[RTC List] {Disarmed} Re: Suddenlink woes continue today

[Lynn Corbaley]

SBC DSL was fine here all day. I won't use their mail server.  I forward my
SBC e-mail over to gmail.

On 8/7/07, G W Bell <gwbell2003 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Suddenlink was absent for 6 hours this morning & the response to my phone
> call to Suddenlink was "there is an outage in your area, but we don't know
> when it will be repaired."  The 6 PM KIEM news report tonight didn't
> answer
> my questions - the Suddenlink rep on the 6 PM news said a fiber optic
> cable
> break occurred quite a way upstream from Humboldt.  Does anybody know if
> SBC
> DSL was affected by the break?  Or was this a Suddenlink-unique break (eg,
> on their own property)?  I have yet to get a straight answer from this
> outfit, and they will not post internet outages on their TV channel 75.
> They seem to prefer that us suckers (customers) sit on the phone waiting
> for
> a service rep to take our call.  It's an aloof, arrogant company taking
> full
> advantage of their cable monopoly, and they seem to be operating without
> any
> local official public oversight.  Yes, I know I should switch to SBC, but
> I
> hate changing email addresses & migrating web pages.   Grrrr...
>
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