Forum: Rants
Topic: Bellsouth FastAccess SlowService ADSL
started by: LinkDJ
Posted by LinkDJ on May 18 2000,16:53
IT STARTS: I called the number from a letter I got from BS to see if I was availible for ADSL, which I had been wanting for months. After I talked to 5 operators, I found that I was not availible for it at the time, but I would be soon, but no date. I talked to my friend Josh and found that he was also interested in ADSL. We called repeatedly for a date of availibility over the next few weeks, calling different DSL companies, 5 different numbers for BS alone, with the answer. December 2000. This answer did not satisfy either of us. THE DIGGING: Then one week, the BS vans start rolling into the neighborhood. They installed FiberOptic lines all over the area, digging up people's front yards and tying up traffic a little. For some reason, they did not see the need to put the wires back in the green boxes by the road, and even now wires are sticking out everywhere. ADSL? OK, NOW YOU'RE JUST MAKING UP WORDS: Me and Josh called during the period of digging and the BS people at first told us that they didnt know or that we didnt have the right lines, upon hearing that they were installing the lines they said ADSL would be availible when the digging was finished. They finished, and to our surprise, its still not availible. First they said it would be availible in Febuary, then later they told me Febuary 2001. EMAIL: So I decided to Email BellSouth, I mailed them my Rant, and they said I had gotten the runaround. They asked for my phone number, and I reluctantly emailed it to them. A few days later i got an email back saying that I was, in fact, availible for ADSL, and to call 1-888-321-ADSL to make an appointment for installation. I called, and they said i wasnt availible still! I emailed them back, asking why the people on the phone say im not availible. They emailed me back with the exact same email they had sent me before, saying I was availible. I called again, and no. I figured the people on the email would be smarter and would be able to help, but I guess not! CONCLUSION: My theory: In the heart of the Marietta, GA BS Central, there is a small room. Inside this room, there are 2 large switches. One marked "Telephone" which is switched ON, and one marked "?" switched OFF. They called a someone in to look at it next Febuary. ------------------ < http://www.linkdj.net/ > This message has been edited by LinkDJ on August 18, 2001 at 03:58 PM
Posted by Hellraiser on May 19 2000,00:00
I got cable, and with downloads of 300-500 KB/s who needs DSL? Besides, it's cheaper to get cable.
Posted by VinkFloyd on May 19 2000,03:03
BellSouth is really bad when it comes to expansion. They do a good job of plunking down their core, but when it comes to growing, they suck. I've had a BellSouth DCS phone for years and they still don't have service far north to where I travel occasionally. If I get calls while in that area, they have to go to voicemail and I can't even make any calls while there. But still, where it DOES work, it's great.------------------
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Posted by Ansible on May 19 2000,05:02
Pretty much exact same thing happening here, in Minden, Louisiana <-- shithole of the USA.Called once, they said it would be available next month. Called again, they gave me a date a long way off. fuckers.
Posted by LinkDJ on May 19 2000,23:40
I would get cable, but I'm holding out for ADSL, and I'm broke, and FreeCable.com isnt a website!------------------
My computer is made by the Slinky company, is that a bad thing?
Posted by Bleh on May 20 2000,08:16
I have BellSouth FastAccess, and it's a complete piece of shit. It's always disconnecting me, and it goes slow as hell. I'm using it only because there aren't any other DSL services where I live. Once I move, though, I'll probably get MediaOne RaodRunner (cable).
Posted by LinkDJ on May 20 2000,10:16
When I get ADSL, im going with Flashcom or Covad or maybe even AOL+ (As I mentioned before, im broke, so I might have to even though AOL sucks too). But i must admit, maybe I should look into Cable, I'm pretty sure its availible here too.Note: I added some to the origional rant. Read the Email section. ------------------
My computer is made by the Slinky company, is that a bad thing? [This message has been edited by LinkDJ (edited May 20, 2000).]
Posted by Hellraiser on May 20 2000,11:14
Cable all the way, baby! In the area where I live, DSL is slow compared to cable, yet there are only 5-10 other cable modem subscribers so we get awesome downloads of close to 500KB/s!
Posted by Silver Torch on May 21 2000,11:38
A fucked up thing is going on with my frined in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Ameritech is setting up a monopoly with DSL providers. How the installation happens here: Ameritech comes by your house, installs the new line, after that a tech from the DSL comapny comes along checks your line (if its stable, BS, BS ,BS....)after that if everything is ok, you hook up the DSL modem (which is actually a router) to your phone line and to your nic config your computer (DHCP settings, ipconfig stuff) and you can surf the web and other fun things that you might do.well my friend runs his own website and business, so he need a fast connection, he has cable provided my media-one and it sux for him. when he heard that i got DSL he desided to get it too, he ordered it from covad i think, and he was waiting for ameritech to come by and hook another line to his house. never happpend, covad was putting in requests for appointment to ameritech, they were all canceled, i mean flat out canceled, for two months he has tryed to get ameritech to install the line, but no. after hours of telephone bullshit from ameritech, he found out that the "real" reason for the cancelation of the installation is that they need to install some "special" box outside his house, which involves about 躔 and the rapid digging of his front lawn. Now thats BS, if you ask me Ameritech wants all of the DSL comming from them > 
Posted by LinkDJ on May 27 2000,22:17
ATTENTION BELLSOUTH: YOU'VE GOT TRUCKS, YOU'VE GOT SHOVELS, YOU'VE GOT CABLES... FIX IT!------------------
No matter what anybody puts here, It won't be funny the 20th time you read it.
-LinkDJ
Http://www.LinkDJ.com
Posted by xaustinx on May 31 2000,00:43
so seeing how long it took cable companies to come this far.. i dont see them upgrading thier shit to handle more customers anytime soon.. u cable modem subscribers better pray that it doesnt become popular 
Posted by LinkDJ on Jun. 16 2000,01:13
=D This ADSL thread is better------------------
Winner of the 'slow computer' award for excellence
-LinkDJ
< Http://www.LinkDJ.com >
Posted by nester on Jun. 23 2000,12:47
heh,
you want a fuckbellsouth.com email address to make it all better? 
Posted by XaSERaX on Jun. 23 2000,16:04
we only have cable in this area of ny, the armpit of it, binghamton. but they say they are bringing DSL here------------------
"When aiming three blocks away at a 4th story window from your apartment with a high powered air gun and scope. Always make sure there is not a walking patrol cop below your building."
Posted by LinkDJ on Jun. 24 2000,19:05
Hey, I would LOVE an emailaddress @fuckbellsouth.com, my friends would be so jealous =D If you can do that for me, I would really appreciate it. FWD it to LinkDJ@aol.com------------------
Winner of the 'slow computer' award for excellence
-LinkDJ
< Http://www.LinkDJ.com >
Posted by nester on Jun. 24 2000,22:31
Currently, The ISP I work for has filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission over thier business practices. In Louisville, KY, the only Companies that you can get DSL from is BellSouth and ISP's reselling COVAD DSL. *sucks*I'm working towards putting together a collection of articles about the fight on the fuckbellsouth.com web site...
<a href="http://www.fuckbellsouth.com">http://www.fuckbellsouth.com</A>
Posted by nester on Jun. 24 2000,22:35
syf0n: Telocity resells Bellsouth's ADSL dis-service. At least in Louisville, KY. Your Milage May Vary.
Posted by LinkDJ on Nov. 19 2000,14:03
My thread is dead!
Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on Nov. 20 2000,10:20
Dude dont feel so bad. Here in va Im just outside availability. I moved into a closer area and they didnt have room to plug my ass in at the dslam. Bell (Its verison here now) is gonna fuck you any which way he can with his big sifilitic cock. And here they have been promising cable access for over a year with out it coming true.------------------
Im busy....poking people...in the eye....with pointy things....while on fire....repeatedly
Posted by MinscBoo on Dec. 23 2000,02:42
My ADSL expierience is as follows: Call pacbell. The first person I talk to says that they have no plans of ever supporting ADSL in my area. A little later I call again and hear a different person on the line. I ask for adsl. He asks for my zip code and street address. He says that my area currently is wired for dsl and a technician will be over in 1 to 2 weeks. 1 month passes by, I call them back and ask them what happened to the technician that was supposed to come over. The girl on the line has no idea what I am talking about and sounds drunk. The call ends by her asking me what my last name is and what is "this ADSL thing." After three months a technician comes. He looks like he weighs around 400 pounds, has a bald head and smelled like shit. oh well. He couldnt get the dsl working on my computer but at least I got a modem off of him. I eventually got the driver cd ,and installed it myself, which isnt easy considering there is 4 different cds and I had to edit my registry a bit.Oh yeah, and the speeds themselves arent too bad, it was just a total pain in the ass dealing with those wankers at pacbell. My download speed at average is around 150 kiloBYTES a second and the upload is around 12 kilobytes. The upload is crap but I dont upload all that much anyway. This message has been edited by MinscBoo on December 22, 2000 at 09:44 PM
Posted by LinkDJ on Dec. 23 2000,08:56
What a perfect day to reply to my thread, because today, after 11 long long months, I get my DSL installed! It happens in 4 hours, im too excited. I've also found a website explaining my flavor of DSL, IFITL, which really isnt DSL at all... its Almost DSL (ADSL =) < http://www.rayvaughan.com/bellsout.htm > ------------------
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