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Phone dead - Support dead too

catrional
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Phone dead - Support dead too

Sigh,
Here we go again.  For the 4th time this year the phone line is dead and I need to get some support from PlusNet. 
I logged the fault on Tuesday 2nd Dec - Ticket no #95578004
Support has not yet read the question - as expected really since they always hide behind the 72 hours clause in the contract.
I see from the forums that everyone else gets the same treatment, but what gets me is the contrast to the aggressive television advertising "the customer comes first" - what a joke!
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southerner
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Dead phone line here this morning too (no dial tone) Noticed this when my DSL session was booted and reconnected about an hour or so ago.
Chris
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

@catrional
Sorry to hear of the issues. I've just picked up your ticket, tested the line and reported this through.
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Chris
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

@woodm
I'll give Tony a nudge on this.
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catrional
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Thanks Chris - at least the resolution is moving forward now.
The target date quoted is Monday 8th - which leaves us without telephone for 6 days - is there some compensation or rebate for this? 
Do I have to claim it or is it automatic?
Chris
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

If you give us a nudge (on here is fine) once the fault is resolved we can sort out a gesture of goodwill to cover the downtime.
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southerner
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Might this take some time to resolve Chris? I guess it would be a good idea to ask for the couple of calls I'm expecting this afternoon to come in on my mobile instead?
Chris
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

I'd probably suggest that's a good idea, we haven't yet tested the phone fault so haven't been given an estimated repair time.
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southerner
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Ok.
plusnettony
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@woodm
I'm picking your fault up now. I'll update the details by SMS or call.
Tony
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catrional
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Chris,
I have just checked and the phone is now working again 15:30 Friday 5th Dec - there is no additional commentary on the support ticket but if if was fixed due to your help then many thanks.
3 and a half days with no phone service - does that attract any rebate?
Chris
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Let me go and reply to your ticket, I'll pop a goodwill gesture on your account too.
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lyndonp
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

Chris,
As you know I reported a a dead phone on Thursday 27th Nov and couldn't get an engineer to look at it until Monday 1st December - their earliest appointment.. They did fix it that day, although I didn't get Broadband working properly until Wedneday morning 3rd December.

Do I receive some form of rebate for that please?

(One positive I can say is that my broadband speed is the fastest it has ever been recording speed tests of 4.8 and a BTW IP profile of 5.9 - previously the  speed was around 3.8 and the profile was around 4.5/4.7. I don't know if that is the fix to the pole outside or because the engineers also decided to change my 25+ year BT primary face plate to an OR faceplate?? They said it should improve speed)
Thank you.
southerner
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Re: Phone dead - Support dead too

I have to say I'm quite impressed with how quickly OR fixed my line being an avid Watchdog viewer 🙂