[ale] Cheap dialtone for DSL

[Pete Hardie]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:00:21 -0500, Jason Fritcher <jkf at wolfnet.org> wrote:

> I've been round and round with people at BellSouth about how cheaply I can
> get a plain, no frills dial tone, but the cheapest they seem to be willing
> to offer is almost $30/mo. For a phone line that won't be making/receiving
> any calls, that is absolutely ridiculous. One customer no-service rep
> actually tried arguing with me that DSL requires a flat rate voice account,
> otherwise I'd end up with a bazillion dollar phone bill for usage charges.
> To say the least, I'm quite frustrated by the level of contempt and
> disservice coming from BS. If there wasn't already a hearing going with the
> GPSC, I'd be tempted to start filing complaints with them.

ISTR seeing mention of "naked DSL" being available - DSL sans
dialtone.  Perhaps this is one of those things that they will never
offer, unless you beat it out of them.



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