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> From: Jacob Suter <jsuter@intrastar.net>
> To: Portmaster Users List <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
> Subject: immoral and illegal business practices on the part of GTE
> Date: Monday, October 14, 1996 12:09 PM
>
> Ok. Heres the second part of this saga.
>
> One of our customers called GTE friday evening right before 5PM CDT.
> Her battleship (actually my modem) 2400 modem connecting to her shell
> account from her 8086 is getting hosed with line noise (its actually
> audible noise when talking on her line). She mentions the fact that
> she is connecting to Intrastellar Internet and they promply tell her to
> call another 800 number.
>
> She's like "ok", hangs up, calls it... ITS GTE.NET's NUMBER. She
> calls back and they basically make it sound like they won't do anything
> about it. THE ASSHOLES.
>
> I would encourage you guys (the other ISP owners) if you feel your
> telco's service is inadiquate call and complain about yer personal line
> just like yer another customer and see what happens. Those who have
> GTE and get the same result please contact me, I really think if this
> is a wide spread thing, its very illegal, immoral, and crappy all
> around, something should be done about it.
>
> JS
>