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Why?

George Shirley wrote:
Sorry about this extraneous post, hit the send key without looking. Mea
Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa.

George Shirley wrote:



I'm surprised that they forgot to say "For your convenience...", or "To
serve you better..." ;-)

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
I called their DSL service center a wee bit ago. They're doing this to,
in their own words, "Hold down costs for our valued customers." My
answer was somewhat profane but accurate, it's related to what falls out
of a bulls butt on a daily basis.

I'm in the process of getting rid of the landline, moving to MagicJack,
works good for only $19.95 a year versus $60 a month for AT&T. Already
got an old peoples cell phone, Jitterbug, costs us $20 a month no more
than we use a cell phone. I would probably switch over to cable service
for internet but they're more expensive and less reliable than Ma Bell's
DSL around here.

Do you think these monopolies really care? Sure they do, that's why
their call centers are in Mumbai nowadays.

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:


Would it work with an old laptop with a broken screen that still runs
OK? It could be set-up on top of the upright freezer and dedicated to
the MagicJack, and its aging battery would even provide a half-hour or
so of uninterruptible power supply.

I have a Virgin Mobile cellphone that I don't use much. It costs me $5
per month for more minutes than I use so they just accumulate.

The land-line bill has so many taxes and surcharges added on (no matter
who the carrier) it costs more for that than the actual phone service.
I'm currently getting phone service from the cable company -- doesn't
seem any better or worse than the phone company except now the phone
goes out when we lose power -- and I can't dial out with my old rotary
phones.

Bob

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Read all of them, have had it for several months now, no problems but
one and their tech service provided me with a fix for it almost immediately.

So do a lot of other services. I got my reports from an independent
bunch of phone hackers.


So far, no such problems, my internet connection is stable except for
the rare power outage in our area. My has always been "on." I also surf
while on the phone.

I ran a line from MagicJack directly into the phone jack behind the
computer desk, MagicJack works on every phone in the house now. There
may ultimately be some problems but, as of the moment, it works fine.
Thanks for the info though Geoff.

zxcvbob wrote:

Probably.

Would be the same problem with MagicJack Bob, no power, no computer, no
phone.

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Not to my knowledge, VoIP doesn't get taxed like a standard landline
here AFAIK. My AT&T DSL service has just the regular tax problem, will
look at the next bill and see for sure but it costs me $19.95 a month
for high speed internet service and I haven't seen any extra taxes
tacked on that bill.

Bob's a big enough ham as it is. <G>