Stubborn girl strikes again!

[Dr. Ghastly]

I think i still have one lying aroudn the house.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jenny Charlene" <jennykitten1@yahoo.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: Stubborn girl strikes again!


> Ok, so I decided to bite the bullet and finally get DSL. (Cable
> internet's not available at my apt.) So I called the friendly folks at
> Qwest and got hooked up with the ISP of my choice, with a minimum of
> hassle. But...
> 
> They wanted to rent me the DSL modem! WTF??? What is this 1975 and I
> have to rent my phone from the damn phone company? Yeah, it's $5 a
> month, big deal, but it pissed me off. So I said I had one that a friend
> gave me. Not a problem for Qwest, they went ahead and completed my
> order.
> 
> Then I go to Fry's and CompUSA, and find out that you can't buy a DSL
> modem! (Well you can get windows USB ones, but I need ethernet out.)
> WTFx2??? Seems that the phone companies have them locked up.
> 
> If I can find one this weekend, I won't have to call Qwest and grovel
> for a rental modem on Monday, hoping that it'll get to me by the time
> the service is turned on, 4/25, and before I take a weeks vacation on
> the 28th.
> 
> So, if anyone know someone that used to have DSL and has a modem laying
> around, I'm in the market for one. 
> 
> Any help is appreciated,
> -- 
> C-ya,
> Jenny
> 
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