My Day Up A Tree...

[Tripitaka]

@ The Daddy

Sky's the friggin same been with them since the late 90's (cost me nearly a grand a year for their poxy service) and like you say, new customers get all the perks while old loyal customers get shafted... :madashell:

You gotta learn to abuse these people more. I didn't pay my sky bill for 3 months and they phoned me up telling me I owed them cash. I told them (in a depressed tone that would make any actor proud) that I would have to close my account as I couldn't afford to pay them back the cash. They wiped the slate clean and put me on a basic package with a stack of free channels for a couple of months (great for me as it was coming up to christmas) just to keep my account. Suckers.

[Tripitaka]

This forum should have a stickied name and shame thread for crappy service providers. Oh wait, I just found one, you can get to it by typing "list of service providers" into google.
Yup, they all suck.

However if it's an ISP your after, Zen internet has the best service record bar none. They use a one month rolling contract so your not tied in. They don't supply hardware however (how many of us need yet another router anyway, I've got six of them). The only catch is they are not the cheapest ..oh well, can't have it all.