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
>> >>>
>> > ...
>> >
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