J LOL…man you should consider script writing for the Chris Rock show…. That is quite close for sure

 

kind regards
Marko
Operations Engineer
One2net ING


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kiggundu Mukasa
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 7:22 PM
To: Linux Users Group Uganda
Subject: Re: [LUG] Broadband over powerlines (Umeme ISP?)

 

 

With the frequency of load shedding I can see the following customer service call when their broadband over internet comes into being....

 

Customer: Hello is this umeme ISP?

Umeme: Yes, can I help you?

Customer: My internet is not working. it just went off

Umeme: Where do you stay?

Customer: Bugolobi

Umeme: Did you not read in the papers that your internet would be shedded today! Coincidentally we are also shedding power in your area today. Do you have lights?

Customer: Yes I use a generator and invertor because the power goes off so often

Umeme: well that is not our fault it is the the fault of Lake Victoria. Anyway your internet should be back on around the same time the lights in your area come back, but that will just be a coincidence as the two are not related. We are Umeme ISP, not Umeme Power

Customer: ummmmm OK.... But will I be billed for the time you were not providing me service

Umeme: We increased the rates during the time you have the service so we can collect for the time when the service is not there!

Customer: So I will not be billed for the shedded time

Umeme: Yes........

Customer: Yes I will be or Yes I will not be

Umeme: No.....

Customer: No what?

Umeme: No service

Customer: Yes there is no service

Umeme: So there is no problem. Thank you for calling. And remember, if God had wanted you to have lights at Night, he would make sure the sun never set!

Customer: But wait .... you load shed during the day time also.

Umeme: when its day time here it is night in Australia! Since this was an internet call I cannot answer any more questions, please call back and ask to speak to the power customer care people.

[hangs up!]

 

 

On Jul 11, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Pete Kyoma wrote:



Move over uganda telecom et al: the next big broadband supplier will be ...er...uhm.. Umeme! If the following works out that is...

IBM is to hook up with a US energy company to trial broadband over electric cables.

Big Blue and Houston-based CenterPoint Energy are due to begin trialling the service next month by wiring up some 220 homes with electric broadband.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/11/ibm_broadband/

Kyoma.

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