On 7/5/07, kclug-request(a)kclug.org <kclug-request(a)kclug.org> wrote:
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:31:16 -0500
> From: Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins(a)tarcanfel.org>
> Subject: Re: Web services "in" the KC area.
> To: kclug(a)kclug.org
> Message-ID: <200707051231.17057.hutchins(a)tarcanfel.org>
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I've had phone service here for 17 years from Bell, now AT&t (again). I've
> called them once, to find out when they'd have the lines back up from the
> big
> ice storm. There may be things I don't like about them, but service
> availability ain't one of 'em. I laugh at the cable guys every time they
> try
> to sell me phone service.
There are good and bad things about Ma Bell, and they have always had the
supercillious business attitude with their customers. In my case:
Charged almost a dollar a minute for a phone call to Vancouver, BC, and
charging $0.75 per call to their 800 "customer service" line SEVERAL times.
Overcharging a cellphone customer $1500 in one month . . . (girlfriend)
Bait and switch practices on cellphone plans.
I'm sure there are others. YMMV. I just avoid them whenever and wherever
possible. Just expect less and less, and pay more and more for nothing.
Gary Hildebrand
ST. Joseph, MO
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