BT
Right. Got 2 jobs at the same site. An ISDN30, and an E1 from Verizon. Both require Openreach to go to site, and install them.

Engineer phones from site, he's there to do the ISDN30. He says he's got the job to do the E1 tomorrow, he'll crack on and just do both together, when he comes back tomorrow, should be a doddle to finish off.

Landlord of the site decides to not allow access to the comms room, fair play, we'll terminate in our office directly. BT Openreach engineer starts running cables from the DP in to our office anyway, the demarcation change is no big deal.

Verizon get wind, phone me up. Demarc has changed, we'll have to cancel the E1 job, re survey the site, re quote, schedule in an engineer. 30-40 days to do this.

BT openreach guy calls me back, he's done the ISDN, its tested fine, the E1 is ready for tomorrow. I explain the Verizon call, he says, well I'm ready to go, just exchange work required now, its almost ready for handover to Verizon.

Verizon come back to me 18 days later to say they want to schedule a new site survey. I tell them the above. They go away.

This was in march. I've just got the date for installation - beginning of July, latest, the 12th.

So BT, have been utterly fantastic - makes a change. Verizon, are cocksuckers. Absolutely unable to deal with the world of business, or reality in anyway, its like this every single time. I am going to go on a rampage with a high velocity rifle in their offices one day, and no one will really mind. They'll talk about me on the news etc, and no one can say it out loud, but everyone will know; they deserved it.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:10, 4 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Why do people still use ISDN?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:12, Reply)

ISDN
Is extensively used for voice. If you work for a company, that has a phone system, it will probably use ISDN.

But no one really uses it for data.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Oooh, ok then.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:36, Reply)

oh gosh it's like Falling Down all over again,
just with meaningless garble I don't understand.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

I love that movie.
Needs more guns, though.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

but
He's got all the guns in the world.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:26, Reply)

wait what "guns" are you talking about?
/confused.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:29, Reply)

it's a quote from falling down.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:33, Reply)

I haven't seen it in years.
I should though - I really liked it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:39, Reply)

I don't really understand this
but I have now learned that Verizon operate in the UK. I thought they were just a US cellular provider.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 11:14, Reply)

You have my sympathy
I deal with BT on a daily basis...

pain in the arse
(CheatingRabbit, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 20:35, Reply)