Snails - Response on Threads Part 5
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Finished mine on Tuesdayyup! and i'm way behind with my weekly to-do list
Now to figure out what to do for the rest of the week
I do need to get up to dad's and run the vacuum for him and help find some old pictures he's lost
I'm glad you're able to visit your dad so often, Dale
I took a nice walk over to the mississippi- it's a little over a mile from here. Lots of people out walking and jogging and going to work. Saw two vapers
I took a nice walk over to the mississippi- it's a little over a mile from here. Lots of people out walking and jogging and going to work. Saw two vapers
Just a matter of making the effort CESI'm glad you're able to visit your dad so often, Dale
I took a nice walk over to the mississippi- it's a little over a mile from here. Lots of people out walking and jogging and going to work. Saw two vapers
How cool, I never meet other vapers
Grrrrrrrrrrd morning.
My landline out of service since yesterday 09h00.
Checked trouble ticket number last night online: "in progress".
Checked trouble ticket number this morning online: "no tickets on record".
grrr
Called "tech support" (as it SAYS... "tech support")... ticket is "in progress".
No reason given why it does not work online.
THEN... THEN!!!... they try to UPSELL ME to other services!!!
Let's see... I am having problems with the service I *do* have... and they want to sell me MORE of their problematic services!!!
I was having NONE of that... it's TECH SUPPORT... NOT "sales"... and that upselling effort is VERY misplaced.
Escalated to supervisor.
Echoed the previous person.
Escalated to the supervisor's supervisor.
Echoed the previous person.
GRRR! SLAM!!!
Call to corporate headquarters planned for 08h30.
My landline out of service since yesterday 09h00.
Checked trouble ticket number last night online: "in progress".
Checked trouble ticket number this morning online: "no tickets on record".
grrr
Called "tech support" (as it SAYS... "tech support")... ticket is "in progress".
No reason given why it does not work online.
THEN... THEN!!!... they try to UPSELL ME to other services!!!
Let's see... I am having problems with the service I *do* have... and they want to sell me MORE of their problematic services!!!
I was having NONE of that... it's TECH SUPPORT... NOT "sales"... and that upselling effort is VERY misplaced.
Escalated to supervisor.
Echoed the previous person.
Escalated to the supervisor's supervisor.
Echoed the previous person.
GRRR! SLAM!!!
Call to corporate headquarters planned for 08h30.
Good morning snails.
THANK YOU!
Five smoke-free years with ECF is great.
(and so are the snails.)
THANK YOU!
Five smoke-free years with ECF is great.
(and so are the snails.
)
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Bear,
I got to the point of not trusting the POTS lines anymore. Now on Comcost's "Triple-Play"...using cable as a land-line alternative and have a backup cell phone. Also, make sure you have a backup-battery (I use a general-purpose UPS) on the phone-modem if you go that route. Of course, cable goes out sometimes too.
I got to the point of not trusting the POTS lines anymore. Now on Comcost's "Triple-Play"...using cable as a land-line alternative and have a backup cell phone. Also, make sure you have a backup-battery (I use a general-purpose UPS) on the phone-modem if you go that route. Of course, cable goes out sometimes too.
POTS?
Not-really-"HUS"bear has the DSL on his line, which is working. He pays for the "up to" 6mb
service, but we get, on average, about 1.25mb. "Nothing we can do" they say because of the
distance to switching station. Next door folks are on cable, the "up to" 12mbs service and they
get less than 1mbs.
Our only hope is that fiber comes to the area. (HA!) Or, the phone company upgrades their
service. (Double HA!)
There is always satellite internet, but we have read it is also pretty much
.
POTS....Plain Old Telephone System.
Bummer your options suck. Who's your cable?
Bummer your options suck. Who's your cable?
TimeWarner. The only option (but we do not use any of their services).
This company (fiber) is making headway in the metro area... we keep hoping: Greenlight Networks
I kind of take that back... *I* use it for my Dad to have cable. Could not use DISH for him
because the apartment complex is fairly heavily wooded.
Before the FTC (thankfully) put the kibosh on the merger, there was a time when TWC was going to be merged with Comcost. Anyway, I think they have similar services.
By the time you add up your DSL bill, and phone bills, you may be able to justify the service. Just don't cut all over at once...test it out in parallel first since it sounds like you have TWO phone lines. So you can cut only one over to start and see how it goes. I bet you can end up with cable and phone and internet for nearly the same cost you now have without cable. Might be worth checking.
By the time you add up your DSL bill, and phone bills, you may be able to justify the service. Just don't cut all over at once...test it out in parallel first since it sounds like you have TWO phone lines. So you can cut only one over to start and see how it goes. I bet you can end up with cable and phone and internet for nearly the same cost you now have without cable. Might be worth checking.
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