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October 15th, 2007, 10:22 AM
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
I don't know about BT (cos I'm not British) but if I ever migrate to the UK, now I know I won't be using them!
And thanks for hosting our game llamabeast!
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October 15th, 2007, 12:43 PM
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National Security Advisor
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oxford, UK
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
BT really are spectacularly bad. Unfortunately they still have a monopoly on connecting phone lines, although you can choose someone else to operate the line once it's connected. Actually we did consider cable - but the relevant company (NTL) are notorious for bad customer service so we decided against them! Aaargh!
Anyway - can I just confirm you want to play on Urraparrand for when I get to start it?
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October 15th, 2007, 01:26 PM
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
Yup - Urraparand's the one.
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October 15th, 2007, 01:41 PM
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
BT is just like Swedens Telia; they own all the lines but "lease" them to other companies. It's a pain in the *** for the consumer it is. It has gotten better in recent years though.
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October 15th, 2007, 01:49 PM
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Major General
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
NZ are probably worse off though - there is (AFAIK) only one ground telecomms company there. Telecom are also one of the two mobile operators.
Prices aren't exactly great. When I was there in the spring, data transfer was NZ$10 per megabyte.
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October 16th, 2007, 10:25 AM
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National Security Advisor
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oxford, UK
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
So, hopefully you've all received your first turns.
The first e-mail contains instructions on how to play - if that's not clear, try reading the FAQ linked to in my sig.
Enjoy the game guys!
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October 16th, 2007, 10:40 AM
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Re: Slow Boat to T\'ien Ch\'i - Recruiting
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