>From: Robb Greathouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [BAWUG] SBC to offer WiFi access through pay phones >To: Jason Straight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Cc: Wireless List List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 05:38:10 -0700 (PDT)
>Getting service from SBC has never been anything but an unmitigated disaster. >They can't provide service or get the billing right. I would avoid them like the >plague. >Remember DSL HELL? I have no great love for companies that are either "large" (by some suitable definition) or telcos. Back around 1997-2000, it was my perception that Pac*Bell actually was fairly responsive to abuse reports I sent in; that was one of the reasons I signed up for their residential DSL when it became available where I live. I certainly cannot honestly claim that they are responsive to abuse reports now. (To clarify: I now get an auto-response and nothing further; in particular, I don't see that whatever they are doing has much effect. Previously, I would often get a response, apparently from a human, letting me know that justice had ben served.) Nor do I find Pac*Bell's current DSL offerings very attractive. That said, I am (still) using Pac*Bell (by whatever name is current) residential DSL with a (single) static IP address that I got in Auguust, 1999. And for the past couple of years, it has been working very well. Mind, I use Pac*Bell only for transport: I run my own SMTP, HTTP, and name servers. Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Based on what I have seen to date, the use of Microsoft products is not consistent with reliability. I recommend FreeBSD for reliable systems. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
