Russell Tiedt wrote James Bradley on 04-03-06 17:04

 >>> My USR modem works fine via a filter at 5200bps .... on my
 >>> ADSL line

 RT>> Yeah, except here, I don't have a choice ... :-(

 JB> When POTS service here gives me 33.6 *if* the wind blows the right
 JB> way; cry me a river. <-| I was getting consistent 28.8 transfers with
 JB> the old V.FC if the line was stretched to my West, but connecting to a
 JB> node North of me - massive line noise and dropped carriers. It seems
 JB> to happen to this day! (Yes, HW handshaking cable on an external
 JB> modem. Same machine, same modem, same settings...)

 RT> Bugger when that happens ... , :-((

I learnt it's likely a corporate sociopath mentality, that only wants to
shortchange the customer to maximize profits. The same company, is now
presenting a commercial on the TV, that features 'cute' animals, doing human
like activities. A couple of years ago, I received an addressed letter from the
same company saying to the effect, "We're sorry we spent so much money on cute
animal adds, so much that our service to our loyal customers has suffered...
... ..." 

I still have to rely on their infrastructure, but I sure don't have to pay them
directly any more. Maybe I'm just as guilty for feeding the competition, but
where I live, the population seems to think that this is the prosperous way to
go. 


... James
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