Yeah... I'm kind of surprised he didn't say anything about us. We should have 25/3 service available less than a mile from him - except unlike Charter and Frontier, he's too close to town. of course he probably wouldn't be too pleased with the price for that service ;)
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:40 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lucky you did t end up in his tyrade > On Oct 1, 2015 11:09 AM, "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. It'll grow our industry. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com><mailto: >>> thatoneguyst...@gmail.com%3e> >>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 10:36:12 AM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Any of you guys service this guy in the news? >>> >>> Fuck that guy in the story. Piece of shit fuckbats like him are the >>> problem >>> with the world, not the only problem, but a big one. Ignorant twat. He >>> need >>> ballbat to the gonads to help ensure he doesn't breed anymore entitled >>> ass >>> hats. >>> On Oct 1, 2015 8:45 AM, "Seth Mattinen" <se...@rollernet.us><mailto: >>> se...@rollernet.us%3e> wrote: >>> >>> > On 10/1/15 6:13 AM, Steve wrote: >>> > >>> >> Well the goal here is to get us some good PR as "problem solvers" with >>> >> the people. >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > Wasn't it also on Ars recently about the guy complaining about lack of >>> > competition and being stuck with Comcast? 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