Im going to check with my wife to make sure she has'nt returned the email i saw from qwest label'd time is running out I hear you though im not impressed with their MSN change over ... I think il call them up .. ( not that their lvl 1 support bodz are anything more useful than blown fuses ) ... but maybe someone there could answer those questions. Im going to say i dont want to move over to MSN what more can you do for me as a valued customer ... if they get snotty then well bad press can come quickly ... Nige ----- Original Message ----- From: "David P. Schwartz" To: Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:55 PM Subject: Re: DSL service special for Qwest DSL customers > "Now through December 31, 2001, Switch to Inficad DSL for FREE!" ==> No setup fees. > > Just call them up. 602-265-4423. Inficad/GetNet. This offer is not on their web site. > > Supposedly the switch to MSN happened at the end of October. My Qwest.net email addresses seem to still work, but then I don't use them > at all. A client told me last week that an email he sent out to a list of his agents had a bunch of them returned -- they were all to > @qwest.net addresses with an explanation that they've changed to @msn.com. However, business customers are not being required to > switch. I wrote them a letter and sent emails saying I refused to switch to MSN. (It was a little worse than that -- I sent a letter > to their corporate HQ asking what their policy was for engaging in business with companies convicted of federal crimes, and asked why > they'd force their customers to switch to service provided by a company convicted on both the court and appellate level of violating the > Sherman Antitrust act -- since that smells an awful lot like complicity to me!) > > I've never heard anything back regarding my refusal to switch, but I did get a call from someone who claimed to be an administrative > assistant in their Executive Offices thanking me for my letter and saying that it would be discussed in the next board meeting. Lot of > good it does now, huh? > > -David > > Nancy Sollars wrote: > > > David can u send me those details please .. we have had that email from > > Qwest about the change over to MSN .. but as a Linux user i obviously dont > > want to go there ... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David P. Schwartz" > > To: "plug" > > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:16 PM > > Subject: DSL service special for Qwest DSL customers > > > > > I just saw an ad in the freebie "bizAZ" magazine on page 35 that is > > offering > > > Qwest DSL customers a special deal to switch to them as ISP. Now through > > > the end of December they are offering $0 setup fees for switching to their > > > DSL ISP service. I was told it takes about ten days but they don't shut > > > down your service during that time (which is what Qwest told me is > > > necessary). They said service will be down for a few minutes when they > > > actually switch it over, tho, and you can keep using your Cisco 675/8 > > modem. > > > > > > It looks like for the same price that Qwest charges, you get the same > > level > > > of service (except not MSN) and ... a STATIC IP !!! > > > > > > This is an Inficad ad, but GetNet just bought them. > > > > > > Does anybody have anything interesting to say about their service with > > > either GetNet or Inficad? > > > > > > FWIW, this same issue also has a handy guide to ISPs in the Phoenix and > > > Tucson areas on page 39. It's a little dated (already) but useful. > > > > > > -David > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >