Just a thought.
Cable companies SUCK and are un-regulated.
The phone company MAY suck, but is regulated, you can complain to the PSC.
Hmm
Sounds like phone compnay to me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Schmenk ">eschmenk@bellsouth.net>
To: Wandered Inn ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>
Cc: ">ale@ale.org ">ale@ale.org>
Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: [ale] Broadband vs DSL
>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Inn
>Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:48 AM
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>Subject: Re: [ale] Broadband vs DSL
>
>
>Bob Dallis wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>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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