5 May
2023
5 May
'23
11:06 p.m.
AT&T recently ran a fiber line along the boulevard adjacent to the farm.
The hold-up in ordering service is that they want a state-issued
identification, which I don't have, and don't want to have. Their most
incredibly obnoxiously stupid reason for this is (and I kid you not) "you
will have our modem". Oh, I'm sorry, are you worried about your stupid $15
piece of plastic from China? No, it's not that, it's something sinister,
and the rep is either told to give a stupid answer or truly believes the
stupid answer they were told to give.
I can easily get around the issue, but then, I've really always hated AT&T,
because Ma Bell birthed Big Brother, and I'm sure that's the real reason
they want to know who is connecting up to their service. I invested much
time and trouble over the years getting away from them, only to eventually
end up back under AT&T after they gobbled up every provider I signed up
with to get away from them. This latest episode reminds me why I always
tried to stay away from that garbage corporation.
That being said, it's really hard to justify sticking with my shitty
cellphone service as my internet gateway when I'm being tempted with cheap
300Mpbs bandwidth. The 5G "upgrade" was just a bait & switch: reception
is
no better than with the old 4G/LTE service, and dropouts as just as
frequent.
All these corporations are damned dirty shit-eating liars.
This thread is thoroughly off-topic, but since we're here, I needed to vent.
Sellam
On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 9:38 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2023-05-05 8:39 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
I do remember the bad old days, when even a
leased line was
insufficiently fast or reliable to send a quantity of data. I recall
many times taking the "noon balloon" out of San Jose with my Samsonite
carry-on case and not so much as a toothbrush. On arrival, turn the
contents of the case over to someone waiting at the gate, and catch the
next flight home with an empty case.
My case, which I still have, comfortably accommodates six 10.5" reels of
tape.
I remember flying on an USAF general's plane with several 844 disk
packs. One time, I forgot my B-area badge, so the general gave me his.
Nobody saluted, however.
--Chuck
And us POOR people get the Station Wagon. I remember them as a kid,
but they have been replaced by king cabs. Ben.