 HiVoltPremium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
kudos:17 | reply to DKS
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 MacGyverDon't Waste Your EnergyPremium,ExMod 2003-05
join:2001-10-14
Canada
kudos:1
 ·TekSavvy DSL
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This is great news. We tried to set this up before but we could not get a commitment from tech support that it would be used. Thanks to the Bell tech support crew for stepping up to the plate.
Also, there is now a convenient link to the Sympatico Direct forum from the Sympatico forum pages. |
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 Glen1These Are The Good Ol' Days.Premium,MVM
join:2002-05-24
GTA Canada
kudos:7
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Yes it has been a long time coming. We have looked at this in the past but it wasn't "time" yet. Some barriers had to come down on the company's side. There was a time that if you posted on this site you would be severely reprimanded and in the case of Sympatico first line techs...it was rumoured that they were dismissed. The new forum is a direct link to the Bell testers who do the work daily and can answer the questions that should be answered. Bravo to the Bell people who have finally recognized this site as "bona fide". It took awhile to institute but it was well worth the wait.
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 KardinalDei Gratia ReginaPremium
join:2001-02-04
N of 49th | reply to DKS
said by RCMP1234:So, if someone created a topic about an issue, and someone else has the exact same question, we will have to create a new topic about that exact same issue right? Since we cant view topics created by others said by justin:Yes. Just like if you call support. Deadpool  , if the techs see several similar questions in a short period of time (area outage, etc) they might post in the main Sympatico forum to let the community to cut down on the number of questions they might be getting.
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 moezie
join:2004-04-05
Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | reply to justin
just wanted to say this is fabulous and keep up the good work! |
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 DeadpoolGo Sens GoPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-29
Canada
kudos:17 | reply to Kardinal
Correct. These guys have been instructed to keep an open eye for any posts within the main forum as well since Anonymous posters can ask for help via the Direct forum.
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join:1999-05-28
New York, NY
kudos:7
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By casting my eye over the forum topics in the new forum I can see almost half are not appropriate. Any that are not relating specifically to an individual issue will get moved back into Sympatico open forum or simply locked.
This isn't a way to ask general questions about policy, marketing or roll-out plans. These are Techs, not Sympatico management. They are interested in trouble-shooting a single subscriber. |
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I see many people asking about why others are getting upgraded to 6mbps from 5mbps in the direct forum. Can anyone tell me why? |
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justinAustralian
join:1999-05-28
New York, NY
kudos:7 | that isn't an appropriate topic for the direct forum but feel free to start a new topic on it here.. unless it has already been raised before.. |
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it's up to 7. put on 6 if can handle it. there is no 7 on dsl. why are people asking this over and over? |
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Glen1These Are The Good Ol' Days.Premium,MVM
join:2002-05-24
GTA Canada
kudos:7 | reply to justin
I see more technicians added to the group. (bump) Good to see.
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 quantaPremium
join:2002-05-07
Toronto, ON | reply to justin
This is an excellent idea. A way to filter technical issues from the rest of us who are just shooting the breeze on the stock price, promos, and beavers! |
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| I think having that new forum was a great idea, and also looks like lots of people are posting their issues there.
For the people that posted on the new forum, are your issues being resolved? I'd like to hear some feedback from the members that posted on Sympatico Direct Forum. |
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 sbrookPremium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
Ottawa
kudos:4
 ·TekSavvy Cable
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One of the things we talked about when setting up this forum (and sorry folks, I went to where TigerLord just came from ... Europe for a month ... or I'd have provided a bit more info.
What we saw for the forum was not a replacement for normal support channels, but rather a place to go when normal support channels were just not working, and a place where YOU can initiate the contact instead of Don Brunette having to come through this forum regularly and having to find topics where his team's services might be of use.
Also it would be a good idea to see if members of this forum have a possible answer for you *before* referring it to Don's team. That way, you can provide a link to the problem having been discussed in here when you find no solution forthcoming here.
I haven't seen the topics in the Direct forum (only the mod - Justin and Don's team can see them but I suspect that a lot would fail these criteria.
So, let's try to follow these criteria for the benefit of Justin and Don's team by not overloading them with stuff that shouldn't be there.
Thanks to all ... and greetings from the Salzkammargut (Salzburg area of the Austrian alps) |
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justinAustralian
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| said by sbrook:What we saw for the forum was not a replacement for normal support channels, but rather a place to go when normal support channels were just not working, and a place where YOU can initiate the contact instead of Don Brunette having to come through this forum regularly and having to find topics where his team's services might be of use. What he said.
If the forum gets too busy with issues that are in FAQs or already being openly discussed or not a specific issue with a subscriber line, then the Bell staff should politely move them back to the open forum or be instructed to close them off with an apology.
If I look over the other direct forums they are being used specifically for intractable issues with individual lines - usually stuff involving poor signal levels or other things that for whatever reason phone support failed to address well, and the replies are of little interest to the open community. That is, I think, the pattern sympatdirect forum should take. If this isn't clear enough then the first-post warnings will start to make it increasingly clear.
You guys don't want to kill the goose here, Sympatico isn't going to move its support channel onto a 3rd party site so if they find their staff are wasting time picking through requests they may decide to just close up the experiment. I'd even encourage them to wind it back if the forum isn't getting used by the community in the correct way. |
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sbrookPremium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
Ottawa
kudos:4 | reply to justin
(topic move) Sympatico Direct forumModerator Action
The post that was here, has been moved to a new topic .. »Connection issues wasSympatico Direct forum |
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 Wo1f
join:2007-10-02
Montreal, QC
1 edit | reply to rizzler
Re: Sympatico Direct forum I can attest to the fact that my problem was resolved in less than 2 hours from my original post, and to my complete satisfaction. I have already posted publicly about this here:
»Re: Total BS from BS!
and will continue to do so any chance I get.
Regards,
Very satisfied Sympatico customer.
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The service from Don's team is absolutely great. My issue was resolved in less than a day when I initiated the process by posting to the Sympatico Direct forum. This is usefull for cases that can't be resolved easily the first time by calling the 310-7873(SURF) number or you end up getting a poor response the first time.
I really hope Bell keeps this service going as it is now helping the customer quickly the first time. Keep up the good work. |
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newf7
join:2007-09-11
Brampton, ON | said by secotton :
The service from Don's team is absolutely great. My issue was resolved in less than a day when I initiated the process by posting to the Sympatico Direct forum. This is usefull for cases that can't be resolved easily the first time by calling the 310-7873(SURF) number or you end up getting a poor response the first time.
I really hope Bell keeps this service going as it is now helping the customer quickly the first time. Keep up the good work.
Are you referring to this issue »Initial Routing Issues turn into IP range issues where the "resolution" is for you to: said by secotton :
use the disconnect / connect button on the modem page about 15 times until I got a 70.53 which allowed me to get out to the internet again.
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| said by newf7: said by secotton :
The service from Don's team is absolutely great. My issue was resolved in less than a day when I initiated the process by posting to the Sympatico Direct forum. This is usefull for cases that can't be resolved easily the first time by calling the 310-7873(SURF) number or you end up getting a poor response the first time.
I really hope Bell keeps this service going as it is now helping the customer quickly the first time. Keep up the good work.
Are you referring to this issue » Initial Routing Issues turn into IP range issues where the "resolution" is for you to: said by secotton :
use the disconnect / connect button on the modem page about 15 times until I got a 70.53 which allowed me to get out to the internet again.
Yes - that is what I was referring to. It wasn't a permanent fix, but it seems as though it is an issue that is coming up right now that needs to be looked into further. I would think it's something that isn't a quick fix, so all they can do is suggest a workaround. I'm sure that first level wouldn't know how to work through this type of issue. |
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