Comments on: DSL Hell – Or – Screw You, AT&T http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/ A Journey to Productivity Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: buddy holly http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-171647 buddy holly Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:31:39 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-171647 lol haha lol haha

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]]> By: Enoch Mulling http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-164602 Enoch Mulling Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:28:18 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-164602 *************************************************************** Very well said sir, if all parties follow these guidelines then only it will be possible to keep away these criminals out of out political system. I am sure efforts started by you and your party will inspire other parties also to take some constructive steps towards this direction. Thanks a lot for sharing this information. Regards, Vinay ************************************************************ ***************************************************************
Very well said sir, if all parties follow these guidelines then only it will be possible to keep away these criminals out of out political system. I am sure efforts started by you and your party will inspire other parties also to take some constructive steps towards this direction.
Thanks a lot for sharing this information.
Regards,
Vinay
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]]> By: Clifton Yamagata http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-164317 Clifton Yamagata Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:53:53 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-164317 I'm pretty certain that i'm willing to make half as much cash as i make at work, if i could do it from home I’m pretty certain that i’m willing to make half as much cash as i make at work, if i could do it from home

]]> By: Joe http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-159035 Joe Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:43:27 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-159035 I installed many of these with no software. The trick is to get your @att.net email address first. HTTP to the DSL modem and enter your email and password. It will work fine after that. AT&T will give you a crappy DNS server that crashes a lot, and re-directs you to their own custom spam page. To fix that use Google DNS. 8.8.8.8 for Primary and 8.8.4.4 for Secondary. Have fun! I installed many of these with no software. The trick is to get your @att.net email address first. HTTP to the DSL modem and enter your email and password. It will work fine after that. AT&T will give you a crappy DNS server that crashes a lot, and re-directs you to their own custom spam page. To fix that use Google DNS. 8.8.8.8 for Primary and 8.8.4.4 for Secondary. Have fun!

]]> By: Sue http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-76494 Sue Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:18:50 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-76494 AT&T -- I don't have all night to go into what a racket they are. What a shameful, sad, desperate, deceitful company they became once they actually had to try to compete. Long story short -- our business modem crashed after a thunderstorm -- they make you order their modem -- one can't buy a modem locally from an AT&T store (only residential modems available). They expect businesses to wait TWO days for a modem because they only care about their miserable greedy bottom line at the expense of customer satisfaction. Very short-sighted. Then, the silly new $100 modem and software installation disk finally arrives -- and it's loaded with Trojan viruses, which AVG would not allow to install. Had to call and have the nice (really-it's not his fault) tech from the Phillipines help me install it without the disk. How does AT&T get away with this stuff for this long? They must have lots of friends in Washington that's for sure. Can't wait till our AT&T contract runs out in 2011. We are SO very tired of being scammed at every turn with them. They are the Bank of America of telecommunications, and no, that is not a compliment. Goodness -- don't EVEN bring up the Real YellowPages if you want a real earful! AT&T — I don’t have all night to go into what a racket they are. What a shameful, sad, desperate, deceitful company they became once they actually had to try to compete. Long story short — our business modem crashed after a thunderstorm — they make you order their modem — one can’t buy a modem locally from an AT&T store (only residential modems available). They expect businesses to wait TWO days for a modem because they only care about their miserable greedy bottom line at the expense of customer satisfaction. Very short-sighted. Then, the silly new $100 modem and software installation disk finally arrives — and it’s loaded with Trojan viruses, which AVG would not allow to install. Had to call and have the nice (really-it’s not his fault) tech from the Phillipines help me install it without the disk. How does AT&T get away with this stuff for this long? They must have lots of friends in Washington that’s for sure. Can’t wait till our AT&T contract runs out in 2011. We are SO very tired of being scammed at every turn with them. They are the Bank of America of telecommunications, and no, that is not a compliment. Goodness — don’t EVEN bring up the Real YellowPages if you want a real earful!

]]> By: Andrew http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-65357 Andrew Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-65357 And -- I forgot -- they told me I had to buy a $100 modem. I asked them if there were any other options, since I wasn't able to get TV from their "Uverse" package in the building. They had to talk to a supervisor, but I was allowed to buy an $80 one. The same modem that was being used in 2003. And in 2005. And in 2008 when I got AT&T (by no other choice) a 3rd time. 4th time, same tiny piece of plastic. They probably make 80% of the money in profit on those. And — I forgot — they told me I had to buy a $100 modem. I asked them if there were any other options, since I wasn’t able to get TV from their “Uverse” package in the building. They had to talk to a supervisor, but I was allowed to buy an $80 one.

The same modem that was being used in 2003. And in 2005. And in 2008 when I got AT&T (by no other choice) a 3rd time. 4th time, same tiny piece of plastic. They probably make 80% of the money in profit on those.

]]> By: Andrew http://formerslacker.com/blog/2008/08/06/dsl-hell-or-screw-you-att/comment-page-1/#comment-65355 Andrew Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:57:48 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/?p=65#comment-65355 AT&T is dumb. Whenever possible i go with ANYONE BUT AT&T. Comcast is amazing -- and really, there is no comparison for speeds between DSL and Cable. DSL = real world 80Kb/s uploads. Cable = real world 1Mb/s Uploads -- between 10 and 20 times faster. Downloads the same, plus you can still watch HD Streams while uploading tons of files. Unfortunately AT&T is very good at making sure they are the only option in many, many places. Like the place I'm in now -- downtown L.A., so no cable. And guess what? NO OTHER OPTION BESIDES AT&T. And guess how fast it is for $50/month?? Their second slowest option. For $10 more a month, Comcast cable's speeds are 5 times as fast. And yes, AT&T installed tons of crap that I didn't need . They did have the forsight to realize that the "home page" I set my browser to wasn't really what I wanted . They realized that and changed it for me, since they knew I must be a dummy. They changed my personal settings on my computer. Not just the behind-the-scenes stuff, but the actual personal settings. Fuck AT&T. AT&T is dumb. Whenever possible i go with ANYONE BUT AT&T. Comcast is amazing — and really, there is no comparison for speeds between DSL and Cable. DSL = real world 80Kb/s uploads. Cable = real world 1Mb/s Uploads — between 10 and 20 times faster. Downloads the same, plus you can still watch HD Streams while uploading tons of files.

Unfortunately AT&T is very good at making sure they are the only option in many, many places. Like the place I’m in now — downtown L.A., so no cable. And guess what? NO OTHER OPTION BESIDES AT&T.

And guess how fast it is for $50/month?? Their second slowest option. For $10 more a month, Comcast cable’s speeds are 5 times as fast.

And yes, AT&T installed tons of crap that I didn’t need . They did have the forsight to realize that the “home page” I set my browser to wasn’t really what I wanted . They realized that and changed it for me, since they knew I must be a dummy. They changed my personal settings on my computer. Not just the behind-the-scenes stuff, but the actual personal settings.

Fuck AT&T.

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