Subj : Dial-Up And More
To   : SIMON GEDDES
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 19 2019 08:55:00

Simon,

SG>Sounds like pretty terrible service. You would think with plenty of competit
SG>such poor service would be a thing of the past. Maybe you moving on will hel
SG>them review their customer service methods.

  I understand I'm NOT the ONLY one they've done this to.

SG>Sounds pretty good. I had half a gig of cell phone data for the longest time
SG>probably should have been paying a lot less.

  I'm lucky if I use 5 gigs a month. The main detractor is that the
battery runs down so fast, then it takes like 3 hours to charge it back
up. So, I don't have any games on my phone.

SG>This is a worry really, as may scupper my dial-up dreams before they have
SG>begun. I haven't noticed any major issues here in the UK however, but I dare
SG>say digitial migration and VoIP is being rolled out at a snail's pace. I kno
SG>we have much less fast broadband coverage than many other European countries
SG>If this does become an issue, I wonder if cell phone modems (cdcadm protocol
SG>think) might provide another route? With a cheap sim with unlimited calls in
SG>cell phone USB modem, I could potentially add multiple dial-up lines for not
SG>very much at all.

  I had thought of having a deal, if nothing else, as a backup for 911,
when the cell towers went down...as they invariably do when bad weather
affects the area. But, I can't see paying over $75 a month for a vanilla
phone line. So, to offset the economic loss by people abandoning their
landlines for much more inexpensive cellphones, they raise the landline
rates to compensate. It's like they're wanting to kill the landline
industry altogether (the analog is going to digital), so they don't have
to mess with it anymore.

Daryl


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