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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:kclug-request@kclug.org">kclug-request@kclug.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:kclug-request@kclug.org">kclug-request@kclug.org</a>> wrote:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:31:16 -0500<br>From: Jonathan Hutchins <<a href="mailto:hutchins@tarcanfel.org">
hutchins@tarcanfel.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: Web services "in" the KC area.<br>To: <a href="mailto:kclug@kclug.org">kclug@kclug.org</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:200707051231.17057.hutchins@tarcanfel.org">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I've had phone service here for 17 years from Bell, now AT&t (again). I've<br>called them once, to find out when they'd have the lines back up from the big
<br>ice storm. There may be things I don't like about them, but service<br>availability ain't one of 'em. I laugh at the cable guys every time they try<br>to sell me phone service.</blockquote>
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<div>There are good and bad things about Ma Bell, and they have always had the supercillious business attitude with their customers. In my case:</div>
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<div>Charged almost a dollar a minute for a phone call to Vancouver, BC, and charging $0.75 per call to their 800 "customer service" line SEVERAL times.</div>
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<div>Overcharging a cellphone customer $1500 in one month . . . (girlfriend)</div>
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<div>Bait and switch practices on cellphone plans.</div>
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<div>I'm sure there are others. YMMV. I just avoid them whenever and wherever possible. Just expect less and less, and pay more and more for nothing.</div>
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<div>Gary Hildebrand</div>
<div>ST. Joseph, MO </div><br>
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