Queen knights Dutchman
Communications....
Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 10:05
HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY Queen Elizabeth II is to dub the head of BT, Dutchman Ben Verwaayen.
He is being given the honorary gong for his services to the communications industry.
We'd like to give him a gong too because BT ADSL is still trundling along at super low speeds on the INQ superdisinformation highway.
Verwaayen joins honorary knight Bill Gates and honorary knight Sir Lou Gerstner.
Verwaayen said he got his honorary gong because his team has transformed BT into a communication services company "with a global reach and a bright future" . ยต
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That donkey in charge of BT has messed up the residential side of things so much that OFCOM has a "Press 1 for BT residential not answering the phone" as it's first choice.

I have spent over 2 hours with the phone dailling the 150 service from my home phone for several nights running without it being answered by BT. After a few evenings I phoned OFCOM where I heard that BT specific option of "Press 3 if BT are not answering the phone".

If OFCOM are giving BT Residential the top slot then it's got to be bad, so why is that ass getting a gong?

What does the queen know about telecoms, broadband etc?
I suspect that the Dutch royalty would mind if its subjects are knighted by another kingdom. And for such silly reason too.
It's not like the Royals are renowned for their grip on reality!

How about Sir Linus, for making Sir Tim's world wide wibble accessible from low spec machines without wanting a cut?