Phorm / MAC Codes

[Joel Harrison]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Ian Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> wrote:
>
> On 07 Oct 08, at 1349, Alexander Hanff wrote:
>
>> Were you offered the new terms and conditions for the current trial?
>
> No.  My argument is that the threat that's hanging over me is intolerable.
>  That BT themselves don't have staff briefed means I cannot be expected to
> brief my wife and children, and in the absence of an actual offer I haven't
> been shown the Ts and Cs.  I'm expected to brief my wife and children to not
> accept Ts and Cs that I haven't been offered, having learnt of them by
> osmosis.

I agree that changing the Ts & Cs to permit interception, as well as
obliging the subscriber to secure consent to interception form every
other user of the service, is itself a material change.  Others may
disagree.  But can anybody explain to me what has happened to
paragraph 6 of the existing Ts & Cs, which reads as follows:

"We guarantee that the BT Hub and any other equipment that we send you
in line with paragraph 6 will work to the relevant specification for
the minimum period and will be free from faulty design, manufacture or
materials. If at any time during the minimum period you find that the
BT Hub or any other equipment is not working properly you may return
it to us and we will replace (or at our option) repair it."

That paragraph does not appear in the Webwise version of the Ts & Cs.
Unless I am missing something, BT is purporting to withdraw a warranty
that it previously provided for the BT Hub.  However concerned or
unconcerned one may be about interception, that is surely a material
amendment.

Joel