The battery life is estimated to be about 10 hours. (I looked on a few forums and they were consistently saying 10.)
My GBA SP has exceeded my expectations in terms of holding a charge, so I hope that the DS will do the same.
You're right.
I know someone who wrote for Star Trek. He spent three months last year in California as an intern.
As far as I know, he was lacking in a lot of the knowledge that would probably have been crucial to the writing. (I realize that not all of the writers on the show are.)
I can understand this - my problem is that I call with one specific question that they refuse to answer until I've gone through troubleshooting. If they answer the question, I'll fix it myself. When I ask, "Is Genuity down?" I should get a simple yes or no answer.
I was more upset at the way that I had been treated - and this wasn't the first time that this had happened. I wanted a simple straight answer and had to dance on my head in order to even attempt it. The fact of the matter was that I had called three times in one day, had spoken to a couple of techs, and not one word of my conversations had been recorded.
When their tech support was still in the U.S., we had gotten compensation a couple of times before for the problems stemming from them. I'm sorry, but if there's no communication between the workers here and there, then there's a significant problem that needs to be addressed. Unless it's been down for two days or more, the techs over there aren't even aware of it.
"The only way to break through is to throw a tantrum and become an 'ugly American."
I couldn't agree more. I had problems with Earthlink a few months ago after a bad storm had gone through - our DSL was down for most of the day, but I couldn't get a tech to give me a straight answer to my simple question. Eventually, I argued my way to a manager, who still refused to give me a straight answer. By the time I was done, they had lost their "american" accents and were more angry with me than I was with them. We tried calling customer service to get a complaint filed, only to find that the techs I had spoken with never logged any of the calls like they were supposed to, so it was impossible to even attempt to get a free month out of them.
I find that a lot of problems stem from the fact that they refuse to deviate from the scripts that they're given - and won't believe you (with good reason - I know I don't usually believe the useres that I work with) that you've tried all of that already.
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The battery life is estimated to be about 10 hours. (I looked on a few forums and they were consistently saying 10.) My GBA SP has exceeded my expectations in terms of holding a charge, so I hope that the DS will do the same.
You're right. I know someone who wrote for Star Trek. He spent three months last year in California as an intern. As far as I know, he was lacking in a lot of the knowledge that would probably have been crucial to the writing. (I realize that not all of the writers on the show are.)
I can understand this - my problem is that I call with one specific question that they refuse to answer until I've gone through troubleshooting. If they answer the question, I'll fix it myself. When I ask, "Is Genuity down?" I should get a simple yes or no answer.
I was more upset at the way that I had been treated - and this wasn't the first time that this had happened. I wanted a simple straight answer and had to dance on my head in order to even attempt it. The fact of the matter was that I had called three times in one day, had spoken to a couple of techs, and not one word of my conversations had been recorded.
When their tech support was still in the U.S., we had gotten compensation a couple of times before for the problems stemming from them. I'm sorry, but if there's no communication between the workers here and there, then there's a significant problem that needs to be addressed. Unless it's been down for two days or more, the techs over there aren't even aware of it.
Our new Verizon service starts on September 1 - a lot cheaper than Earthlink and they haven't outsourced.
Not to mention the fact that I don't have to pretend that I don't have a router. (Which they wanted to charge $12/month extra for!)
"The only way to break through is to throw a tantrum and become an 'ugly American."
I couldn't agree more. I had problems with Earthlink a few months ago after a bad storm had gone through - our DSL was down for most of the day, but I couldn't get a tech to give me a straight answer to my simple question. Eventually, I argued my way to a manager, who still refused to give me a straight answer. By the time I was done, they had lost their "american" accents and were more angry with me than I was with them. We tried calling customer service to get a complaint filed, only to find that the techs I had spoken with never logged any of the calls like they were supposed to, so it was impossible to even attempt to get a free month out of them.
I find that a lot of problems stem from the fact that they refuse to deviate from the scripts that they're given - and won't believe you (with good reason - I know I don't usually believe the useres that I work with) that you've tried all of that already.