jim wiegand on Sat, 3 Jun 2000 06:25:02 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] DSL w/dynamic IP question


Andrew Auderieth wrote:
On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:59:44PM -0400, jim wiegand wrote:
> I had BA tell me that Linux was unsupported and they refused to escalate
> my call. You will be on your own as far as hardware support goes. They
> don't care and they don't want to hear anybody complain.
>

That's a good point -- so long as you get the initial setup working,
whenever you call for support (if they ask) just tell them you're on a win
box or else they'll stop talking.

Though the only times I've had to call is when they've had wide area
outages, and they're pretty responsible about telling you about them.

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                                Andrew Auderieth
                                      CEO
                        Datarealm Internet Services, Inc.

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That's true, but three times out of five I have gotten support people who insist on walking through the entire Windows support script. This is fine if you have the Windows setups memorized and have 20 minutes to burn. And with five outages in the past month, it seems unreasonable to expect it's my problem.

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