[ale] Bellsouth DSL?

[Mark Angeli]

Like I said, I have BSDSL and I run only linux at home. Mandrake 9.1.

I recently had a problem with the line (actually, yesterday). I called,
they checked the line and nothing was showing as wrong. However, as soon
as I hung up with them, it magically started working right again. I bet
someone some where just had to kick the router....

That being said, I have been on the receiving end of one of their tech
calls, and I faked my way through the "What OS are you using?" bit.....

Got it working then too... however, the problem was with an actual line
in my house causing too much noise.


On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 09:26, Dow Hurst wrote:
> Not really true!  Bellsouth is underhanded in their DSL sales practices, 
> but Earthlink just waits for enough users in that area to reserve a 
> block of DSL service.  Bellsouth has no memory of who requested DSL, but 
> Earthlink does keep a database of requests.  I would call Speakeasy or 
> Speedfactory before just going with Bellsouth.  Once your in with 
> Bellsouth then the trouble of dealing with any problems is greatly 
> magnified.  And that is an understatement...
> 
> Unless you keep a running copy of that OS we all hate lying around.
> 
> And, are willing to install it so the scripted troubleshooting will work.
> 
> And also, are willing to reinstall that OS upon their demand to prove 
> they have the problem...
> Dow
> 
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> > Jim Lynch wrote:
> >
> >> DIdn't have a choice.  Earthlink insisted they couldn't put dsl in for
> >> me.  It wasn't available in my area.  Bellsouth was the only place that
> >> said it was.
> >
> >
> > Did you give speedfactory or speakeasy a call?
> >
> > I personally think there's some collusion going on between Earthlink 
> > and BellSouth.
> >
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Mark Angeli <webmaster at tinyminds.org>
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