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Article #919Re: this is Bellsouth policy.
From: Lawrence Baldwin
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:20
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 13:20
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I don't think the problem was with people cancelling billing after the fact, but rather doing a Helpdesk DHCP registration w/o having done a Bellsouth.net account registration. E.g. Billing was NEVER established from day 1. lb. [This followup was posted to bellsouth.net.support.adsl and a copy was sent to the cited author.] In article <3AD0EE86.8C7FDE34@ufl.edu>, rswitt@ufl.edu says... > > they said to me that they are doing becuase > > people were stealing the service... disconnecting with billing and then > > getting the helpdesk to register the mac address thus receiving free service > > so a few cheap jerks screwed it up for everybody they quit offering bridged > > a while ago..... > > ? This doesn't make sense to me. Service is provided through your DSL signal. > If you disconnect with billing, then they will cut off your signal, and poof! no > more service. Registering your MAC address will do you no good. It seems more > likely that they are only offering PPPoX because they feel it is more manageable > and flexible (though this is arguable). > > Randy S. > > -- Lawrence Baldwin Baseline your FastAccess Connection: http://www.mynetwatchman.com/perfwatch/beta.htm Automatic Port Scan Reporting: http://www.mynetwatchman.com/vision.htm
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1122a6,4fb12e5c197b5c69 X-Google-Attributes: gid1122a6,public X-Google-Thread: ff611,4fb12e5c197b5c69 X-Google-Attributes: gidff611,public X-Google-Thread: f8a83,4fb12e5c197b5c69 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8a83,public X-Google-Thread: 11033e,4fb12e5c197b5c69 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,4fb12e5c197b5c69 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-09 06:22:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.atl.bellsouth.net.MISMATCH!newsfeed.atl!news2.mia.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence Baldwin <baldwinl@mynetwatchman.com> Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,bellsouth.net.support.adsl,bellsouth.net.support.linux,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: this is Bellsouth policy. Message-ID: <MPG.153b813b5d7c37d3989699@news2.mia.bellsouth.net> References: <6uDw6.2219$tG3.154721@news1.atl> <R85y6.698$al2.47990@news2.atl> <rl5y6.715$al2.48338@news2.atl> <bgrhctge7h9nnoe3qbjmkt0u5ls6qj9pcd@4ax.com> <3aca56d5.93572417@news2.mia.bellsouth.net> <uroictoc1dgpsmsbs0sfqhcr1db7egp7pq@localhost> <3acc4e1f.156888570@news.mia.bellsouth.net> <gamkctgv5g1j5pi8fa69oi9985l7igk1jj@localhost> <X%Qy6.3190$Rv.138528@news1.atl> <3ad4ecdb.88986611@news.atl.bellsouth.net> <3P0A6.238$Bz.10290@news2.atl> <3AD0EE86.8C7FDE34@ufl.edu> Organization: System Management Technologies, Inc. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.50 Lines: 28 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:20:46 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.61.64.169 X-Trace: news2.mia 986822450 208.61.64.169 (Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:20:50 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:20:50 EDT