Sorry if this is already a dead topic, but I've had a little trouble with
BellSouth's people not understanding DSL. A few weeks/months ago, I lost my
dial-tone, but still had ADSL. It took a little work to convince them that
such a thing was possible. Then they moved me to a line that had a
dial-tone, but didn't support ADSL. Then they moved me back. Then they
finally fixed the hardware in their office that created the dial-tone
problem in the first place.
Then again, I am noticing that the reliability has been improving lately.
But still, a few days ago, someone fixing someone else's problem
disconnected my line accidentally. Still, at least they have some idea
where their lines are buried where I live. The cable company doesn't know,
and they don't even try to mark them before someone digs. They just wait to
replace whatever gets cut. (Of course, most of what gets gut was already
cut and abandoned, anyway.)
Eric Schmenk
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Bob Dallis wrote:
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Again, I would look at past history. My personal experience with EVERY
cable company I've had to deal with has been lousy customer service and
an inordinate amount of downtime. That perspective comes from
experiences with at least 5 cable companies (or 7 'virtual' cable
companies).
The phone company has always focused on reliability and availability. I
think this is because phone service is seen as a necessity.
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