Robert H

I have received a response from UKTelecom and as expected they say that as I rent the line from FT it is their problem. But you are probably right about the cheap call charges and clogged links and lines. Will call FT in the morning and see if they refer me back to UKT. My internet speeds are Download: 6.42mbps and Upload: 0.52mbps, by the way. Is that OK?

Hi Anton, Thanks for the response. I will have another look at the outside and inside cable. My first check some months ago showed nothing abnormal. Robert

Martin, Sorry, I forgot to answer your question re quality. Apart from the echo we sometimes get, there are no hisses, crackles or whistles. As the line is rented still with FT as I mentioned in my last post, I suppose it is their responsibility.

Hi Martin. Thanks for your response. I should have mentioned that I have a FT line and pay FT line rental. I pay a monthly charge to UKTelecom for calls and broadband for which we have free calls to French landlines, UK landlines and North American landlines. And you assume correctly, it is a landline (baseband analogue) and is not broadband based.

Hi, We have our telephone and internet service from UKTelecom (used to be AS24Telecom) and always have had the very occasional problem with connection or/and line quality. However, these problems now seem to be on almost every call or at least 60/70% of calls. i.e. 1. On making a call, the person being called cannot hear me. Sometimes I have to redial more than 3 times before we can both hear each other 2. On making a call I hear nothing and the caller hears nothing. 3. On making a call I hear or the person being called hears a delay or echo. This is getting more common. We have UK telephone handsets with the correct adaptors and I have changed them, thinking this was the problem, but the same problems occur. Does anyone else have any of these problems? And does anyone have an idea of why it is happening? Thanks. Robert

Thank you so much. Mystery solved. I will search for Swiss Chard receipes.  

Hi, Could anyone please tell me how to cook "poirée". I've seen it in the market but don't know what to do with it. The lady we bought it off said to cook it with tomatoes, garlic and parsley (I think). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Robert  

Hazel O'Connor - Will You. The sax solo is a REAL mindblower. Gives me goose-bumps.

We received a shock this morning via fax. It was a devi to install our fosse. We already have one (3,000ltr) but we had a meeting with the SPANK people who said that because of the alterations being done, we need another of the same size, plus two bac à graisses (500ltr), two pumps and new filter bed. The devi that came this morning has quoted a price of 18,900 euros (incl TVA). I think I need to get more quotations. Does anyone know of any installers in the Bergerac area please? Thanks Robert