-=> Dave Drum wrote to Mike Powell <=-

 DD> Illinois Bell is trying to con its subscribers into switching to the
 DD> cell based landlines. I'm keeping my hard wired phone service so they
 DD> have to maintain their decaying infrastructure.

Around here, the POTS system has been bought and sold so many times I'm
losing track.  Looks like it's CenturyLink but it's now a DBA for
another company called Lumen.

My ISP is actually my local power board and I'm getting 300/300 fiber
for $20 a month with an extra $5 going towards a public-facing IPv4
address (without it, I couldn't run the BBS).  I'm very satisfied with
my service and when I can afford it, I'll switch to 1GB/1GB fiber for
$80 a month.

Loocks like with an ACP account, you can get free DSL but this service I
get is so much better and stable.

I can't get a price quote on a simple POTS line without "chatting with
an agent".  CenturyLink is notorious for its terrible customer service.

Since it's 27F out right now:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Cottage Stew
 Categories: Crockpot, Soups & ste, Beef
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
  1 1/2 lb Lean beef; cut in 1" cubes
      2 tb Flour
      2 tb Butter
      2 tb Corn oil
      2    Celery ribs; cut in chunks
      1 c  Beef stock
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Pepper
    1/2 ts Dried thyme
    1/2 ts Dried marjoram
      1 ts Prepared mustard
      2 tb Fresh lemon juice
      3 tb Chopped parsley
 
  Brown meat in butter and oil. Combine meat and remaining ingredients,
  except lemon juice and parsley, and place in a slow cooker. Cover and
  cook on low 6 to 8 hours. Stir in lemon juice and parsley and serve
  with toast, noodles or potatoes. Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01
  Number 392 by James and Susan Kirkland  on Dec 21,
  1997
 
MMMMM

-- Sean


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