On Wednesday 14th July John Hampson e-mailed the list re
Localtel and their "no call charges" Internet access in the evenings
and weekends. I followed this up by looking at their web site and
its links (www.localtel.co.uk) and it looked very interesting.
I was going to mail LIS-UKOLUG to ask if anyone had signed up
and, if they had, what their views of the service were. However,
before I did this I caught the end of a discussion of this service on
You and Yours (Radio 4) on Friday lunchtime. Apparently the
programme has had lots of letters re screaming.net (which is part of
the localtel package) most of which have been very uncomplimentary.
One person complained that it took 100 attempts between 6pm and midnight
just to get logged on to the service. So I have now been put off
pursuing this any further.
Did anyone else hear this part of the programme? I just had it on
as background and only tuned in to the discussion half way through.
Hazel
Hazel Hall
Information Management Group
Napier University Business School
Sighthill Court
Edinburgh EH11 4BN
Tel: 0131 455 3407
The best things in life aren't things.
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