[ale] Cable and DSL Going Straight to Heck (was [ale] atlnet)

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

While not feasible for everyone, you might want to look into the
possiblity of voting with your dollars by getting a satellite dish.  We
just got one and I am very pleased with it.

Most of the satellite deals have some means of offsetting the cost of the
equipment with discounts or special rates, and they frequently come with a
free installation.

On 10 Dec 2001, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> I'm real close to telling Awful Telephone & Turd  to just disconnect me.
> They jacked up my rates promising me Sci-Fi channel. TWO years later, I
> get it. I've had it for a bit over a year. So now they want to raise my
> rates and lock me to one tv set to watch Sci-Fi. I think I can afford to
> spend my $43/mo on something else. And they can't fix the terrible
> reception on the PBS channels. Grrrr.
>
> For similar jerk business reasons, I don't buy music from any label that
> has signed on to the DCMA, I don't buy beer from the Coors company, and
> I won't buy diamonds EVER until the DeBeers cartel is jailed.
>
> On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 18:43, jeff hubbs wrote:
> > Fulton Green wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, dialing *any* choice on the PBX/ex-fax number (770 476-8791, for
> > > future ref) gives you the busy/full-mailbox nastygram. I suppose a certified
> > > and/or registered snail-mail letter would be your next recourse ...
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:41:46PM -0500, David Brooks wrote:
> > >
> > >>*boggle* I really don't know.  You can get through to their PBX if you
> > >>dial their fax line, but selecting the normal "2" choice to get to Todd
> > >>seems to result in the PBX telling you that the line is busy and, just
> > >>today, tells you that you cannot leave a message because the voice
> > >>mailbox is full.
> > >>
> > >>Truly strange.  If it's down for much longer I'm going to have to see if
> > >>another provider can get me up with my DSL...
> >
> >
> >
> > I dont' want to point fingers unfairly, but I wonder if this is anything
> > like what I went through Sep-Nov with DirecTV - Bellsouth causes or lets
> > the DSL connection fail, they simply go deaf to the ISP's inquiries, and
> > they tell you to basically go to hell when you call because you're not a
> > Bellsouth DSL customer.
> >
> > Slight change of subject:  I've noticed that AT&T Broadband is removing
> > channels from their analog CATV service, putting crawlers on the
> > channels in question saying that they're "moving" to DIGITAL service's
> > channel xxx.
> >
> > Not only are they not going to reduce their charge for giving me less
> > service, they plan to raise my rates in January.  If I knuckle under in
> > order to get those channels back, they're going to charge me more per
> > month as well PLUS any installation fee they decide to levy.
> >
> > I called AT&T Broadband this morning and was basically told to pound sand.
> >
> > If this affects you and you hate it (Speedvision and Sci-Fi are among
> > the affected channels), the Fulton County Cable Coordinator's name is
> > Desiree Hanson (sp?) and her number is 404 730 6456.
> >
> > Spread the word.
> >
> > - Jeff
> >
> >
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After 163 days, Verizon still couln't deliver Telocity DSL.


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