Joe Blackham: Demon [Business] Broadband is totally unsuitable for Business and Consumers.

nospam@example.com (Joe Blackham) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:11:57 +0100

100% agree with you. They are almost as bad as BT and thats saying something. Having used them for years purely to pick mail up from, whilst using another ISP as my broadband account. I decided to save costs upgrade my dialup demon account to broadband and drop my existing ISP. I checked with Demon that there would be NO problem as I needed to keep my email. They said no problem. If only I had known what they would do. My line was cut but my details for connection were not sent through, I was about to go on holiday so I thought I would work from home - thats when I found out about the line problem.
I phoned support (not as before - outsourced. I am not racist but why not have people who can speak English and know what they are doing!). They gave me the run around (same as you), password server down, DNS not working wait 10 minutes and try again and so on. 2 hours later they said leave it for 2 hours. I had enough at this point had to drive to work and then catch up on the stuff I should have done at home. I went on holiday later that day without further looking at whether the system was back up and running. Came back 9 days later and guess what, no system. Rang again, password server down etc. leave it 10 minutes etc. I was steaming after wasting 2 more hours. After ringing back for the umpteenth time someone finally checked and found they had cocked up my dialup account with my broadband account which they had assured me couldn't happen (despite me asking 9 days before and earlier that day whether that could have been the problem). It seems unless it is in the script they cannot work it out. I am writing this now because I decided to work at home today and the email has intermittently worked and is currently down. There always seems to be a problem now. There support has totally gone downhill. I 200% agree with you tell everyone NOT to sign up. As soon as I can get rid of my email address I will dump Demon as well despite being a customer for nearly 10 years.

Paul Stone: Implementing GTD SOP #2 with the help of Dinner Timer Lite.

nospam@example.com (Paul Stone) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:52:55 +0100

Neat idea! I'm giving it a try.

I use this sound file for my "stop work" notification:

http://www.dailywav.com/1299/time.wav

Programmable LED Sign: Putting the SnowMan to work : Cruise Control .Net Build Status Monitor.

nospam@example.com (Programmable LED Sign) — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 00:13:43 +0100

Nice snowman
I can make the same on my programmable led sign

Michael Reynolds: Putting the SnowMan to work : Cruise Control .Net Build Status Monitor.

nospam@example.com (Michael Reynolds) — Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:54:51 +0000

This is the best darn thing since sliced bread. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Joe Blackham: Demon [Business] Broadband is totally unsuitable for Business and Consumers.

Paul Stone: Implementing GTD SOP #2 with the help of Dinner Timer Lite.

Programmable LED Sign: Putting the SnowMan to work : Cruise Control .Net Build Status Monitor.

Michael Reynolds: Putting the SnowMan to work : Cruise Control .Net Build Status Monitor.