 milnoc
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1 edit | Incompetent technician cut off my Internet! (resolved?) An incompetent Bell technician just cut off my dry loop Internet connection while working on the line of another apartment. This is the second time in two years this has happened, and it's gonna take a week and a lost day of work to get this fixed. I'm fed up with this bullshit. I can't work from my phone all week long!
Gonna try to get a picture of this clown, or at least of the truck.
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| Re: Incompetent technician cut off my Internet! CCTS for all incurred costs?
Guess they took your nice and good stable line to give to a cherished Bell customer. You will get whatever line your building has left. maybe a nice stable 512/512. |
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milnoc
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1 edit | This is the second time this has happened in a period of six months FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASON. This isn't an equipment breakdown, a rodent incident or any pathetic excuse. This is the work of an INCOMPETENT technician depriving me of a service I've already paid for.
As a result of this, I have no other choice but to seek financial compensation above the current monthly Internet costs. Starting tomorrow, both TekSavvy and Bell Canada will be fined $100 EACH per FULL day that I'm without Internet service, up to a maximum of $7,000, the maximum amount that can be claimed in Quebec Small Claims Court.
It is time to make corporations financially responsible for their blatant incompetence.
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join:2002-06-18 | call in and have a ticket open to correct this issue as soon as possible... |
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milnoc
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kudos:1 | I will. But I had to come in to work to do all of this because being put on hold would have run down my mobile phone minutes. Not that it wouldn't have mattered considering that even if I did have wired phone service, I still would have been without the line.
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milnoc
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Bad time to call. Perpetually on hold. |
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Re: Incompetent technician cut off my Internet! said by milnoc:Gonna try to get a picture of this clown, or at least of the truck. Last year a customer of mine hooked up DSL service in his newly built condo. Bell techs connected his service and then pulled it in error at least 3 times in the space of three weeks. My customer, his girlfriend, and I were in the telecom room 5-6 times documenting the stupidity. We talked to at least three or four Bell techs as they came and went.
And no, of course we were not authorized to access the telecom room. Because the telecom room wasn't properly secured, a Teksavvy support agent early on decided that my customer's pulled-in-error problems were all caused by some kind of vandalism or sabotage. The agent made a comment to that extent in the trouble ticket log, so most every agent from then on was convinced the idea was proven fact. Not helpful..
It was an extraordinary experience.
Equally extraordinary is the fact that he is still a customer. I know I like to think I'm good at my job, but I guess his loyalty can be taken as objective proof that I really am. He did switch to cable though 
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 LazManPremium
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While I feel your pain, ToS usually specifically limit damages on residential services. Typically, they are considered 'best effort' vs. a business grade service, which would include an SLA with measurements, and penalty clauses...
You're probably SoL for anything above a refund of the actual service costs.
As for the actual cause; if you live in an MDU, the riser wiring isn't in Bell's assignment system... Butting into a pair, hearing no dial tone, and assuming its unused and available is pretty standard practice. Lazy, no doubt, but hardly uncommon... When it DOES get fixed, request special-service caps get installed... Just little red plastic covers that identify pairs of extra interest for future installers. |
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milnoc
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kudos:1 | There's just one catch. My line didn't go through the telecom room. It was routed directly to the Bell cabinet OUTSIDE of the building. That's what the last technician did searching for a clean line when my service was upgraded from 5/800 to 16/1.
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said by milnoc:This is the second time this has happened in a period of six months FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASON. This isn't an equipment breakdown, a rodent incident or any pathetic excuse. This is the work of an INCOMPETENT technician depriving me of a service I've already paid for.
As a result of this, I have no other choice but to seek financial compensation above the current monthly Internet costs. Starting tomorrow, both TekSavvy and Bell Canada will be fined $100 EACH per FULL day that I'm without Internet service, up to a maximum of $7,000, the maximum amount that can be claimed in Quebec Small Claims Court.
It is time to make corporations financially responsible for their blatant incompetence.
....I believe if you probably look at the TSI TOS, you can't seek claim for damages above what you pay them in monthly service.
Excerpt from said TOS/AUP: »secure.teksavvy.com/en/termspolicies.asp
5. Warranty
1. Customer acknowledges that TekSavvy does not warrant uninterrupted or error free Services or the content, availability, accuracy or any other aspect of any information including, without limitation, all data, files and all other information or content in any form or of any type, accessible or made available to or by Customer or its end users through the use of the Services. TekSavvy shall be permitted from time to time to interrupt the Services in order to provide maintenance to the Services, as more specifically set out in the Schedules.
2. The warranties provided in this Agreement are in lieu of all other warranties and conditions. The Customer hereby waives all other warranties and conditions, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness of a particular purpose, or availability or reliability of the Services.
6. Remedies
a. SUBJECT TO SECTION 8, TEKSAVVY'S AND THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS' TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY, IF ANY, TO THE CUSTOMER FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES WILL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AGGREGATE MONTHLY CHARGES (NET OF ALL DISCOUNTS AND CREDITS) PAID BY THE CUSTOMER DURING THE PERIOD SUCH DAMAGES WERE INCURRED, SUCH PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THREE (3) MONTHS, FOR THE SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT ALLEGEDLY GIVE RISE TO THE DAMAGES.
b. CUSTOMER'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AGAINST TEKSAVVY IN RESPECT OF THE SERVICES AND THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE AS STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
The Caps are from the website...so, like I said...you can't get more than whatever your monthly billing is, I guess if you're paying $3100/month for your internet services, then the $100 day to TSI would be relevant, otherwise since you've agreed to the service, you've agreed to the terms and conditions therein...otherwise you can disconnect the service...
Your "Time and mobile phone minutes" would be irrelevant in a court of law....again if it was important that you didn't have downtime, have a backup....
That's all I can say, people like this used to try and throw that argument at me all the time....looks like the TSI Lawyers did their homework on this one, sorry, you lose. |
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milnoc
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kudos:1 | You're not the judge. |
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I'm not saying the OP here is right or wrong, but TOS's are not the final word in the legal world. TOS's can't take away your legal rights, even if the wording says it does. That won't stand up in court. A judge can always decide to ignore a TOS if the situation warrants or if he feels it's unfair/too restrictive.
Whether or not his claim would have any success or not I'm not sure, especially on the Teksavvy end as they are also a victim of Bell here. |
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kudos:1 | The problem here is that both companies can deny responsibility. Bell denies responsibility because I'm not a Bell customer, and TekSavvy denies responsibility because the incident was caused by a Bell technician.
By going after both of them at once, this makes it easier for a judge to work out who's responsible for the incident, and how much I should be awarded in compensation if I win.
Of course, that's if it comes to that. They can get out of paying anything at all if my Internet connection is restored on Monday.
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milnoc
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kudos:1 | Heading home now. I'll try to use a tether on my phone, but it might not work, or it'll be too slow. That means I'll have to stay at the office a lot longer just to have enough resources to complete my daily tasks.
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said by GreenEnvy22:I'm not saying the OP here is right or wrong, but TOS's are not the final word in the legal world. TOS's can't take away your legal rights, even if the wording says it does. That won't stand up in court. A judge can always decide to ignore a TOS if the situation warrants or if he feels it's unfair/too restrictive.
Whether or not his claim would have any success or not I'm not sure, especially on the Teksavvy end as they are also a victim of Bell here.
Who said anything about legal rights? TSI would definitely not be negligent on their part. They are doing the best that they can on a best effort service.
You're right, I'm not the judge, but I'm pretty sure that its just about iron clad, based on the amount of times I heard in calls "I'm losing hundreds of dollars a day because my internet is down and its all your fault and I'm going to sue you".....
To my knowledge I was never asked to testify in a court and never heard about a court proceeding regarding an internet service outage.
Unless you can prove gross negligence on TSI's part, and unless you have the name of the Bell Technician in question....it could have been ANYONE in that room, what if someone went in there and goofed around with the wires?
I'm not sure why you even indicate Bell since as we know your services are not with them so they have no "duty to perform"...and in reality don't know you from a hole in the ground from a customer standpoint.
I know you want to be on your soapbox and it sucks that its happenned on a long weekend. Long story short, I'm sure your internet service will not be restored on Monday.
....Also going after both of them doesn't make it easier for a judge to work out who's responsible for the incident....it makes it easier for both parties to claim judgment against you when you lose.
Just to remind you of a little history:
»news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/09···-ticket/
If you want to be liable for both TSI's and Bell's lawyers fees as a result, be my guest....I wish you luck. |
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milnoc
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kudos:1 | You're comparing the possibility of my future small claims court case with a failed class action lawsuit over a $30 parking ticket? Heh!
Also, for small claims court, you don't need a lawyer, and the fees are low. That was done intentionally so that people could demand fair compensation over issues in which the amounts involved don't justify a full court case.
Granted, the case against TekSavvy (if it ever escalades to that level) could be tricky as they're located in Chatham, Ontario. If the Quebec court doesn't recognize jurisdiction, I'd have to plead my case in Ontario.
And look at the implications if I lose completely and have no recourse whatsoever because I went with a third-party ISP. That would mean YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS as a customer if your third-party Internet connection fails due to neglect by the last-mile provider. Knowing this, why would ANYONE ever take a chance purchasing any kind of service from a third-party provider?
That could kill off the whole industry.
on a side note, I couldn't get my phone tether to work. I'm missing the appropriate software. Gotta pick that up at work today, the only place I still have proper Internet access.
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said by milnoc:As a result of this, I have no other choice but to seek financial compensation above the current monthly Internet costs. Starting tomorrow, both TekSavvy and Bell Canada will be fined $100 EACH per FULL day that I'm without Internet service, up to a maximum of $7,000, the maximum amount that can be claimed in Quebec Small Claims Court.
It is time to make corporations financially responsible for their blatant incompetence.
Yea, cause $7,000 is going to make a company as big as Bell financially responsible. In 2010 they had a revenue of $10.069 Billion, $7,000 is just pennies and not even worth your time to try and get; guess what else, you'll have even more lost days at work when you try to fight them. |
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kudos:1 | On my own, no. it won't make a difference. But if I win, people will realize they can sue and win as well, especially once I publish how I won my case.
And if I lose, depending on the circumstances, it could not only bring to light serious flaws in Canada's telecom regulations, it could also result in the introduction of tougher consumer protection laws.
Any way you look at it, my actions could potentially expose a lot of the industry's dirty laundry. And selling the ebook about my experience for a buck could help pay off all of the costs.
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