Like the Monty Python sketch, Orange are the cleanest mobile network in the
country, in that they now don't want subscribers contaminating their 
network.

I've just suspended my Orange ED50 as i don't need it for the next month,
in Snooks day you could suspend your account from a few weeks to several
months

FT Orange told me the Minimum period is now 3 months,
OK suspend it for 3 months then instead i told them, your loss!

Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here

For Orange exec: The futures bright, the futures in a straight jacket

Steve Terry

"Steve Terry"  wrote in message 
news:g8nccq$vce$1@news.albasani.net...
> Like the Monty Python sketch, Orange are the cleanest mobile network in 
> the
> country, in that they now don't want subscribers contaminating their 
> network.
>
> I've just suspended my Orange ED50 as i don't need it for the next month,
> in Snooks day you could suspend your account from a few weeks to several
> months
>
> FT Orange told me the Minimum period is now 3 months,
> OK suspend it for 3 months then instead i told them, your loss!
>
> Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here
>
> For Orange exec: The futures bright, the futures in a straight jacket
>
> Steve Terry
>
>
Yep from probably the best, Orange now treat their customers like toilets 
and **** on them all the time.

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:03:32 +0100, R. Mark Clayton wrote:

> "Steve Terry"  wrote in message
> news:g8nccq$vce$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Like the Monty Python sketch, Orange are the cleanest mobile network in
>> the
>> country, in that they now don't want subscribers contaminating their
>> network.
>>
>> I've just suspended my Orange ED50 as i don't need it for the next
>> month, in Snooks day you could suspend your account from a few weeks to
>> several months
>>
>> FT Orange told me the Minimum period is now 3 months, OK suspend it for
>> 3 months then instead i told them, your loss!
>>
>> Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here
>>
>> For Orange exec: The futures bright, the futures in a straight jacket
>>
>> Steve Terry
>>
>>
> Yep from probably the best, Orange now treat their customers like
> toilets and **** on them all the time.

Is that Dolphin sh*t? Sh*t on Wednesdays or just generally sh*tty network 
sh*t????


-- 
As we travel through life it is best to be like the dog. If you can't eat 
it, or have sex with it, then p*ss on it

In article <g8nccq$vce$1@news.albasani.net>, gFOURwwk@tesco.net says...
> FT Orange told me the Minimum period is now 3 months,
> OK suspend it for 3 months then instead i told them, your loss!

If there was no minimum period the service could easily be abused. For 
example you might get someone who suspended every monday-friday and only 
used it for weekends.

For a supposedly intelligent man you really don't think things through 
before posting sometimes.
-- 
Regards
Jon

In article <g8s4hq$jul$1@news.albasani.net>, gFOURwwk@tesco.net says...
> and what's wrong with that?

Orange would never make any money out of such customers.

> You've become a sad apologist for the crap now served up by FT Orange.

I don't agree with a lot of things they do and I bloody work for them, 
but that doesn't make me an apologist.

No network would ever offer a service whereby you could simply turn on 
your contract off and on at will with no minimum period of time. It 
would be far too costly to administer (Customer Services would be 
constantly busy taking calls from people wanting to turn their service 
on or off) and simply would not be practical.

Is Orange still the only network to even offer the contract suspension 
service in the first place? I've not ever heard anyone on this newsgroup 
mention that other networks do it and I've been reading it for nigh on 
ten years.
-- 
Regards
Jon

"Jon"  wrote in message 
news:MPG.231d346288c380ef9896ba@news.aioe.org...
> In article <g8s4hq$jul$1@news.albasani.net>, gFOURwwk@tesco.net says...
>> and what's wrong with that?
>
> Orange would never make any money out of such customers.
>
>> You've become a sad apologist for the crap now served up by FT Orange.
>
> I don't agree with a lot of things they do and I bloody work for them,
> but that doesn't make me an apologist.
>
> No network would ever offer a service whereby you could simply turn on
> your contract off and on at will with no minimum period of time. It
> would be far too costly to administer (Customer Services would be
> constantly busy taking calls from people wanting to turn their service
> on or off) and simply would not be practical.
>
> Is Orange still the only network to even offer the contract suspension
> service in the first place? I've not ever heard anyone on this newsgroup
> mention that other networks do it and I've been reading it for nigh on
> ten years.
> Regards
> Jon
>
>
The fact is Snooks Orange did, and Now FT Orange don't.

All you have proved is FT Orange is now just like any other penny pinching
network, when once it was innovative without always putting costing first

Which is exactly the problem with FT Orange, you are so far up
FT Oranges arse you have lost sight of the problem.

Steve Terry

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:08 UTC, "Steve Terry"  
wrote:

> > Is Orange still the only network to even offer the contract suspension
> > service in the first place? I've not ever heard anyone on this newsgroup
> > mention that other networks do it and I've been reading it for nigh on
> > ten years.
> > Regards
> > Jon
> >
> >
> The fact is Snooks Orange did, and Now FT Orange don't.
> 
> All you have proved is FT Orange is now just like any other penny pinching
> network, when once it was innovative without always putting costing first
> 
> Which is exactly the problem with FT Orange, you are so far up
> FT Oranges arse you have lost sight of the problem.

I had great plasure today in calling Orange and asking for PACs for two 
more phones!
-- 
Bob Eager
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

"Bob Eager"  wrote in message 
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-d1wH9o1FR2g8@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:08 UTC, "Steve Terry" 
> wrote:
>> > Is Orange still the only network to even offer the contract suspension
>> > service in the first place? I've not ever heard anyone on this 
>> > newsgroup
>> > mention that other networks do it and I've been reading it for nigh on
>> > ten years.
>> > Regards
>> > Jon
>> >
>> The fact is Snooks Orange did, and Now FT Orange don't.
>>
>> All you have proved is FT Orange is now just like any other penny 
>> pinching
>> network, when once it was innovative without always putting costing first
>> Which is exactly the problem with FT Orange, you are so far up
>> FT Oranges arse you have lost sight of the problem.
>
> I had great plasure today in calling Orange and asking for PACs for two
> more phones!
> Bob Eager
>
>
Oooh you Tease!
BTW 3 are offering 10 quid credit to take the PAC to them,
I took one of my Orange PAYG numbers to 3 PAYG, got the tenner

Steve Terry

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:04:39 UTC, "Steve Terry"  
wrote:

> "Bob Eager"  wrote in message 
> news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-d1wH9o1FR2g8@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
> > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:08 UTC, "Steve Terry" 
> > wrote:
> >> > Is Orange still the only network to even offer the contract suspension
> >> > service in the first place? I've not ever heard anyone on this 
> >> > newsgroup
> >> > mention that other networks do it and I've been reading it for nigh on
> >> > ten years.
> >> > Regards
> >> > Jon
> >> >
> >> The fact is Snooks Orange did, and Now FT Orange don't.
> >>
> >> All you have proved is FT Orange is now just like any other penny 
> >> pinching
> >> network, when once it was innovative without always putting costing first
> >> Which is exactly the problem with FT Orange, you are so far up
> >> FT Oranges arse you have lost sight of the problem.
> >
> > I had great plasure today in calling Orange and asking for PACs for two
> > more phones!
> > Bob Eager
> >
> >
> Oooh you Tease!
> BTW 3 are offering 10 quid credit to take the PAC to them,
> I took one of my Orange PAYG numbers to 3 PAYG, got the tenner

Yes, planning to get my 20 quid later this week.
-- 
Bob Eager
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

"Bob Eager"  wrote in message 
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-Wits2J0txR97@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:04:39 UTC, "Steve Terry" 
> wrote:
>> "Bob Eager"  wrote in message
>> news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-d1wH9o1FR2g8@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
>> > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:08 UTC, "Steve Terry" 
>> > wrote:
>> >> > Is Orange still the only network to even offer the contract 
>> >> > suspension
>> >> > service in the first place? I've not ever heard anyone on this
>> >> > newsgroup
>> >> > mention that other networks do it and I've been reading it for nigh 
>> >> > on
>> >> > ten years.
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Jon
>> >> >
>> >> The fact is Snooks Orange did, and Now FT Orange don't.
>> >>
>> >> All you have proved is FT Orange is now just like any other penny
>> >> pinching
>> >> network, when once it was innovative without always putting costing 
>> >> first
>> >> Which is exactly the problem with FT Orange, you are so far up
>> >> FT Oranges arse you have lost sight of the problem.
>> >
>> > I had great plasure today in calling Orange and asking for PACs for two
>> > more phones!
>> > Bob Eager
>> >
>> Oooh you Tease!
>> BTW 3 are offering 10 quid credit to take the PAC to them,
>> I took one of my Orange PAYG numbers to 3 PAYG, got the tenner
>
> Yes, planning to get my 20 quid later this week.
> Bob Eager
>
>
Perhaps Jon should get a job with Three? :-)

Steve Terry

In article <g8v8q6$qn3$1@news.albasani.net>, gFOURwwk@tesco.net says...
> The fact is Snooks Orange did, and Now FT Orange don't.

There was still a minimum period though!
-- 
Regards
Jon

In article <g8vapk$sl5$1@news.albasani.net>, gFOURwwk@tesco.net says...
> Perhaps Jon should get a job with Three? :-)

I've already applied in fact, but there are no suitable vacancies in my 
area.
-- 
Regards
Jon