> In fact, I was told that not only would I NEVER be > allowed to subscribe to their ISP, I would be lucky > if > they didn't discontinue my phone service altogether.
Just like that prick not to know basic Alabama law. The PSC classifies phone service the same as electric service; you can't deny it to anyone except for reasons of non-payment without a court ruling. Of course, you probably already knew that. My problems with them are minor in comparison. I had a terrible connection, sometimes so bad that I couldn't understand the conversation I was attempting to have. I gave up trying to access anything via fax or modem. For six months they swore that their side was just fine, and that it was in my lines. I reinstalled everything once and checked all my circuits with a fancy network gadget I borrowed from work (all good). I told the service person the next day what I did, and he couldn't understand how I would check my lines without having them hooked up to the phone lines. That was a huge red flag. I put a piece of scotch tape on the box outside my house before I left for work the day they were supposed to come check for problems again. It was still there when I got home. No difference in the crappy static filled signal.. Within a week I received a bill with a $50 service charge. I blew up. I called president prick like you did, and he said that I had been asking for service too much and that I needed to get my lines fixed before I called again. We had words, but he rescinded the $50 charge. He still wouldn't help with the crappy signal (which he admitted he could hear during our conversation). A week later the line was completely dead. I opened the box myself, pulled out the part that had little burned spots at the connections and called them from my neigbor's WITH THE PART NUMBER! Finally, they came out, fixed their box, and I had a good signal. My next bill had a $50 service charge. I sent it back to them with a nice note telling them where they could stick their bill and to disconnect me. The next day I got a cellphone which costs about the same as the monthly rape rate Otelco was getting and gives a better signal! Later a friend worked in the AR dept for a while. She was fired for stupid reasons, but they needed her to finsh with some project. On her last day, she cleared all of my charges. A couple of years ago I got my chance to get a little more back. I was selling commercial type self-inking stamps and had the opportunity to call on Otelco! They bought a few date stamps and some other stuff. I wrote up their order and overcharged them... guess.... Yes! $50! It was a beautiful day. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Jeff Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Otelco bought my phone service provider - Hopper > Telephone, located in Walnut Grove, Alabama. I have > no > other options for land-line phone service. As such, > back > in 1998, and even until this very day, my only > local-number access to the Internet was through > Hopper.net. > > After about 1 1/2 years as [EMAIL PROTECTED] some > other > yahoo's and myslef waged war against the retarded > banafan list boner. At about the same time, I was > waging > a private war with a bull-dyke in Nashville, > Tennessee. > Unbeknownst to myslef at the time, I was getting > heavy > artillery support from a forward position. When the > smoke cleared, my hopper.net account was permanently > > terminated. A personal call to the dickhead Otelco > President to plead my case was an exercise in > futility. > In fact, I was told that not only would I NEVER be > allowed to subscribe to their ISP, I would be lucky > if > they didn't discontinue my phone service altogether. > > What's your story? > > Slef E. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Benefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics > Discussion List" <RTF@rolltidefan.net> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [RollTideFan] Sunday night, Monday > night... > > > > Care to compare histories? > > > > Actually I'm just curious how you became entangled > > with such a fine company as Otelco. > > > > Bryan > > --- Jeff Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> It's not like I'm bitter, or anything. > >> > >> Slef E. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <RTF@rolltidefan.net> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:48 AM > >> Subject: Re: Re: [RollTideFan] Sunday night, > Monday > >> night... > >> > >> > >> > Damn if *that* ain't a blast from the past! > >> > > >> > kurt > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> From: Jeff Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Date: 2005/04/19 Tue AM 11:40:30 EDT > >> >> To: RollTideFan - University of Alabama > Athletics > >> > >> >> Discussion List > >> >> <RTF@rolltidefan.net> > >> >> Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Sunday night, > Monday > >> >> night... > >> >> > >> >> I hope you're not a slave to Otelco. > >> >> > >> >> JT > >> >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "Bryan Benefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama > >> Athletics > >> >> Discussion List" <RTF@rolltidefan.net> > >> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:20 AM > >> >> Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Sunday night, > Monday > >> >> night... > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > If you can splice into your neigbors' cable > it > >> is. > >> >> > > >> >> > But I done did my time, don't want to go > back. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> RTF mailing list > >> >> RTF@rolltidefan.net > >> >> > >> > > > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > RTF mailing list > >> > RTF@rolltidefan.net > >> > > >> > > > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> RTF mailing list > >> RTF@rolltidefan.net > >> > > > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Plan great trips with Yahoo! 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