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  1. #1
    jaakson
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    I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.

    This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html

    What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    doesn't quite seem right.

    What is that message all about?



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  2. #2
    Lobster
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    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    jaakson wrote:
    > I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >
    > This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    >
    > What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    > format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    > doesn't quite seem right.
    >
    > What is that message all about?


    What's the problem? It's 100% clear on the webpage.

    David



  3. #3
    Lobster
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    jaakson wrote:
    > I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.


    I won't be responding to them, despite having had a flextel number for
    donkey's years. In fact, I haven't used it for ages now, as I think
    it's a dead duck - first the charge to call a flextel number is
    prohibitive - 35p/min!! and secondly, many businesses and systems
    specifically bar their number range due to the cost, which means you
    risk being unable to be contacted by a caller if all they have is your
    flextel number. Also has problems when calling overseas, too.

    It's a shame really, as in principle it's an excellent facility; in the
    very early days, which was before inclusive-minute mobile contracts
    became the norm, it was only slightly more expensive to call via flextel
    than to a standard mobile.

    David



  4. #4
    Bob Eager
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    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:34 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:

    > I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >
    > This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    >
    > What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    > format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    > doesn't quite seem right.
    >
    > What is that message all about?


    They obviously have only one customer, judging by the first sentence.
    Must be desperate! :-)
    --
    Bob Eager
    Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
    http://www.mirrorservice.org




  5. #5
    Lobster
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    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    Bob Eager wrote:
    > On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:34 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >>
    >> This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    >>
    >> What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    >> format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    >> doesn't quite seem right.
    >>
    >> What is that message all about?

    >
    > They obviously have only one customer, judging by the first sentence.
    > Must be desperate! :-)


    Well as I'm not helping, that's them screwed then!
    David



  6. #6
    Adrian C
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    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    Lobster wrote:
    > jaakson wrote:
    >> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.

    >
    > I won't be responding to them, despite having had a flextel number for
    > donkey's years. In fact, I haven't used it for ages now, as I think
    > it's a dead duck - first the charge to call a flextel number is
    > prohibitive - 35p/min!!


    Yes, I was about to ressurect a similar PN service (YAC) that I had
    signed upto about 5 years ago. Same thing - very expensive to call. I
    would have liked something so that my mobile number change would be the
    last one I make (bit like my email address registration with someone
    other than my ISP) but err... no, I won't saddle callers with that cost!

    --
    Adrian C



  7. #7
    Ian Smith
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    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    Bob Eager wrote:
    > On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:34 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >>
    >> This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    >>
    >> What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    >> format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    >> doesn't quite seem right.
    >>
    >> What is that message all about?

    >
    > They obviously have only one customer, judging by the first sentence.
    > Must be desperate! :-)


    I agree - I have several numbers, but they are just too expensive to
    use. I couldn't care less if they go.

    regards, Ian



  8. #8
    J B
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    "Ian Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news[email protected]...

    > I agree - I have several numbers, but they are just too expensive to use.
    > I couldn't care less if they go.


    Disagree

    It's useful when folks insist on a valid phone number on those web forms

    Also useful to 'discourage' folks from ringing ,that you don't want to hear
    from! :-)


    --
    J B




  9. #9
    jaakson
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    On Fri 16 May 2008 19:16:22, Bob Eager wrote:

    > On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:34 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >>
    >> This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    >>
    >> What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    >> format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    >> doesn't quite seem right.
    >>
    >> What is that message all about?

    >
    > They obviously have only one customer, judging by the first sentence.
    > Must be desperate! :-)



    Sorry about the missing word!
    It should have said:

    "I had an email from Flextel ... "



  10. #10
    jaakson
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    On Fri 16 May 2008 20:19:28, Adrian C wrote:

    > Lobster wrote:
    >> jaakson wrote:
    >>> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.

    >>
    >> I won't be responding to them, despite having had a flextel
    >> number for donkey's years. In fact, I haven't used it for ages
    >> now, as I think it's a dead duck - first the charge to call a
    >> flextel number is prohibitive - 35p/min!!

    >
    > Yes, I was about to ressurect a similar PN service (YAC) that I
    > had signed upto about 5 years ago. Same thing - very expensive to
    > call. I would have liked something so that my mobile number change
    > would be the last one I make (bit like my email address
    > registration with someone other than my ISP) but err... no, I
    > won't saddle callers with that cost!
    >



    Who else apart from Flextel and YAC are providing free portable numbers
    but at less cost for callers?



  11. #11
    Bob Eager
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    On Fri, 16 May 2008 21:20:26 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Fri 16 May 2008 19:16:22, Bob Eager wrote:
    >
    > > On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:34 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    > >>
    > >> This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    > >>
    > >> What am I supposed to do? Am I honestly supposed to compose a free
    > >> format email answering the points raised by Flextel? Doing that
    > >> doesn't quite seem right.
    > >>
    > >> What is that message all about?

    > >
    > > They obviously have only one customer, judging by the first sentence.
    > > Must be desperate! :-)

    >
    >
    > Sorry about the missing word!
    > It should have said:
    >
    > "I had an email from Flextel ... "


    That wasn't what I meant. I was referring to the first sentence on the
    Flextel site:

    "Ofcom, the communications regulator, has approached FleXtel to ask
    for our customer's help."
    --
    Bob Eager
    Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
    http://www.mirrorservice.org




  12. #12
    Soruk
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    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:21:53 +0100, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    >On Fri 16 May 2008 20:19:28, Adrian C wrote:
    >
    >> Lobster wrote:
    >>> jaakson wrote:
    >>>> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >>>
    >>> I won't be responding to them, despite having had a flextel
    >>> number for donkey's years. In fact, I haven't used it for ages
    >>> now, as I think it's a dead duck - first the charge to call a
    >>> flextel number is prohibitive - 35p/min!!

    >>
    >> Yes, I was about to ressurect a similar PN service (YAC) that I
    >> had signed upto about 5 years ago. Same thing - very expensive to
    >> call. I would have liked something so that my mobile number change
    >> would be the last one I make (bit like my email address
    >> registration with someone other than my ISP) but err... no, I
    >> won't saddle callers with that cost!

    >
    >Who else apart from Flextel and YAC are providing free portable numbers
    >but at less cost for callers?


    This may surprise you - but Flextel do. They now allow their 0871
    (10p/min) numbers to be forwarded to mobiles, except for 3UK.

    In some circumstances this might even make it cheaper to call a mobile via
    an 0871 than by dialling its actual number.

    --
    -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell Eridani Star System
    MailStripper - http://www.MailStripper.eu/ - SMTP spam filter
    Second Number - http://secondnumber.matrixnetwork.co.uk/



  13. #13
    Tim Clark
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    In article <[email protected]>,
    "Bob Eager" <[email protected]> writes:
    > On Fri, 16 May 2008 21:20:26 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> On Fri 16 May 2008 19:16:22, Bob Eager wrote:
    >>
    >> > On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:31:34 UTC, jaakson <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> I an email from Flextel of their latest news release.
    >> >>
    >> >> This is the text: http://www.flextel.co.uk/press/news.html
    >> >>
    >> >> What is that message all about?
    >> >
    >> > They obviously have only one customer, judging by the first sentence.
    >> > Must be desperate! :-)

    >>
    >> Sorry about the missing word!
    >> It should have said:
    >>
    >> "I had an email from Flextel ... "

    >
    > That wasn't what I meant. I was referring to the first sentence on the
    > Flextel site:
    >
    > "Ofcom, the communications regulator, has approached FleXtel to ask
    > for our customer's help."


    The problem of confusing singular/plural and their possessive forms is
    no longer confined to just greengrocers. Unfortunately, it is no longer
    considered important. So when Flextel write seeking help from their
    customer, one is no longer expected to take what they say at face value,
    and wonder why they only have one customer. Instead the reader is meant
    to be concentrating on any flashy surrounding graphics. The
    recipients of these communications are expected to be as illiterate as
    the sender. Pretty pictures are therefore considered far more
    important in any announcement.

    --
    Tim Clark



  14. #14
    Andrew Gabriel
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    In article <[email protected]>,
    "Tim Clark" <[email protected]> writes:
    >
    > The problem of confusing singular/plural and their possessive forms is
    > no longer confined to just greengrocers. Unfortunately, it is no longer
    > considered important. So when Flextel write seeking help from their
    > customer, one is no longer expected to take what they say at face value,
    > and wonder why they only have one customer. Instead the reader is meant
    > to be concentrating on any flashy surrounding graphics. The
    > recipients of these communications are expected to be as illiterate as
    > the sender. Pretty pictures are therefore considered far more
    > important in any announcement.


    I wonder if schools even bother teaching this anymore?

    I think the plural possessive trailing apostropie is now so
    rarely used correctly that a significant proportion of
    readers who notice it would think it was a typing error. I
    do still instinctively use it, but I then find myself doing a
    double take on what I've written, and asking myself if that
    apostrophie is likely to help most of my readership comprehend
    the sentence, and deciding it probably doesn't. On that basis,
    I reluctantly suspect it's a piece of punctuation best left
    behind in the 20th century.

    --
    Andrew Gabriel
    [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]



  15. #15
    Lobster
    Guest

    Re: Flextel email ~ what do I do?

    J B wrote:
    > "Ian Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news[email protected]...
    >
    >> I agree - I have several numbers, but they are just too expensive to
    >> use. I couldn't care less if they go.

    >
    > Disagree


    Disagree!

    > It's useful when folks insist on a valid phone number on those web forms


    I use either a 'dead' number from the 'drama range'
    <http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/numbers/num_drama>

    or, if it's for something where there's a small chance I might want to
    be contacted but don't want to risk my ordinary number ending up on a
    spammer's list, then I use my otherwise unused but working VOIP number,
    which would send me any voicemail message left as an email.

    > Also useful to 'discourage' folks from ringing ,that you don't want to
    > hear from! :-)


    See above! much more effective...

    David




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