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> Ed,

>   That's the email address I had for him, but I don't recall how
> long ago it was when I heard from him. He told me that he had been
> diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which at that point, is
> a death sentence. My late father only lasted 6 weeks after he was
> diagnosed with it.

>   When my late Mom had AT&T DSL, every time there was a thunderstorm
> or power outage, the DSL modem failed. That meant no landline (not
> even 911) and no internet.

>   I came over to her place (which is where I am now, as all of my
> family is dead and gone now), and got on the phone with them. AT&T
> was giving me the runaround, and when I said "I want to talk to your
> supervisor"...they promptly cut me off!!

>   So, I dialed them back (having to use my cellphone), and when they
> said "this call will be monitored and recorded", I growled "It d@mn
> sure better after what the last representative did to me".

>   I apologized to my Mom afterwards (she was 90 at the time) for
> using foul language...and said "I can't blame you...I heard 
> everything!!". They were going to make her wait 3 weeks to get a 
> new DSL modem, so I read them the riot act...in spades!!

>   So, they sent a technician by the next morning, and when I told 
> him what happened, he was furious. He said "They do this crap all 
> the time"...and got my Mom a new DSL modem, and his card, with his 
> private cell number. He told us "if it fails, call the number on 
> the card (do NOT call AT&T), and either myself or one of my crew 
> will have a replacement here within 24 hours".

>   Several months after her death, when an AT&T representative tried 
> to sell my phone and DSL service, I told them what happened, and 
> snarled "I wouldn't take your crappy service, if you gave it to me 
> for nothing!!".

>   I am with Consumer Cellular, and being an AARP member, I get a
> 5% discount on my bill. Since I also have insurance, and am making
> a monthly payment plan on my Samsung Galaxy A16 phone (which I've
> used as an internet hotspot), with unlimited talk, text, and 10 GB
> of data, I pay $55 a month. That will go down once I pay off the
> phone, in about another year.

>   It is rare that I use 10 GB of data, as mostly, I'm piggybacking
> off of the Xfinity Wi-Fi.

> 73,

> Daryl, N5VLZ

> ... As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
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 After getting the cellphone service I used whatsmyip (iirc) and was surprised
to see AT&T owned the company  I had sevice with.
Months oater after seeing a Comsumer Cellular TV advertisement I used whatsmyip
and saw AT&T provided internet service for that also.
Sorry if I made Your jaw drop 

Like You Inever used the desktop during a storm, so I don't know if there was
any troubles when it was storming .

I often get Slow Down messages from the cell service telling Me when I used
100% of my monthly service.
Sd
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