AT&T recently ran a fiber line along the boulevard adjacent to the farm. The hold-up in ordering service is that they want a state-issued identification, which I don't have, and don't want to have. Their most incredibly obnoxiously stupid reason for this is (and I kid you not) "you will have our modem". Oh, I'm sorry, are you worried about your stupid $15 piece of plastic from China? No, it's not that, it's something sinister, and the rep is either told to give a stupid answer or truly believes the stupid answer they were told to give.
I can easily get around the issue, but then, I've really always hated AT&T, because Ma Bell birthed Big Brother, and I'm sure that's the real reason they want to know who is connecting up to their service. I invested much time and trouble over the years getting away from them, only to eventually end up back under AT&T after they gobbled up every provider I signed up with to get away from them. This latest episode reminds me why I always tried to stay away from that garbage corporation. That being said, it's really hard to justify sticking with my shitty cellphone service as my internet gateway when I'm being tempted with cheap 300Mpbs bandwidth. The 5G "upgrade" was just a bait & switch: reception is no better than with the old 4G/LTE service, and dropouts as just as frequent. All these corporations are damned dirty shit-eating liars. This thread is thoroughly off-topic, but since we're here, I needed to vent. Sellam On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 9:38 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2023-05-05 8:39 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > I do remember the bad old days, when even a leased line was > > insufficiently fast or reliable to send a quantity of data. I recall > > many times taking the "noon balloon" out of San Jose with my Samsonite > > carry-on case and not so much as a toothbrush. On arrival, turn the > > contents of the case over to someone waiting at the gate, and catch the > > next flight home with an empty case. > > > > My case, which I still have, comfortably accommodates six 10.5" reels of > > tape. > > > > I remember flying on an USAF general's plane with several 844 disk > > packs. One time, I forgot my B-area badge, so the general gave me his. > > Nobody saluted, however. > > > > --Chuck > > > > > And us POOR people get the Station Wagon. I remember them as a kid, > but they have been replaced by king cabs. Ben. > >