Written on March 18, 2008 at 8:08 pm by Jennie

Another I hate France day.

Filed under French Culture {15 comments}

No internet for 36 hours chez nous!!! At least we figured out the problem is the ADSL line and not the Freebox. Unfortunately, the helpful customer service people at Free claim they can’t send a technician until NEXT WEDNESDAY. If France Telecom can’t fix it before then, I will be without internet for a while.

I have to go cry now.

Thank goodness for Mamie’s house and her Neufbox.

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Monique

uh oh. How much is a French “technician” going to charge you!??! That’s a scary thought.
Monique

uh oh. How much is a French “technician” going to charge you!??! That’s a scary thought.
The Late Bloomer

We were without a ligne fixe and television at home for over a month in January-February… It was frustrating, that’s for sure, and I was fuming about the customer service call costs, as well as the fact that we both racked up some pretty bad cell phone bills as a result…But these days I don’t really chalk it up to France anymore, as I know these kinds of things can happen anywhere. I could have some customer service problems back in the U.S. too, so I don’t know, even though for a while it was fun to gripe about how France is particularly bad about this, now I just chalk it up to some bad luck! C’est la vie…Oh, and we have Free too, but up until now, my boyfriend thought we had been having really good service — for something like three years… So here’s hoping we don’t have any more problems again! Because getting them fixed does seem to take a while. Hang in there!
The Late Bloomer

We were without a ligne fixe and television at home for over a month in January-February… It was frustrating, that’s for sure, and I was fuming about the customer service call costs, as well as the fact that we both racked up some pretty bad cell phone bills as a result…

But these days I don’t really chalk it up to France anymore, as I know these kinds of things can happen anywhere. I could have some customer service problems back in the U.S. too, so I don’t know, even though for a while it was fun to gripe about how France is particularly bad about this, now I just chalk it up to some bad luck! C’est la vie…

Oh, and we have Free too, but up until now, my boyfriend thought we had been having really good service — for something like three years… So here’s hoping we don’t have any more problems again! Because getting them fixed does seem to take a while. Hang in there!
Justin

Oh no! Hang in there. I hope they come quickly, I had to deal with the nightmare when I arrived… I waited 4 weeks for them to initially hook it up, even though they told me 7-10 days. And you would never have a whole week of down time in the US. Maybe a couple of hours or one, maybe two days… but they would rearrange some new installs just to fix you. Not here, you got to get in line!I’ve got my fingers crossed for you… and I don’t think France Telecom has anything to do with France… they are just bad!
Justin

Oh no! Hang in there. I hope they come quickly, I had to deal with the nightmare when I arrived… I waited 4 weeks for them to initially hook it up, even though they told me 7-10 days. And you would never have a whole week of down time in the US. Maybe a couple of hours or one, maybe two days… but they would rearrange some new installs just to fix you. Not here, you got to get in line!

I’ve got my fingers crossed for you… and I don’t think France Telecom has anything to do with France… they are just bad!
wcs

Arrgh! I hate when that happens!
wcs

Arrgh! I hate when that happens!
Dedene

Jennie,Don’t you wish France would enter the 21st century? Did you know that websites that are hosted through Free are “bridés” to run slower on non-Free Internet users’ computers? Isn’t that disgusting?Good luck with your ADSL, keep up the great blogs.A +, Dedene
Dedene

Jennie,
Don’t you wish France would enter the 21st century?
Did you know that websites that are hosted through Free are “bridés” to run slower on non-Free Internet users’ computers? Isn’t that disgusting?

Good luck with your ADSL, keep up the great blogs.
A +, Dedene
Zhu

Sorry for being French but… since when can France Telecom can actually fix anything??? Je compatis
Zhu

Sorry for being French but… since when can France Telecom can actually fix anything???

Je compatis
JdF

LOL When I lived in France, FT took 2 montsh to give me a connexion.

My friend has been waiting for his cabling to be shifted from his former home for 3 weeks now. FT says Free should be doing it while Free says that’s FT’s domain. Sounds typically francais, doesn’t it?

The smaller cities don’t even have a cybercafe! Of course Sundays and afternoons is no work-time- but then, when is…
JdF

LOL When I lived in France, FT took 2 montsh to give me a connexion.

My friend has been waiting for his cabling to be shifted from his former home for 3 weeks now. FT says Free should be doing it while Free says that’s FT’s domain. Sounds typically francais, doesn’t it?

The smaller cities don’t even have a cybercafe! Of course Sundays and afternoons is no work-time- but then, when is…
Pouponfr

In
Mulhouse it took them almost 40 days to repair the connection and Free charged me like if I had it from the very first day , if it works it works , but if there is a problem customer service in France sucks more than their police or military