WBS is another Sentech

Getting back to the 'are they sentech or not' thing. I think they're an interesting hybrid of Sentech + New Secret Ingredient 'X' :)

I'm curious to see what happens once this immediate 'thing' is sorted out (be it a 'problem' or a 'slowdown' or 'other')

ie: whether WBS are pinning their profit-hopes on making the general experience before cap so good, (an thus so lousy after the cap), that people will purchase more - or whether they're going to stay with the 'slow? what problem? there's no problem!' model..
Coz in some ways we're in the softening up phase of the standard 'Bait and Switch' model - get us hooked on high speeds so that we'll keep paying more in order to download things - and pay more, and pay more, and be grateful for being able to pay more for the good speeds - so we could be getting softened up now, ahead of the sting - coz everyone's suffering b/w withdrawal symptoms)

Otherwise they might do a mixture of what's known as the Winston Smith 'dazzle them with your calculations' method -'Hi I'm Winston Smith, let me use my pen and this paper to explain to you how you're totally mistaken about your expectations with our service'

But this current Help Desk 'renegade Orc Rebel Alliance tired of having to apologize for the cr*p service' is fascinating, as even in the worst times under Sentech - I never heard dion joubert or any of the other helpdesk controllers being as honest as these guys. So this is an unknown variable..

I think the next 2 -3 weeks should be very interesting, and determine for certain if WBS is going to rise from the slab as a new Sentech-Monster with bolts through its neck, or whether its going to be a normal housetrained ISP..

A couple of weeks I fink, and we'll know for sure..
 
LoneGunman said:
Getting back to the 'are they sentech or not' thing. I A couple of weeks I fink, and we'll know for sure..
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oh...they said they would update there website about the 'problem' and i see they have all those 'downed'(bad English soz!) towers we had to day was part of 'repairs' the guy i spoke to says this will go on the whole weekend...so we will see

I hope it is a 'problem', im just so eager to see broadband finnaly take of here...and i really hope WBS will be the company to help kick start this process.

so dont disappoint me WBS!
 
oh...did anybody else notice the sudden speed increase after 6:30? I'm suddenly getting my full 1MB again...so i think LG is right they are throttle our connections during the day
 
Yeah, I'm back to full speed, too. You don't think maybe WBS have bought a limited amount of "expensive" worktime bandwidth and whole lot of "cheap" after-hours bandwidth from UUNET, do you?
 
yes its safe to say they are full on shaping untill around 6/6:30 PM
I hope thats only during the weekdays
 
rebel said:
Vowthorn, did they ask questions when you cancelled? Were you on a contract or month to month?
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I was lying :D

Why... because I was drunk and being inquisitive. Why? Er.. Cuz I was drunk.

My speeds are fine... Shaun phoned me actually... what a surprise and reassured me about the things I needed reassuring...
 
Is WBS another Sentech? - NO (but then I would also say that if I worked for WBS)

Will the speeds that I know return - YES (but then I would also say that if I worked for WBS)

When will there be an incident report - There should be one up...

Can I have 4 free months on iBurst - No

Can I have some fries and a chocolate milshake - No
 
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