>Qwest is the epitome of terrible service and if you have any problems with >Qwest, please file a complaint with the minnesota public utilities >commission: >MN Public Utilities Commission >121 7th Place E. Suite 350 >St. Paul, MN 55101-2147 >Consumer Assistance/Information: 651/296-0406 >TDD/TTY (For Hearing Impaired): 651/297-1200 >Toll Free Dial 1 and Then: 800/657-3782 >General Information: 651-296-7124 >Fax: 651-297-7073 > >I heard Qwest actually gets fined $500 for each complaint, and the PUC just >assumes them to be true now because they get so many, no more >investigations, just a big fat bill. I don't know if this is true or not, >but anything I can do to hurt Qwest makes me feel good, it's revenge for >them causing me more trouble than any other company or person that I do >business with, including the IRS. Yes, this is true. They have and will continue to send a $500 dollar invoice for each complaint received. The unfortunate thing is that they profit more than that every day, so even 1 complaint a day will not phase them. >Looks like I'm stuck with a cable modem (no hosting servers) unless I shell >out $1500 install + $400 a month for wireless from Implex.net, or $800 month >for a t1 (with a 2 year contract, blech..). Time for a BSD firewall with NAT and lots o fancy blocking mechanisms, they'll never know your hosting servers. (As long as they aren't too heavily used.) Tom -- Thomas J. Hudak Systems Administrator Sistina Software Inc. - www.sistina.com Phone: 612.638.0500 x.513 Fax: 612.379.3952 Page: 612.318.1967 Key fingerprint = BEC6 3181 4C9B A7BB AF11 4717 6F85 B346 380D 523E sleep: Command not found - The story of my life... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010726/7777cee5/attachment.pgp