If you go with Qwest, they do not need to know whether or not you use MSN.... just be a custy, they don't give a spark about your opinions...
~ben On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, BB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm already getting FLAK for NOT using the prevailing MSN on Qwest. Qwest > farmed me out to a company called Pacnet. When they called me to setup my > service, because I was not with MSN, I flamed the tech because the phone > dropped my internet (2.4 GHz clash of signal) during a tech help session. > > Qwest said nothing to me about who would be handling my services. I tried > to repair the relationship, but their based in Singapore with no toll free > support phone number...shades of things to come! > > Could be a Comcast in my future after all. > > P.S. F'ing Tweekers! You heard about the guy in Springfield that blew his > legs off trying to empty a WWII Shell casing, recently. WSJ did a article > about Public Art being stolen! I'm sick of them! > > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> New twist against using copper lines for your phone or uplink: >> tweakers have been ripping down phone lines to steal the copper, since >> copper scrap is now (I think) $3/pound or more, stripped. So >> apparently a lot of folks in my neighborhood are without phone service >> and some without internet. I suppose they *may* replace it with fiber >> to the curb, but I assure you this is not some stunt to increase my >> neighborhood's bandwidth :) >> One of my clients have been broken into numerous times now, by copper >> thieves... one time they stole a thick connector bundle that was >> probably $15 or $20 of copper, but cost the company almost $10K to >> replace! >> >> Well, something else to think about, I suppose.... >> >> >> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Yah, it is much better than having to sign on a new 2-year contract to >> > get a deal on, say, a cellphone plan... I have had limited luck with >> > the "I could switch" threat for bargaining with Comcast, although I >> > think it did work in my favor at one point... ymmv >> > >> > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM, BB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Now you tell me! I'll look at that over time... >> >> >> >> On 5/22/08, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I don't think it has been mentioned in this thread, that Comcast will >> >>> allow existing customers to get a promotion every 6 months... most of >> >>> them are 3 months, so you can get a discounted half year more or less >> >>> just by calling customer service biannually :) Also with customer >> >>> service in general, make sure they note any feedback you have in your >> >>> account, as with such service. >> >>> >> >>> ~ben >> >>> >> > ... >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> EUGLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
