I had 9 on my side. Slef E.
----- Original Message ----- From: "JVWatts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <RTF@rolltidefan.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Re: [RollTideFan] Sunday night, Monday night... > sounds like ya'll needed 6 On Your Side....Jamie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Benefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics > Discussion List" <RTF@rolltidefan.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:04 AM > Subject: Re: Re: [RollTideFan] Sunday night, Monday > night... > > >>> 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 We had words, but he rescinded 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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