🚀 go-pugleaf

Well, I sent a question to telocity.  I asked about seeming contradictions
in their FAQ.  They say they assign a permanent IP when you place your
order.  They also say they use DHCP.  Isn't that a contradiction?  Anway
their answer was nothing more than the url of the same FAQ.

Not a good way to treat a potential customer.  I guess I could say that my
first impression is not very good.

Carl in Raleigh

disgruntled bellsouth customer wrote:

> Ordered Bellsouth ADSL 3 weeks ago.  Install  is scheduled for tomorrow.
>
> Just received a call today that they couldn't test my line because of
> an address conflict.  I verified the address as correct.  It is the
> same address they send my phone bills too.  It is the same address
> they have come to on two separate occasions to fix line problems.
> Apparently the guy who is supposed to test the phone line can't read
> a map.  I live in an apartment building and the street only exists
> within the complex and is about 300 meters long.  It is on any Thomas
> bros. map printed within the last 5 years.  Fed Ex and UPS make
> deliveries here all the time--I guess Fed Ex and UPS have higher
> intelligence/educational requirements for their drivers than
> Bellsouth has for their telecomunications technicians.  I don't
> know if I want one of these dumbasses in my house now.
>
> The sad part is they have a big building on Strickland.
> From my porch, using a 7 iron, I can hit a golf ball and hit their
> building.
>
> What a bunch of idiots.  Now I got bounced back another 3 weeks.
> After reading all the stuff on this group I knew something would go
> wrong.  But I expected a more exotic excuse:  Time Warner-trained
> squirrels eating wires, lightning strike, the-two-weeks-before-Y2K-bug
> bug, something... but an imaginary address conflict 100 meters from a
> major Bellsouth maintenance structure?
>
> The only reason I wanted Bellsouth is my company pays for
> my phone bill and internet and Telocity can't put it on my
> phone bill.  So I will just have to send in two bills instead.
> A small price to pay to be free of  their crappy service.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.