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Some People @Home, Some Not @Home
11thangel writes: "Dotcomscoop is reporting that Excite@home has released a statement saying that they have discontinued service to AT&T, as it's certain negotiations will be fruitless. All others are still at the bargaining table. Earlier statements indicated that an example would be made out of one provider, AT&T being the obvious target. Everyone else keep your fingers crossed." There's a Reuters story about AT&T being unplugged. Various submissions have noted that some people who still have connectivity have lost their DNS servers. Just add "64.28.67.150 slashdot.org" to your hosts file and you should be good to go. :)
I clicked on the link in the main article, and what are the words I see? "Overwhelming traffic to DotcomScoop.com has created technical problems leading to data loss. Recent news stories published on the site are lost for the time being. We will continue to provide updates as news warrants."
/. effect hits them. I feel their pain :)
And this is before the
Just to be fair to the trolls...
Coincidently (?) their building sign only has "Excite@" illuminated (the "home" portion is dark)... or maybe it's irony... sarcasm ? ^_^
All my friends used to laugh at me when I told them I have both DSL and a Cable Modem.
Who's laughing now?
4.2.2.1: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
I guess that's the curse of having a memorable IP address...4.2.2.2: vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net
4.2.2.3: vsnc-lc.sys.gtei.net
4.2.2.4: i-will-not-steal-service.gtei.net
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Any one else see the irony in the multitude of posts telling people how to get back on line?
I stole this Sig
Oh man you idiot giving out your ip address like that I just hax0red you so . . .
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
Welcome manders1 ...
f ro m=chat
Connecting to server. Please wait...
Connected to athchat02.broadband.att.com
Sat, December 01 2001 12:11PM Mountain Standard Time
https://help.broadband.att.com/index.jsp?pushed
Hello! Welcome to AT&T @Home's Online Customer Support Center. Your session ID # is 1479181.
We apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience. A message from a customer care specialist should appear in the chat window shortly.
To quickly find answers to questions you may have about your AT&T@Home service, check out our Fast Answers to Questions section above.
To view any possible service interruptions in your area and to access other timesaving tools, click on the Service Tools section on the left navigation panel above.
In-Angela Stone has joined this session!
You say: Hello
In-Angela Stone says: Thank you for contacting AT&TBroadband Internet.My name is Angela; I understand you are having issue with connectivity.I would be glad to assist you with the same.
You say: I'd like to discontinue my service
In-Angela Stone says: In order to assist you with this, may I please have your first and last name, telephone number, complete home address, primary login,
and personal access code?
You say: Michael Anderson
You say: (xxx) xxx-xxxx
You say: 123 somewhere Circle, San Ramon ca 94583
You say: I dont "log in" to @Home
You say: I believe my user name is manders1
In-Angela Stone says: Thank you for the information.Please stand by for a moment.
You say: I use my own mail server etc so i've never needed my @home log in
In-Angela Stone says: May I know if you are sure you want to disconnect the services?
You say: I dont know, may you?
You say: whats your question?
In-Angela Stone says: Michael, may I know why do you want to discontinue the services?
You say: I've paid you guys probably $1500 dollars or more over the last three years or so....
You say: Now I am disconnected
You say: YES I want to discontinue my service DUH!
In-Angela Stone says: I am sincerely sorry for all the trouble this .
You say: fortunately my Telocity back up DSL service is functioning fine so that I
can 'chat' with you about being disconnected
You say: can we get on with it?
In-Angela Stone says: Due to Excite@Home's bankruptcy filing, we are transitioning your service to an AT&T network.
You say: Please disontinue my account NOW!
In-Angela Stone says: During this transition, your service will be temporarily unavailable.
You say: what am I talking to eliza here?
You say: The humor is probably lost on you
You say: please disconnect me
You say: (from the @home network)
You say: quit billing me
You say: stop my service
In-Angela Stone says: Okay Michael, kindly standby.
You say: Today is Saturday, December 01, 2001
You say: The day on which I discontinue my @Home/ATT Broadband service
You say: The day on which I quit paying $58.79 a month
You say: Thats an extrea $705.00 dollar per year for ME
In-Angela Stone says: I am sincerely sorry for all the trouble this has caused you.
You say: Boy for $705 per year you'd expect REALLY good service
You say: You don't need to apologize. It has caused me no trouble because I have a backup service
You say: I dont trust you guys
You say: It amuses me thats all
You say: ATT loses $705 not me why should I be upset?
You say: I still have service as you can see
You say: I've already told you what I want
You say: I assume you are handling it
You say: what reason is there for me to need to
You say: "hang on"
In-Angela Stone says: Michael, I have forwarded your issue to the required department.They will do the needful for you.
You say: OK fine so are we done or what?
In-Angela Stone says: I have forwarded your request , now they will do the needful Michael.
You say: also there is nothing 'needful' other than to quit billing me which will happen in any event once I inform my card company of my desires
You say: What more do you need of me?
You say: Hello?
In-Angela Stone says: Michael, as I have forwarded your request.
You say: Yes?
In-Angela Stone says: They will do the needful.
You say: Youill discontinue my service?
You say: yes?
You say: is that it?
You say: are we done?
You say: Is this a computer?
You say: I am talkin to eliza aren't I
You say: how humiliating
In-Angela Stone says: Micheal you are chatting with a humann being.
You say: prove it
You say: You still sound like eliza
In-Angela Stone says: Michael, yes they will discontinue your services.
You say: Thanks, so are we done?
You say: Come on I need 'closure'
In-Angela Stone says: Yes Michael.
In-Angela Stone says: Thank you for contacting AT&TBroadband Internet, goodbye.
You say: excellent, bye
The session has en
It's also kind of stupid that you left your car on the street with only those puny door locks. That's why I stole it.
I think you got the wrong car. I left mine in the street with doors and windows open, the keys in the ignition, and the engine running, with a sign in the window saying "thanks for not stealing me".
My bad.
-Legion
I hate when people say goto the web when your service isnt working. Same logic at work, you call in, my network access isnt working, they say please goto the intranet website and fill out a support request form.
Everything you mentioned sounds like better content than you're moronic message.
I think the customers of @home need to take a serious look at a more reliable system of internet connectivity than the TCP-IP over Excite@Home. The IP over Avian Carrier (RFC1149) may just do the trick.
OK, I'll bite. I just drove up there.
Here are some hilarious images of this classic f**cked company.