean they are mutilating the home page or something.

>
> I'm at the edge of my seat.

I wonder if it will make the status page any more reliable?

I nearly discounted it as phishing spam! It fails to use a personalised
form of address and was due to occur on April 1st. Perfect!

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

[Cliff Frisby]

Martin Brown wrote:

> On 24/03/2013 07:52, Brian Howie wrote:
>> In message <0hbsk85ka7enp0rlj...@4ax.com>, Charles Ellson
>> <ce1...@yahoo.ca> writes
>>> - Your invoices will be rebranded as Vodafone. THUS and Demon logos
>>> will be replaced with the Vodafone logo "
>>
>> " Users will notice a difference to the "look and feel" of the Vodafone
>> log-in"
>
> I expect they mean they are mutilating the home page or something.

Or remotely updating your router so that the admin interface is
Vodafone-branded, perhaps.

[Cliff Frisby]

Charles Ellson wrote:

<snip>

Does this come in an email or a snailmail?

[Andy]

In message <zKA3t.133340$Lp1....@fx03.fr7>, Cliff Frisby
<spam...@scarpia.demon.co.uk> wrote

>Charles Ellson wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>

Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.

[Tim Lamb]

In message <rba+N$BHmtT...@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>, Andy
<an...@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> writes

>In message <zKA3t.133340$Lp1....@fx03.fr7>, Cliff Frisby
><spam...@scarpia.demon.co.uk> wrote
>>Charles Ellson wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>
>Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.

Nothing here yet.

Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)

--
Tim Lamb

[Peter Eldred]

In article <ENKxmiHS$tTR...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>, Tim Lamb
<t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> writes

Mine arrived 10:45 this morning
--
Peter Eldred, Wokingham, UK mailto:pe...@eldred.co.uk
mailto:pe...@eldred.demon.co.uk mailto:peter....@esg.co.uk

[Peter Ceresole]

Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
> >>
> >Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.
>
> Nothing here yet.
>
> Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)

Or in numerical account order? FWIW, my email arrived around 10:00 this
morning.
--
Peter

[Peter Eldred]

In article <1l08ico.1a09zh4htb9c0N%pe...@cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter
Ceresole <pe...@cara.demon.co.uk> writes

Or by First name Peter? 10:45 this morning

Peter

[Tony]

Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote on Sun, 24 Mar 2013 at
11:13:22:
>Nothing here yet.

Nor here. Probably swallowed by the spam filter :)
--
Tony

[Molly Mockford]

At 15:13:45 on Sun, 24 Mar 2013, Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> wrote
in <mpro.mk67mw...@ypical.nospam.invalid>:

>Recommendations for registering a domain? Only the domain name & mail
>forwarding required. Just in case.

<http://www.123-reg.co.uk/>

And if you're feeling generous, put mollymockford in the Referral ID
field and I'll be awarded a tiny number of loyalty points.
--
Molly Mockford
Nature loves variety. Unfortunately, society hates it. (Milton Diamond Ph.D.)
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

[bert]

In message <mpro.mk67mw...@ypical.nospam.invalid>, Fred
Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> writes
>In message <8cpwZ+AP...@eldred.demon.co.uk>

> Peter Eldred <pe...@eldred.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <1l08ico.1a09zh4htb9c0N%pe...@cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter
>> Ceresole <pe...@cara.demon.co.uk> writes
>> >Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>> >> >>
>> >> >Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.
>> >>
>> >> Nothing here yet.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)
>> >
>> >Or in numerical account order? FWIW, my email arrived around 10:00 this
>> >morning.
>>
>> Or by First name Peter? 10:45 this morning
>

>Ooh, a new game. 23:11 last night.

>
>Recommendations for registering a domain? Only the domain name & mail
>forwarding required. Just in case.
>

I use fasthosts. No real complaints and they seem reasonably priced for
domain names but there are limits on number of e-mail addresses. You can
forward to multiple e-mail addresses so for example I forward to my
BTYahoo account for collection by TP and also for my gmail account from
where I can collect via smartphone.
One other little thing there are limitations on the character set in
e-mail addresses e.g. "&" which caught me out.
--
bert

[Peter Hill]

On 24/03/2013 14:31, Peter Eldred wrote:
> In article <1l08ico.1a09zh4htb9c0N%pe...@cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter
> Ceresole <pe...@cara.demon.co.uk> writes
>> Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> >>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>> >>
>>> >Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.
>>>
>>> Nothing here yet.
>>>
>>> Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)
>>
>> Or in numerical account order? FWIW, my email arrived around 10:00 this
>> morning.
>
> Or by First name Peter? 10:45 this morning
>
> Peter

nope, mine arrived while I was out.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:11:34

A/C number?
697337

--
Peter Hill
replace nospam with domain host name to reply

[Tim Lamb]

In message <yiF3t.216818$oT.3...@fx26.fr7>, Peter Hill
<peter....@skyshack.demon.co.uk> writes

Still nothing here yet and all the surnames have been in front of *L*.

A/C no 547+++
>

--
Tim Lamb

[Richard_C]

On 23/03/2013 23:13, Adrian wrote:
>
>> Your service will not be affected by this change and your current
>> agreement terms and conditions, charges and service levels will remain
>> the same. The only changes which you will see are as detailed below.
>>

>

> Adrian

Just arrived here (c 15.45) and I have printed it out so I have the
important "no other change" paragraph in my files. Hopefully it is just
an accounting/legal entity change which I don't really care about.

[Peter Eldred]

In article <yiF3t.216818$oT.3...@fx26.fr7>, Peter Hill
<peter....@skyshack.demon.co.uk> writes

5 digit - 614##

[Gordon H]

In message <qSIVKKAK...@eldred.demon.co.uk>, Peter Eldred
<pe...@eldred.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <ENKxmiHS$tTR...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>, Tim Lamb
><t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In message <rba+N$BHmtT...@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>, Andy
>><an...@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>In message <zKA3t.133340$Lp1....@fx03.fr7>, Cliff Frisby
>>><spam...@scarpia.demon.co.uk> wrote
>>>>Charles Ellson wrote:
>>>>
>>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>>>
>>>Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.
>>
>>Nothing here yet.
>>
>>Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)
>
>Mine arrived 10:45 this morning

Mine at 10:11 am.
--
Gordon H
Remove "invalid" to reply

[pe...@nospam.demon.co.uk]

I don't even read html email here, much less B64 encoded html, so
thanks for posting the ebill email content in plain text!

Pete
--
Believe those who are seeking the truth.
Doubt those who find it. - Andr� Gide

[Ian Jackson]

In message <rba+N$BHmtT...@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>, Andy
<an...@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> writes

>In message <zKA3t.133340$Lp1....@fx03.fr7>, Cliff Frisby
><spam...@scarpia.demon.co.uk> wrote
>>Charles Ellson wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>
>Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.

Mine was from eb...@thus.co.uk, and addressed to me (both e-mail address
and account name in the body).
--
Ian

[Tim Lamb]

In message <L+Wdh9Bx...@eldred.demon.co.uk>, Peter Eldred
<pe...@eldred.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <yiF3t.216818$oT.3...@fx26.fr7>, Peter Hill
><peter....@skyshack.demon.co.uk> writes
>>On 24/03/2013 14:31, Peter Eldred wrote:
>>> In article <1l08ico.1a09zh4htb9c0N%pe...@cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter
>>> Ceresole <pe...@cara.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>> Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> >>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing here yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)
>>>>
>>>> Or in numerical account order? FWIW, my email arrived around 10:00 this
>>>> morning.
>>>
>>> Or by First name Peter? 10:45 this morning
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
>>nope, mine arrived while I was out.
>>
>>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:11:34
>>
>>A/C number?
>>697337
>>
>
>5 digit - 614##

Arrived! 9.14pm. They've got up to L:-)
>

--
Tim Lamb

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:59:10 +0000 (UTC), pe...@nospam.demon.co.uk
wrote:

>I don't even read html email here, much less B64 encoded html, so
>thanks for posting the ebill email content in plain text!
>
>Pete

This morning I got a plain text copy from eb...@thus.co.uk which is a
bit odd as I am no longer with Demon.

Steve

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[John Hall]

In article <hDRYV8U$t3TR...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>,

Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In message <L+Wdh9Bx...@eldred.demon.co.uk>, Peter
>Eldred <pe...@eldred.demon.co.uk> writes

>>In article <yiF3t.216818$oT.3...@fx26.fr7>, Peter Hill <peter.use
>>ne...@skyshack.demon.co.uk> writes

>>>On 24/03/2013 14:31, Peter Eldred wrote:
>>>> In article <1l08ico.1a09zh4htb9c0N%pe...@cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter
>>>> Ceresole <pe...@cara.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>> Tim Lamb <t...@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> >>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nothing here yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps it is alphabetical:-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Or in numerical account order? FWIW, my email arrived around 10:00 this
>>>>> morning.
>>>>
>>>> Or by First name Peter? 10:45 this morning
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>
>>>nope, mine arrived while I was out.
>>>
>>>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:11:34
>>>
>>>A/C number?
>>>697337
>>>
>>
>>5 digit - 614##
>
>Arrived! 9.14pm. They've got up to L:-)
>>
>

I haven't had mine yet. Account number 74879.
--
John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist

[Nick]

In message <egSPOODY...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>, John Hall
<nospam...@jhall.co.uk> writes

Just to be different: no email, but a snail mail arrived this morning.
In case anyone's keeping count, P and 87xxx
--
Nick (=----)

[Val Davies]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:05:22 +0000, Nick <nick@----p.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>>
>Just to be different: no email, but a snail mail arrived this morning.
>In case anyone's keeping count, P and 87xxx

Email here 22.02 p.m. yesterday 24 March.
Surname starting D account starting 2228

Val

[Chloe]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:05:22 +0000, Nick <nick@----p.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Just to be different: no email, but a snail mail arrived this morning.
> In case anyone's keeping count, P and 87xxx

Nothing here for my work account.
Had email for a client's (newer) account!

Chloe

[John Hall]

In article <egSPOODY...@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>,

John Hall <nospam...@jhall.co.uk> writes:
>I haven't had mine yet. Account number 74879.

Which ensured that it came within the next couple of hours. :)

[Adrian]

In message <cj90l8l5prp3bvm1i...@4ax.com>, Stephen
Wolstenholme <st...@npsl1.com> writes

>This morning I got a plain text copy from eb...@thus.co.uk which is a
>bit odd as I am no longer with Demon.
>
>Steve
>

Accounts on the ball as ever ?


Adrian
--
To Reply :
replace "bulleid" with "adrian" - all mail to bulleid is rejected
Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops
Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies.

[tb]

Hope this doesn't mean I can't use Turnpike

In message <yiF3t.216818$oT.3...@fx26.fr7>, Peter Hill
<peter....@skyshack.demon.co.uk> writes

Tony Branscombe

[Peter Hill]

More to the point Vodaphone have a history of just blocking traffic at
will. That's not what I bought when I signed up to "unlimited".

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:08:42 +0000, tb <t...@jeewoost.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>Hope this doesn't mean I can't use Turnpike

Any service that stops a client application working will soon go
extinct!

[Tim Lamb]

In message <G6jcPHKX...@g3snx.demon.co.uk>, Gordon H
<Gordo...@g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> writes

Can I proudly claim the first actual invoice?

No mention of Vodaphone anywhere that I can see but 3! pages: VAT
invoice, page of *customer information* followed by an invoice summary.

--
Tim Lamb

[Ian Jackson]

In message <m7q2l89kki7tp7jff...@4ax.com>, Stephen
Wolstenholme <st...@npsl1.com> writes

>On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:08:42 +0000, tb <t...@jeewoost.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Hope this doesn't mean I can't use Turnpike
>
>Any service that stops a client application working will soon go
>extinct!
>

Has anyone found out what the original hidden announcement of the
termination of TP-S was all about? Did it ever mean what it appeared to
mean, and might it still happen?
--
Ian

[David Rance]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 Andy wrote:

>In message <zKA3t.133340$Lp1....@fx03.fr7>, Cliff Frisby
><spam...@scarpia.demon.co.uk> wrote
>>Charles Ellson wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>Does this come in an email or a snailmail?
>>
>Mine was an email, correctly addressed to me.

Mine came as snailmail two days ago..

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

[John Hall]

In article <TxHhnQKD...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>,

Presumably it might, as AFAIK Demon have not recanted. My guess is that
they decided not to switch the TP-S authentication server off, but that
the next time that it "breaks" they won't bother to fix it. Those with
TP-S who are worried should look on demon.ip.support.turnpike for a
possible work-around, on the thread titled "addrauth.server.demon.net".
As the most important post on it was made as far back as the 13th,
they'd probably need to look for it on Googlegroups.