[ale] [OT] A vent and whine - ignore with dignity

[Geoffrey]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> On 06/21/2010 07:26 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> I feel your frustration, brother. I can chop my bill down and up my
>>> bandwidth by jumping Speakeasy ship and going Comcast Business class. I
>>> can't bring myself to do it.
>> I dumped Comcast (TV) because they were complete idiots.
>>
>> I went with AT&T Uverse and I have been perfectly happy ever since.
>> I've dealt with both AT&T Uverse and AT&T DSL support, and I can
>> honestly say they are most definitely from different worlds.  The AT&T
>> Uverse techs know their stuff.  The DSL folks must have been trained by
>> Comcast, they're idiots.
>>
>> YMMV
>>
> That's interesting, as for what I've been able to find out Uverse is 
> based on a propriety system by Micro$oft. They know about Linux?

As I understand it, their hardware is Microsoft based.   Something I did 
not find out until after I'd signed up with them.

At this point, I'm seriously considering dumping TV altogether and going 
just a internet connection.  Very little worth watching on TV these days.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson