"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" <davids@desertigloo.com>
> To: "plug" <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> 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
> >
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