[Coco] CoCo Gallery

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 10 June 2010, Lothan wrote:
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>From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:17 PM
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Gallery
>
>> At 09:29 AM 6/10/2010, you wrote:
>>>On Thursday 10 June 2010, Lothan wrote:
>>> >I know it doesn't help much at the moment, but never, ever, under any
>>> >circumstances register a domain with GoDaddy. I know you're finding
>>> > this out the hard way, but GoDaddy is the scum of the earth that
>>> > exists solely
>>> > to make life as miserable as possible. And, yes, they will lock your
>>> > domain name to GoDaddy and make it very difficult to transfer just
>>> > because they can.
>>>
>>>And I will second that advice, GoDaddy would have to be the last place
>>> on earth, and then I'm not sure I'd use them.  Tain't worth the hassle.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Cheers, Gene
>>
>> We'd also have to get rid of Verizon, AT&T, Suddenlink/Cox Cable,
>> Wal-Mart, and all the other things we can't seem to do without.  :)
>
>I never really had any problem with Verizon when I lived in Los Angeles,
> but it's been one hassle after another with AT&T since I moved back home.
> I suspect the major difference is that Verizon has lots of competition in
> Los Angeles whereas AT&T has no competition whatsoever here.

Well, if you had been without a landline for over 3 weeks since the first of 
the year, an 8 day week here, 9 or 10 days there, another week 2 weeks 
later.  And the only way to get it fixed was to call the Public Service 
Commission.  The 800 number?  Doesn't have repair service in the computer 
menu anymore.  With no offering of a re-bate come billing time, would you 
stick around and fight with 50 year old buried copper?  Verizon doesn't have 
a quarter to call anybody that might care, they want FIOS systems only.  
Scrooom, and the camel that rode in on them.  $107.95 for the freedom plan 
and 1.5 megabit DSL.  vs $69.95 for the freedom plan and 3 megabit network.  
It becomes a no brainer after so long.

Which would _you_ druther have?

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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