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<description><![CDATA[bmn posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/107980" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=107980');">DaveDude</a>:</SMALL><br><br>Because Franchise agreements have service level agreements, thus "comcast must answer the phone by the 3 ring" or "customer will be credited, and full day after the 5th hour of an outage". Thats what a francise does..<br> </DIV>Of course, it is how customers maintain some power over the service they receive.   But the impression I get is that the big boys in video think the customer should take what they are given and deal with it, even if it is bad service.<br><br>It seems like the attitude from back in the days of the first ATT is starting to come back...<br><br>"We don't care...  We're the phone company (or whatever other company)."<br><SMALL>--<br>Prove it...<B><br><A HREF="http://www.pool.ntp.org">Save the Internet Time (NTP) service, use the pool.</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:51:01 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[DaveDude posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/344321" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=344321');">bmn</a>:</SMALL><br><br><div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/107980" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=107980');">DaveDude</a>:</SMALL><br><br>So i guess all those people against franchise agreements did themselves a great service. Now the phone company wants a lower standard. Because it doesnt like you.</DIV>I'd like to know how this type of behavior differs from extortion...<br><br>Gives us the regulatory climate we want or we will give the subscribers in your state shitty service and a piss poor network (As it falls into disrepair)...<br><br>Got to love the ethics, specifically the lack thereof, of these companies.   :uhh:<br> </DIV>Because Franchise agreements have service level agreements, thus "comcast must answer the phone by the 3 ring" or "customer will be credited, and full day after the 5th hour of an outage". Thats what a francise does..<br><SMALL>--<br>Go courageously to do whatever you are called to do. fear nothing. - St. Francis de Sales<br><br><br><br></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:56:14 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[bmn posted : <div class="bquote"><SMALL>said by <a href="/profile/107980" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=107980');">DaveDude</a>:</SMALL><br><br>So i guess all those people against franchise agreements did themselves a great service. Now the phone company wants a lower standard. Because it doesnt like you.</DIV>I'd like to know how this type of behavior differs from extortion...<br><br>Gives us the regulatory climate we want or we will give the subscribers in your state shitty service and a piss poor network (As it falls into disrepair)...<br><br>Got to love the ethics, specifically the lack thereof, of these companies.   :uhh:<br><SMALL>--<br>Prove it...<B><br><A HREF="http://www.pool.ntp.org">Save the Internet Time (NTP) service, use the pool.</A></SMALL>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:34:21 EDT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:20:51 EDT</pubDate>
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