[ale] OT: BellSouth FastAccess DSL

[Robert Heaven]

BellSouth is not the new monopoly in town. In fact they are probably the
oldest (if you consider Ma Bell) at over 100 years old. And, yes, they
are regulated by the Georgia Public Service Commission
(http://www.psc.state.ga.us) with an online complaint web site.

Unfortunately, DSL is a non-regulated service (which is puzzling to me
since they are the ONLY ones that can provide the service via their
telephone switching network) which means they can do almost anything
they want to and get away with it.

But, if enough people flood the PSC with enough (legitimate and
documented) complaints maybe they'll do something.

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 21:54, Geoffrey wrote:
> Robert Heaven wrote:
> > Now "that" sounds like a real load of bull... If I pay X-dollars per
> > month for Y-bandwidth, it shouldn't matter how I use it.
> 
> Go figure, you're dealing with the new monopoly in town.  When I was 
> shopping around for a new provider, I noted to BellSouth that I needed 
> static IP for work.  Was told they do that only for businesses, and on a 
> business line.  So to get static ip from BS, you have to pay the jacked 
> up price for changing your phone to a business line, inspite of the fact 
> you get absolutely no difference in service.  Further, they virtually 
> double the price of dsl for the static ip.  And it's still pppoe.
> 
> Talk about double dipping...
> 
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> 
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