On Thu May-17-2012 09:23, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> 17 May 12 06:16, Roger Nelson wrote to TOM WALKER:

 TW>> My DSL line is through U-verse. They were expanding into my area
 TW>> but the project was cancled becasue of the Economy.
 TW>> For what I do DSL is fine and I have NO interest in their TV feed
 TW>> so no big problem as far as I am concerned.

 RN> I was told if I wanted to go back to DSL, I would lose the TV portion
 RN> of U-verse.  Of course, it wouldn't be the first time I was lied to.
 RN> Then again, maybe things have changed.

 RW> Whale! Yesterday I was offered an 'upgrade' to include TV and/or a
 RW> phone, but I declined.

I find the phone worthwhile because I can call out of country at no extra
cost; something I can't do with my cell.  I have a friend or two in Canada
and one of them is in Whitehorse, YT.  I've known him, although we've not
met, since 1984. 

 RW> When I finished bitching about the slow speed that I was paying for
 RW> and the fact that I've been a customer for the last 5 years, they
 RW> offered me an upgrade to 6Mb/s for less than I was paying for, as
 RW> it turned out, 1.5Mb/s...

ROTFL!  They do have a directive, it seems, to keep their reliable
customers and that's good business.

 RW> It wasn't much of a hassle, but took about 50 minutes to
 RW> accomplish. 

Sounds just like them.  Whomever(tm) you were speaking to obviously had to
get permission from a higher-up.

 RW> Speedtests today indicate 4.4Mb/s, a bit slower than 6Mb/s, but I'm
 RW> happy with the results.

Still not too shabby.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+