On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, John Meissen wrote: > Ah, OK. I, too have a business account, since I needed the fixed-IP for my > mail/ web servers. I'm not running a business here, so I'm otherwise > residential. But I made the mistake of bundling. That turned my phone into > a "business" phone, and there are different do-not-call rules for > businesses. I've been paying for it ever since with constant telemarketing > calls to "update my google listing" and "apply for small business > financing", etc.
John, Ah, ha! I've had a business phone account with Verizon (now Frontier) since 1993. Until Frontier bought Verizon's land line business I had a static IP. Aracnet told me their routers were incompatible with Frontier's for a staic IP (made no sense to me, but ...) so I had to have a dynamic IP address and have Aracnet/SpiritOne relay outbound mail. Incoming messages arrived directly to the local postfix smtp installation. The switch from DSL to FiOS is a bundle of phone + 'Net. I had no idea that there are different do-not-call rules for businesses; that explains why Google calls at least once a day (and from different phone numbers/cities each time). I have an effective (for me) process for these robo calls: I ignore them. If it's not a phone number/name that I recognize on caller ID I let it roll over to voice mail. Legitimate callers, and the occasionsl spammer, leave messages, the others do not. > I finally got fed up and went through the process of un-bundling and > transfering my phone back to residental service. At that time I had 25/25, > and noticed that the slowest offering they had was 30/30, so I called and > they upgraded my service to the higher speed without any hassle. The only issue I've had with my 3/.7 DSL speeds was when downloading a large database dump or spatial data file. Then I'd do something else for the duration. I don't download movies, TV shows, music. or other things so moving up to 15/5 is quite sufficient for me. > This is the first time I've seen the 15/5. They must have realized there was a > demand for a (much) lower-cost offering. When I looked at their landing page I saw an image of a woman and child looking at a tablet next to the offer of 15/5 for $40/month. I've no idea when they started this lower speed. > I've since dropped their phone service entirely and ported my number to > Vonage. I get much better service/features, and my phone bill is only > $17.50/mo. I've had the same business phone for 25 years with distinctive ringing enabled. I've a splitter on the line so it serves the fax machine as well as the voice phone. Still need fax now and then. > I also notice that their current bundle promotion for 50/50 is less than I'm > paying for Internet-only.... Maybe I should give them a call. Can't hurt. Best regards, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
