Free Internet due to incompetence, lol

[foq]

I lol'd hard when I first heard of Mind's predicament some months ago. "people literally drive over my internet" rofl

[tical]

AT&T is good up here..... good ol fiber.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Ya Ive been using at&t since 2000, and while its pretty stable(ping has nothing to do with brute bits per sec), I went from the ol' 1mbit down and 256k up to 3mb down and 768 up. I only get 160kb/s down period. Same speed (2%more), as before. The fine print says between 1.5-3.0. and im less than 1 mile away from the damn company's office!! I can easily get 10mb speed for 100$ from cable. But since im not a pirate hog it doesnt matter anyway...

Yea , thats the supposed "Best Efforts Service" ,thats what they call it anyway.Which basically means regaurdless of what speed of service you pay for,you get what you get.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Speed really isnt even an issue, its the intermittent internet connection that goes out at any given moment. After 3hrs on the phone this morning with random idiot's I finally found someone able to take care of bidness. One of the lady's asked me if my 2wire modem/router combo was still under warranty, I told her it's not even paid for yet so it better damn well be still under warranty.

So what did I accomplish today? I have a replacement modem being shipped along with RMA label's, and I scheduled Friday to get a permanent line buried.

Although I did get a few laughs today. I kept telling these various tech's on the phone that I am using VOIP , and they turn around and ask me "Can you access the internet right now?" LOL, SERIOUSLY. How the fuck am I going to use a VOIP phone and not be connected to the internet?

[terminus]

The phone guy for my landline came out to check a line noise problem. He looked at the cable -- didn't touch anything -- and left. He charged me $80. I got rid of the service the next month and don't own a phone anymore. It's quite peaceful.

[R00k]

Ya Ive been using at&t since 2000, and while its pretty stable(ping has nothing to do with brute bits per sec), I went from the ol' 1mbit down and 256k up to 3mb down and 768 up. I only get 160kb/s down period. Same speed (2%more), as before. The fine print says between 1.5-3.0. and im less than 1 mile away from the damn company's office!! I can easily get 10mb speed for 100$ from cable. But since im not a pirate hog it doesnt matter anyway...

[Shok]

so , the technician showed up yesterday morning, set out some road cones... Put up his road cones...then left.


Didnt knock on the door, hell he didnt even come in the yard. Just up and fucking left! I'm on the phone with some newb ass tier 1 technician. It was funny, she was like "do you mind if i run some test's on your line while i put you on hold?" told her to go right ahead they've been doing it for 3 months now,whats it going to hurt once more lol.

Wow, she killed my net. Goodjob, i told you i was on voip you stupid fuck.

hahahhahahahaaa

[Baker]

So , the technician showed up yesterday morning, set out some road cones... put up his road cones...then left.


Didnt knock on the door, hell he didnt even come in the yard. Just up and fucking left! I'm on the phone with some newb ass tier 1 technician. It was funny, she was like "Do you mind if I run some test's on your line while I put you on hold?" Told her to go right ahead they've been doing it for 3 months now,whats it going to hurt once more lol.

wow, she killed my net. GOODJOB, I TOLD YOU I WAS ON VOIP you stupid fuck.

Haha, Mindzy!

I am currently using AT&T and I have to say that works well for me, but I'm in area where if it didn't, they'd go broke due to the # of people.

I prefer cable to DSL and the only reason I dumped my cable internet was because AT&T gave me an offer lately I couldn't reasonably refuse.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

So , the technician showed up yesterday morning, set out some road cones... put up his road cones...then left.


Didnt knock on the door, hell he didnt even come in the yard. Just up and fucking left! I'm on the phone with some newb ass tier 1 technician. It was funny, she was like "Do you mind if I run some test's on your line while I put you on hold?" Told her to go right ahead they've been doing it for 3 months now,whats it going to hurt once more lol.

wow, she killed my net. GOODJOB, I TOLD YOU I WAS ON VOIP you stupid fuck.

[terminus]

I'm paying $54 a month for 215kb :/

[powerzord]

too bad the intarnet sucks

[Bam]

The ISP is the most important part but sometimes your location affects your connection speed/reliability. I have Mediacom which is lightning fast at 30$/mo.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

215k down isnt bad if the price reflects the service. I'm paying 47.99/mo for this nonsense. I checked into CableONE today again,last time I inquired about their service area I was presume the lady never even bothered trying to get the information I had requested. I noticed they are offering 10mbit down / 1mbit up for 59.99,which is tempting. like OMG Piracy at warp speed!

botboy ping times!

[terminus]

I can only get Edge with 215kbps down where I live. Not quite broadband speeds, but at least it's uncapped for the moment.

[Shok]

arrghh, dealing with crappy ISP service is so frustrating - especially the tier 1 newbness.
Been through that a few times its like being kimp'd.