Yep. Turns out he actually did contact us awhile back. We do have a tower a few miles away, but there are some terrain issues that put him just outside our coverage.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:06 AM, James Howard <ja...@litewire.net> wrote: > And to also be fair, he has Frontier DSL so it actually very well may > suck. > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:25 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Any of you guys service this guy in the news? > > > > To be fair he did actually call Charter before he built the house, and > they told him service was available... unlike a lot of people who will just > build or buy a house out in the middle of nowhere and then be completely > shocked when cable isn't available. What bothers me here is the fact that > he does have DSL - and 3/1 really isn't that bad... I have 4m/512k DSL at > home (outside of our coverage area), and there are very few things that > don't work perfectly fine. > > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Steve <li...@wavedirect.org> wrote: > > Try having a little empathy! Put yourself in his shoes. Imagine you are a > technically stupid dufus who just spent a wad of money on a house after > spending ages picking the right property and design and being promised > their internet would be there only to move in and have crap.. Of course > you'd complain and try to point blame at others for not doing the research. > Also could think it was false advertising and trusting the ISP. > > You and I would have researched it a little more but the average public > will not think of such things. They'll think of the color of their tile > floors, and countertops before they'll think of internet connection. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Howard" <ja...@litewire.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 10:55:34 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Any of you guys service this guy in the news? > > I can confidently say from past experience with this type of customer that > we do not want him. > > Yes it would be great to get some PR, but this customer will be nothing > but a problem. He will constantly complain about anything and everything > and will jump ship at the very first opportunity that he can switch to > something with a lower price per month. Notice he holds up his Charter ad > with $29.99 per month displayed. It doesn't matter that he would have to > pay $117k to get that price (and also pay for 2 other services with a > total bill of $100-250 per month), he will complain constantly that the > price is higher than $29.99. > > It never fails that the ones that beg the loudest and convince you to go > out of your way for them ALWAYS come back to bite you and are the loudest > complainers about everything. > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Steve > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 9:39 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Any of you guys service this guy in the news? > > Rise above the douchebaggery and focus on the issue. We want to be the > hero. Collect the rewards of making WISPs as viable alternatives in these > situations. 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