HomeChoice
Andrew Ducker
future of tv to me, but I don't actually know of anyone using the service.
Any reports?
Andy D
i-ball
down though I don't know about now. The Video-on-demand was rarely used and
several occassions it didn't work due to maintenance. Films were the same
price as renting in Blockbusters with limited choice. Though they probably
have improved over the months.
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Dom
It is indeed the future of TV and is literally a revolution. The only true
control TV watch what you want when you want. No one comes close that I've
seen.
The Internet service was dire a few months back mainly due to server site
outages and BT exchange problems but I must admit they have really got their
act together now and improvements have been terrific. Still some other
things to sort out like NAT but I'm sure they will deliver.
Dom
Andrew Ducker
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Well, checking out the BT site, it looks like they've got a new system up
and running (well, in testing) that will allow tv download over ADSL. I'll
look forward to that...
Andy D
Nicholas F Hodder
> future of tv to me, but I don't actually know of anyone using the service.
>
> Any reports?
I gave up watching the video on demand, as the quality is only the same as a
good VHS video, probably because of the compression they have to use. There
are a few things on it that are completely free - not films, but news and
consumer programmes etc. I get the impression that the quality of the
internet service depends on where you live. I had a faulty set-top box, and
when the HomeChoice engineer came to replace it, he was amazed at the
quality of my internet connection (e.g. speed etc). He said it must be
because there are so few users in my area, which is probably true as most of
the households are low-income and the businesses are international
investment banks who wouldn't choose HomeChoice as an ISP.
·.¸¸.·´¯`Wango´¯`·.¸¸.
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> Well, checking out the BT site, it looks like they've got a new system up
> and running (well, in testing) that will allow tv download over ADSL.
I'll
> look forward to that...
>
original pilot company for this and they are still the worlds No1 for VOD
services. Literally no one can touch them at the moment and they are at
least 2 years ahead of their nearest rivals if not further. I did some
research into HC and VNL and the service they offer. I have seen it femoed
numerous times and they are still streets ahead from what I can see.
Mind you there's no one else doing true VOD so I suppose they haven't got
much in their way at the moment unless you count Yes TV :-)
And as for BT doing it. Laugh I nearly did.
Wango
kraftee
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Why, BT already provide the service for Homechoice. Now if you had
said BT Openworld (please remember that they are 2 different
companies) then I would possibly agree with you...
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B-)
Grumps II...you know you're old when the latest granddaughter has more
hair than you!!!
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> Why, BT already provide the service for Homechoice. Now if you had
> said BT Openworld (please remember that they are 2 different
> companies) then I would possibly agree with you...
>
provide the platform and ATM infrastructure to deliver it. They can always
choose another ADSL provider at the end of the day too ;-)
Wango
Flamie uk
but complaints about the service, apparently only a meesley 64kbps service and
crap Customer Service mixed with BAD billing, advice? proceed with caution
Burning-Branch
"Flamie uk" <flam...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I'm an ex customer of homechoice and the only reason i'm ex is because I
moved out of their serviceable area and the only problems I had with the
service was due to the crappy BT install and BT phonelines(1) and from what
I can gather it remains that way to this day not to mention the BT exchanges
going up and down like yo-yo's care to comment on that or hell since you
work for BT any comment on BTopenworld.
an old saying springs to mind about people in glasshouse's and stones.
Who supply's the shoddy lines that homechoice use
who supplies the modems homechoice use
who is responsible for the lines
who is responsible for the exchanges
Have a nice day ;o)
(1)yup the ADSL part also after the ADSL install my phoneline had a buzzing
noise that BT refused to deal with since it was on an ADSL line and
homechoice technically own the ADSL line I pointed out that my ADSL line was
fine for the moment but the fault occurred on the vox line after BT
installed the ADSL modem and line all I got was it's not our problem.
Homechoice at gave me the reasons why they couldn't do anything and tried to
contact BT on my behalf but got nowhere so I ended up rewiring the master
socket myself and guess what the BT engineer had cocked it up. 2 months
later I get carded by BT because I wasn't in for their engineer when I
phoned up about it first of all I got that no engineer had been out to me
even after quoting the job number on the card twice. waited an hour called
in got another drone eventually after navigating through the ivr who finally
found the job and told me that the engineer was their to investigate a noise
on the line when I asked what noise I was told the one I reported. hmmm I
reported a fault 2 months prior and was told not BT's problem then BT out of
the kindness of their hart book an engineer without consulting to fix a
problem that doesn't belong to them. yeah right. and for some strange
reason during heavy rain my ADSL line seemed to have a decrease in speed
homechoice got BT to run test on the line and I failed the whoosh test they
wanted to send an engineer but I asked them to wait and have the test
performed after it had been dry for a few days they did and I passed so I
suggested to homechoice that water was affecting either their servers or the
BT lines and I think water in the servers was highly unlikely and BT yet
again said it was homechoices fault not theirs. hhhhmmmmmmmmmm
Dom
Typical BT employee then aren't you.
1. First off you provide the telephony infrastructure which constantly
fails.
"Your" exchanges are constantly up and down more times than a scud missile
which incidentally leaves less fallout.
2. You send out engineers who are "not" repeat "not" broadband trained but
are simply PTO's (And I have had at least three tell me they didn't know
anything about ADSL.
3. You provide fault support via your Chester Office and the BOU for faults
as a result of (1) so what is the reason for this falling down.
4.You obviously don't have a clue about the HC service they and you provide
as you mention 64k. This is caused by a number of issues not least the Cell
Loss coming from "Your" exchanges into the customer premises.
If you continue this thread remember there are also HC employees and users
who know as much if not more about your organisation than you obviously do
and your customers, assuming of course that you do in fact work for BT which
I severely doubt as you managed to post into a newsgroup.
Dom