Broadband Petition
from the too-bad-it's-not-for-me dept
Someone in the UK is starting a petition for better broadband in the UK. Not clear what good it will do, but dammit, I want a petition for better broadband in Silicon Valley. For the record, in the last 10 months alone, I've attempted to get broadband from the following companies (none of whom are still offering it): Northpoint, Rhythms, Sprint Fixed Wireless, and Metricom. I'm now getting my broadband from AT&T@Home who are supposed to turn it off this Friday. You would think that in the center of all this tech innovation I'd be able to get a decent broadband connection. You'd be wrong, apparently.
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Could be worse
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What About Earthlink??
Oh wait. I've got one. To get an actual human being on the line for tech support will cost you anywhere from 1 to 3 hours of your time. I kid you not.
But at least they are in business. I'd rather wait the 1+ hours than to have no broadband at all.
MLO
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Re: What About Earthlink??
Given Masnick's broadband track record, and my latent superstition, I must now declare: "Whatever you do, Mike, don't get Earthlinked!"
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