Remembrance VOX

We asked the public if Remembrance day was still relevant in modern society, here is the result.

Mobile Coverage with Orange

You would expect paying £45+ a month would get you a decent amount of network coverage on your mobile. However it seems that Orange decide that they will only give you coverage if you like standing on top of a hill in the pouring rain! It is a bitter disappointment and a rather infuriating one at that. I am pretty sure on those grounds you could instantly terminate your contract on terms of them not fulfilling their side of it. Well no, apparently I would have to pay two hundred pounds just to end it. The fact that I am getting terrible signal and poor service is infuriating to the greatest extremes.
If they were doing what they were meant to I wouldn't lose signal during calls of a business nature. Who do they think they are? It is just incredible that many students and workers are paying out for a service that they aren't fully getting.
The best way to check is to do a little bit opf research, orange have quite a few black areas where network coverage (signal) is minimal. T-mobile seems to get a good reputation as do vodafone. Why on earth can't orange just do a bit more to provide for customers.
However, customer service from them was incredible, calling me back to find out if the service worked out and if they can do anything more for me. A great group of people working for the company, why can't they just work on the coverage service and have happy customers for the reasons they should have. Insanity.

Southwest Trains

With Christmas fast approaching and many people wanting to travel to the popular shopping destination and capital city it would seem that it is the most inconvenient time for railway maintenance to commence. Lasting through the whole of September travellers will have to get off at Southampton and get a bus to Eastleigh in order to continue on the train from destinations such as Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth. The justification is much needed renovation of a tunnel which goes through the city centre. Why now? Surley it would be more practical after the Christmas rush. Not in the middle of winter when already frustrated passengers would like to stay on theur train.
This isn't the only example of stupidity by Southwest Trains. These works which could wait are underway all over the country. If the tunnels were literally falling apart it wouldn't be so bad, but general maintenance can wait!
Overall the journey time isn't affected. If we are honest though, no one really is happy about getting off the train on a cold December day to get a cramped stuffy coach to Eastleigh or some other random station.
Maybe Southwest Trains should look into upgrading the actual coaches of the trains. The tacky, nauseating, gum ridden seats that are about as inviting a a pile of dung (unless ofcourse you are a dung beetle). With the price of fares I think that would be a luxury worth wanting and having. Until then I suppose all us passengers will have to grin and bare the annoying chore of changing trains to get to London or any other station that is affected by this "maintenance".