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23rd July 2008, 08:30 PM

"Marsha L" <ThoseEyes48@> wrote in message
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> On Jul 23, 1:12 pm, "Vickster" <a397...@webnntp.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Marsha - Personally, I do see where they are coming from. Using a dial-up
>> connection you're vying for a modem port of which they have a limited
>> amount of ports and a huge number of subscribers. Their "perception" of
>> dial-up is basically a user of a few hours a day. That's why they
>> implement the "idle time" rule, so no one dials-in and stays on just to
>> be
>> connected (or block random telephone solicitation calls). I think we're
>> moving, as a techno society, to "always on" connections - cable, DSL,
>> wireless, satellite. Once you go DSL, you won't go back (IMHO). It's like
>> watching a movie on a new 50" HDTV with a Panasonic Blue-Ray player
>> versus
>> a regular RCA TV and a VCR player. There's no comparison.
>>
>> We had the same "wrong number" problem like you have when we got a new
>> telephone number that hadn't aged long enough. My solution was to use
>> CALL
>> BLOCK. I can block up to 15 numbers and I do. I believe your provider
>> could have handled the situation differently, but that's where customer
>> service is headed these days when dealing with minimum wage service reps
>> (which is a whole different thread).
>>
>> Good luck with you decision. Vic
>
> My position was, and is, that their TOS says "unlimited usage". it
> they said 3 hours a day, I would never have subscribed to them, but
> that appears to be what their idea of unlimited is, unless it's even
> less than that!
>
> As for my phone number, it's been at least five years since that
> chiropractors office closed. They were dropped from the telephone
> directory pretty quickly, but I'm still finding them in some on line
> ones. I write to whoever I can get to have the listings dropped, but
> some lists don't have any contact info.
>
> While I personally haven't had broadband, or DSL, and I've obviously
> heard lots of people rave about it, I haven't been impressed with what
> I've seen... I'll know more once the modem gets here.

Cable internet, I don't know what I'd do without it. We get a great deal,
called the "GeauxBox" by having a LSU employee in the household.
I didn't know that dial-up still existed??

23rd July 2008, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
BR Eagle Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	I'm an abuser "Marsha L" <ThoseEyes48@> wrote in message news:c5360bb8-a8ec-4a70-af24-5451e941d54b@y22g2000prd..com... > On Jul 23, 1:12 pm, "Vickster" <a397...@webnntp.invalid> wrote: > >> Marsha - Personally, I do see where they are coming from. Using a dial-up >> connection you're vying for a modem port of which they have a limited >> amount of ports and a huge number of subscribers. Their "perception" of >> dial-up is basically a user of a few hours a day. That's why they >> implement the "idle time" rule, so no one dials-in and stays on just to >> be >> connected (or block random telephone solicitation calls). I think we're >> moving, as a techno society, to "always on" connections - cable, DSL, >> wireless, satellite. Once you go DSL, you won't go back (IMHO). It's like >> watching a movie on a new 50" HDTV with a Panasonic Blue-Ray player >> versus >> a regular RCA TV and a VCR player. There's no comparison. >> >> We had the same "wrong number" problem like you have when we got a new >> telephone number that hadn't aged long enough. My solution was to use >> CALL >> BLOCK. I can block up to 15 numbers and I do. I believe your provider >> could have handled the situation differently, but that's where customer >> service is headed these days when dealing with minimum wage service reps >> (which is a whole different thread). >> >> Good luck with you decision. Vic > > My position was, and is, that their TOS says "unlimited usage". it > they said 3 hours a day, I would never have subscribed to them, but > that appears to be what their idea of unlimited is, unless it's even > less than that! > > As for my phone number, it's been at least five years since that > chiropractors office closed. They were dropped from the telephone > directory pretty quickly, but I'm still finding them in some on line > ones. I write to whoever I can get to have the listings dropped, but > some lists don't have any contact info. > > While I personally haven't had broadband, or DSL, and I've obviously > heard lots of people rave about it, I haven't been impressed with what > I've seen... I'll know more once the modem gets here. Cable internet, I don't know what I'd do without it. We get a great deal, called the "GeauxBox" by having a LSU employee in the household. I didn't know that dial-up still existed??