Who buys from EE?

May 25th, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Wright in Features | Rants - (0 Comments)

I just don’t get it myself, I mean, people must buy phones from EE, but unless you have no Three UK signal, why on earth would you?

Let us have a look at an iPhone 5. You decide (more…)

Wow, great offer (not)

May 23rd, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Wright in Rants - (0 Comments)

So we all like loyalty offers right? Well I just got a text from Three UK offering me a stunning deal on an iPhone 5.  How stunning? Well, lets see……oh yeah, its £29 less than the exact same contract on the Three UK website. Wow. Big deal.

I also hate this offer contract, its the Ultimate Internet 500, and usually, (as here) for £2 a month more you can have the far more flexible One Plan with its unlimited and tethering included plan, and if you go through TCB you can get £44 cash back at the time of posting this.

Of course, the scariest thing is, how the hell did Three know I had just returned my latest iPhone and was open to this sort of temptation!

Virgin on the ridiculous!

May 7th, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Wright in Rants - (5 Comments)

So, here in Ipswich we have nice new Virgin Media store. As I was off, and had heard vague mention of a bit of a deal for VM customers (more…)

Cancelling an O2 contract

April 2nd, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Wright in Rants - (3 Comments)

OK, I am going to have a rant. I have about 7 of these O2 accounts and I also have to cancel a 3 account next week, so I may be gone some time!

This one was my first cheap O2 deal for an S2, and my 23 months was up today. Here is how it went…. (more…)

Plusnet

March 29th, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Wright in Rants - (11 Comments)

So, back in August 2012, with my 87 year old Mum’s dementia getting worse, I decided to install a webcam in her little council bungalow. She had a phone line, but no broadband, so I looked around for a provider (more…)

Nokia 920 Debacle

November 12th, 2012 | Posted by Kevin Wright in Rants - (5 Comments)

This is the first of many (we hope) “Guest Posts” on TTUK. We will publish and talk about it on the next show…..if you want to have something to say, a feature, rant or even a review, get in touch.

To kick us off, I will hand over to Richard Yates, better known to you all as @richardcyates on Twitter. (more…)

 

OK, so update to the post I did a few days ago . A day or so after posting this, I was contacted by Margaret from Apple Executive Relations in Ireland, by email (hurrah) and offering to call me at a pre arranged time.

Due to heavy work commitments this time of year, (more…)