Very disappointed to have to intervene after being alerted to this thread by other means.
The people you are criticising are those that give up many hours of free time to code and write things like dslstats and help members of the broadband community.
As already mentioned use of a smiley goes a long way to show that a joke was intended. With a history of criticising ISPs, BT, the way this forum is run, and consistent negative posts, it's no surprise that it wasn't realised it was a joke.
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Now if you excuse me, but I have other things to do right now, things that have nothing to do with PCs or broadband. I don't even have a PC or network atm. In fact after a water leak, I have no bathroom, no kitchen ceiling, no lighting and just about every room in the process of being redecorated and under an inch of plaster dust.
Don't push me, on top of my own chaos I'm attempting to assist my father to come home for his final days which is his last wish so I'm having to assist and prep a room with special equipment as he has spinal cancer progressing rapidly to the point were he can't even now be moved without specialist care. I can't even hug him now for fear of spinal neuro shock so don't say anything to me about life outside of the PC... The mood I'm in right now after just a few hours ago being told by the docs 'not long' means I'm hardly likely to be tolerant about anything... and I will be very blunt and you will not believe how much willpower it's taken to make this post without resorting to stronger words. I made it clear about a week ago why I wasn't around so I'm not a happy bunny to be alerted to this thread... and why I am not in the mood to be anything other than serious.