Bulldog Suspends New ADSL Signups
Posted: 22nd Sep, 2004 By: MarkJ
UK ISP Bulldog Communications has "suspended provisioning of new customers with IPStream-based [BT ADSL] services" until new capacity can be added. The providers statement also explains their technical support problems:
Bulldog strives to provide high-speed and secure services to all of its customers. This focus on high speed and high quality has meant that the numbers of people choosing Bulldog have grown very rapidly in recent months.
Recently that has meant that all aspects of our customer service have fallen well below the standards you and we demand. We share our customers frustration at the difficulties in reaching us, and would like to apologise.
To support our rapid growth, Bulldog ordered additional IPStream capacity from BT several months ago to double network capacity and maintain the high network performance which has been the foundation of its reputation. Unfortunately, an administrative error meant that capacity Bulldog had anticipated being implemented in late August has been delayed. BT is committed to have this additional capacity provided to Bulldog no later than 4 October.
In the intervening time, some customers whose services are based on IPStream have been experiencing speeds slower than the very high speeds that they have come to expect. Customers whose services are based on DataStream or on Bulldogs own LLU network are unaffected.
As a result of the IPStream delay, enquiries to Bulldogs customer service team have increased. To meet this additional demand Bulldog has trebled its customer service and technical support teams over the last two months. An additional 30 customer services staff begin working on 22 September.
To accommodate the expanded teams, Bulldog has taken extra office space but this caused short-term disruption to the phone system, with customers waiting for long periods and experiencing dropped calls. These issues have now been resolved.
Similar pressure led to the backlog of email enquiries which we have greatly reduced and will have cleared completely by 1 October.
Bulldog has suspended provisioning of new customers with IPStream-based services until the new capacity is in place, both to ensure that the quality of service for existing customers is maintained, and to ensure that new customers get the high quality of service that Bulldog expects to provide.
Until recently our reputation for customer service was a source of pride for us and envy for our competitors. We intend to win it back.
Bulldog strives to provide high-speed and secure services to all of its customers. This focus on high speed and high quality has meant that the numbers of people choosing Bulldog have grown very rapidly in recent months.
Recently that has meant that all aspects of our customer service have fallen well below the standards you and we demand. We share our customers frustration at the difficulties in reaching us, and would like to apologise.
To support our rapid growth, Bulldog ordered additional IPStream capacity from BT several months ago to double network capacity and maintain the high network performance which has been the foundation of its reputation. Unfortunately, an administrative error meant that capacity Bulldog had anticipated being implemented in late August has been delayed. BT is committed to have this additional capacity provided to Bulldog no later than 4 October.
In the intervening time, some customers whose services are based on IPStream have been experiencing speeds slower than the very high speeds that they have come to expect. Customers whose services are based on DataStream or on Bulldogs own LLU network are unaffected.
As a result of the IPStream delay, enquiries to Bulldogs customer service team have increased. To meet this additional demand Bulldog has trebled its customer service and technical support teams over the last two months. An additional 30 customer services staff begin working on 22 September.
To accommodate the expanded teams, Bulldog has taken extra office space but this caused short-term disruption to the phone system, with customers waiting for long periods and experiencing dropped calls. These issues have now been resolved.
Similar pressure led to the backlog of email enquiries which we have greatly reduced and will have cleared completely by 1 October.
Bulldog has suspended provisioning of new customers with IPStream-based services until the new capacity is in place, both to ensure that the quality of service for existing customers is maintained, and to ensure that new customers get the high quality of service that Bulldog expects to provide.
Until recently our reputation for customer service was a source of pride for us and envy for our competitors. We intend to win it back.
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