[Tfug] ISP for Qwest DSL

[Jon]

Christopher,

This has been a problem (sort of along the same line as you stated) since
DSL rolled out here in town June '98. I was doing DSL support for
AzStarnet back then and I used to get lots of calls from new customers
saying that the Qwest person was trying to sell then on their service
instead of ours. This was even after the customer told them the host they
wished to signup with.

Once in a while I still hear of the same problems coming from our tech
support team. I would be willing to document these cases to help in a
fight against "the man".

Jon


On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Christopher J. Wolff wrote:

> Jon,
>
> Your list looks complete :-)  Have you heard of your new DSL sign-ups
> being persuaded by Qwest to join MSN versus select their own local
> provider?  If I recall correctly, the pre-MSN Qwest distributed new DSL
> subs round-robin to each of the local megacentral hosts.  I would not be
> surprised to find out that Qwest actively markets MSN to our qhost
> listings.  Sounds like a job for the ACC! :P
>
>
> Regards,
> Christopher J. Wolff, VP CIO
> Broadband Laboratories, Inc.
> http://www.bblabs.com
>
>
> -----------(snip)
> Here is a list of local providers:
>
> www.dakotacom.net
> www.ultrasw.com
> www.theriver.com
> www.gci-net.com
> www.bblabs.com
> www.opus1.com
>
> There are probably more but my brain is in shutdown mode right now.
> Sorry to the ones I forgot about. Hope this info helps. Ok, time to
> sleeeeeeeeep...
>
> Jon
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Tyler Kilian wrote:
>
> > As far as I know, there is a fee for switching ISPs, but it is $30.00
> > I believe.  I'm not really involved in DSL pricing at that level,
> > however, so I can't confirm it.  You'll need to have an external DSL
> > router in order to use Linux.  If you already have one, which I assume
>
> > you do, you should be golden.
> >
> > As far as ISPs are concerned, I am a bit partial to my employer... ;)
> >
> > # Tyler Kilian, CCNP, SCSA
> > # Technology Director, Dakota Communications
> > # TKilian@DakotaCom.NET | 520.745.3900 x 100
> >
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