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falkclan

join:2000-07-02
Olathe, KS

May She rest in peace :(

On 11/26 at 00:02 CST, Sprint’s HSD officially passed away. She was a good product, stable, little or no downtime. Oh, she was fast one; she would take anything you gave her. She started her life as a young, untested, state of the art project called ION. Her short childhood as ION was an exciting one, with many trial and tribulations but also she experienced many exciting moments. She unfortunately was ahead of her time and suffered from proper exposure to the audience who wanted and needed her. Another significant contributor to her demise was the unyielding RBOCs not willing to concede to the FCC, her young life was short, written off to the land of corporate expenditures. She rebounded by losing her voice, relaying on her incredible speeds to offset any competition from the sluggard ILEC speeds. Awe but alas it was too late, the ILEC market penetration was far to advanced and again she suffered from the proper exposure. We will sorely miss her and her lighting speeds and wonderful personality.
--
Alan Falk
falkclan

join:2000-07-02
Olathe, KS

Re: May She rest in peace :(

I received that formal annoucement from the great JWLANHAM, who had helped many of us throughout 2000-2002 with the great ION product.

Best of luck to him as he lost someone very close to him
--
Alan Falk
phrider

join:1999-12-17
Los Angeles, CA

Re: May She rest in peace :(

Amen.

Where is jwlanham these days?

jwlanham

join:2000-02-03
Lenexa, KS

Re: May She rest in peace :(

Oh, I still am around.

I will miss her more than most.
I did however forget to put in there the blood sweat and many tears that were expended to make that product a champion. My deepest respect to all of you who made that product a reality and really did make it work!
Additionally, my respect to the many customers that hung in there during the tough times and the lots of enjoyment the product provided us.

Better stop now before I get teary eyed....
--
JWL

peachion7

join:2001-04-11
Kansas City, MO

Re: May She rest in peace :(

Hi, Guys....

It's good to see everybody on this topic again.

I guess ION day becomes one of the good old day.
jwlanham, how is KS and Sprint doing? I haven't talked to anyone in KS for long time.

See ya,,,
falkclan

join:2000-07-02
Olathe, KS

teary eyeed!

I've been balling my head off and sobbing uncontrollably since I got the letter in early October about 11/26 D-DAY

Then when I tested out my speakeasy at 1308/329
I started crying all over again
--
Alan Falk

Darkflight
3G Stitch626

join:2001-03-03
Rowland Heights, CA

I feel for you and for all. Perhaps someday later she may return, but for now, we must let it go.

Don't worry about turning off the lights, some of us will be around to deal with the aftermath.
--
Darkflight- Have you seen where my bandwidth went lately?
davidmi58

join:2001-04-22
Chicago, IL
I guess Sprint has done everything except pay us the money they owe us for shutting down Sprint DSL. Anyone know anything about that?

quaZmoto

join:2001-01-17
Irving, TX

Re: May She rest in peace :(

The Plug was pulled Sept. 16, here in Texas. I got a check in the mail Nov. 16, So my guess is you should see something in about the same time frame.
Socoj2

join:2000-12-23
Cumming, GA

Re: May She rest in peace :(

Lanham. Its your favorite tech! call me man your old number is gone.

Btw dont know if any of you guys know Chris Young but tell him to shoot me an email...

Socoj2@hotmail.com
bigjoesmith

join:2000-11-21
Peoria, IL
·Cable Onda

said by davidmi58 See Profile:
I guess Sprint has done everything except pay us the money they owe us for shutting down Sprint DSL. Anyone know anything about that?
Yes. Is anyone else still waiting for refunds from Sprint?
phrider

join:1999-12-17
Los Angeles, CA

Re: May She rest in peace :(

said by bigjoesmith See Profile:
Yes. Is anyone else still waiting for refunds from Sprint?
Yes.
robbin
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX

said by bigjoesmith See Profile:
Is anyone else still waiting for refunds from Sprint?
I still had credits from my ION days (over $800 worth). They refunded those to me about six weeks ago, but evidently decided that I was not entitled to the $400 from BizDSL since they owed me so much. I got that straightened out about three weeks ago, but was told that it would be another 6 - 8 weeks after the new credit appears on my bill. They have to audit my account again. So I won't be getting my check until sometime in February.:[

Everyone make sure that if they zero out your account that you have received the refunds that are owed to you!
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