 wings10I Am LegendPremium
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South Elgin, IL
 ·AT&T DSL Service
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Re: AT&T usage meter -- is yours as wildly inaccurate as mine? said by NormanS:but we are supposed to trust the biller that they are getting it right? We do the same for other services like,
ComEd, NICOR, City Water Etc Etc. 
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| said by wings10:said by NormanS:but we are supposed to trust the biller that they are getting it right? We do the same for other services like, ComEd, NICOR, City Water Etc Etc. At least here, these utilities are not truly "trusted". They are regulated. The meters are certified by manufacturers to be accurate within tolerances. The utility is required to maintain records of each meter's history. The public service commission can investigate complaints about meter accuracy.
As I am sure someone else has mentioned, the immediate remedy if one does not trust AT&T's metering is to stop being their customer.
(If and) When there is no alternative to metered internet, and as internet service is viewed more as a utility, the public (and voters) will start telling regulators and politicians that they want more government.
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wings10I Am LegendPremium
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| What we need is for each city, town, community to install their own WiFi network. Then it will be a utility like your Gas, Water & Electric. You create an account using your home address. Then the government can keep all the revenue HSI and they will have no need to tax you on the service.
Another revenue stream for them.
Of wait they still would tax you on it. Can't get away from tax. 
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
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said by wings10:We do the same for other services like,
ComEd, NICOR, City Water Etc Etc.
Those are regulated public utilities. AT&T, Comcast, et. al. don't want to be regulated public utilities. When they become regulated public utilities, I can then pester the PUC when I think their billing is in error. As matters stand now, there is nobody to pester.
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wings10I Am LegendPremium
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| said by NormanS:Those are regulated public utilities. AT&T, Comcast, et. al. don't want to be regulated public utilities. When they become regulated public utilities, I can then pester the PUC when I think their billing is in error. As matters stand now, there is nobody to pester.
They should be. I am surprised ATT is not.
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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| The phone company is a regulated utility, but the DSL provider is not. Though, in California, I believe the PUC makes a feeble stab at regulation of DSL. Other states? Not so much; and AT&T wants it that way.
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| said by NormanS:Other states? Not so much; and AT&T wants it that way. For example, the newly-appointed chair of the Wisconsin PSC is Phil Montgomery, who, while serving as one of AT&T's water boys, moonlighted as a state legislator.
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wings10I Am LegendPremium
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| reply to NormanS
said by NormanS:The phone company is a regulated utility, but the DSL provider is not. Though, in California, I believe the PUC makes a feeble stab at regulation of DSL. Other states? Not so much; and AT&T wants it that way.
So ATT HSI service is not?
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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| As I said, California PUC makes a feeble stab at it. But AT&T Yahoo! HSI is not, generally speaking, considered a regulated public utility. Easier to get voice service problems fixed (they have a specified time to get service restored, per PUC regulations) than DSL fixed (they can take their sweet time about it).
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