all true, just make sure they have access, lol, and the reason I picked SDSL over ADSL is at least it is "guaranteed to 80%" You have to admit though, that is why they are not out of business, like the others are, and like you say start to "crimp" on service. I may not like it, but I respect it. One thing that really bothers me in the fine print though,is the fact that they reserve the right to switch to dynamic IP's :p
> Wow. I thought Microsoft had some bad Terms of Service. That page > alone is almost enough to keep me away from the service. If you so much > as sneeze in the same room with your DSL equipment, there's a fee > involved--and we're not talking small fees, either. There are fees > involved even as a result of things that are often completely out of > your control, such as the following: "$150 No Access Fee if a technician > is denied access to the phone closet (NID or Dmarc) due to a locked > facility, or by the actions of others." Doh! > > Also, once you've written your name in blood, they've pretty much got > you by the short and curlies. If the service is unsatisfactory, it > takes an *enormous* problem over a very prolonged amount of time (say, > two solid months) to even give you the *possibility* of being able to > get out of your contract without paying at *least* $400 in fees. And > THAT is only if your service can't be successfully downgraded. So if > you order and pay for 1.5Mb SDSL, and then they can't seem to get it > working very well, if they can downgrade it to 192kb SDSL, then you're > screwed. And even then, you're *still* subject to a $50 "Processing > Fee"--even if it's within the "no obligation" trial period. > > And, of course, there are no latency or throughput guarantees on ADSL. > There aren't even Acceptable Level of Service guidelines, which is > amazing considering that I'm probably going to be spending over $100/mo > for residential ADSL. If you ever move and take the service with you to > your new location, your contract period begins all over again. So if > you've had the service for 10 months of your 12-month contract, and then > move to a different apartment even within the same complex, you're faced > with an additional 10 months tacked on to the end of your contract. > ...and on and on and on... > > Wow. The only thing is that I may be so very tired of hassling with > RoadRunner's latency issues that I may just be willing to sign my soul > over into the hands of the Speakeasy management and pay twice as much > per month for slower service. That's a pretty sad reflection on > RoadRunner, isn't it? > > -- > Eric (the Deacon remix) > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
