 GlenQuagmireGiggidy Giggidy Giggidy GooPremium join:2004-02-16 Grand Rapids, MI | D'oh! D'oh! | |
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 |  | | Re: D'oh! haha! serves them right for taking our tech support jobs away | |
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 | | post poned Guess this will post pone terrorist like the war on terror? | |
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 DMS1 join:2005-04-06 Carrollton, TX | Redundancy Isn't redundancy so wonderful in the way it avoids total outages? Oh - wait a minute. They can't have had any. Let this be a lesson to network planners everywhere. | |
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 | | Wow... Talk about unlucky circumstances. Imagine being the ship that caused it... Now thats a heavy anchor... -- SIPPhone/Gizmo # 17476200648 / PIMPNET Chatline / Ran by Asterisk & Slackware 10.1. | |
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 |  DMS1 join:2005-04-06 Carrollton, TX | Re: Wow... said by phattieg:Now thats a heavy anchor... Isn't that the whole idea? A floating anchor wouldn't really help. | |
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 | | wooohooo tech support jobs back to usa maybe this will bring those jobs back to America, but I doubt it | |
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 |  | | Re: wooohooo tech support jobs back to usa No it just means it will take twice as long for them to answer | |
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 |  |  fireflierCoffee. . .Need CoffeePremium join:2001-05-25 Limbo | Re: wooohooo tech support jobs back to usa said by Jeebus Juice:No it just means it will take twice as long for them to answer And result in a temporary reduction in illegal VOIP-gatewayed telemarketing calls. | |
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 n1zukBreak out the checkbookPremium join:2001-10-24 Malta kudos:2 | Hello? Hello? How can I help you? Hello?... I wonder how many call centers in India, fed with VOIP lines, are off-line this evening... | |
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 |  TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus join:2001-06-20 Cheyenne, WY 1 edit | Re: Hello? Hello? How can I help you? Hello?... On the DrudgeReport it was reported 60% of India's network was down -- Send a prayer to Mecca, eat Beans. | |
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 | | It's a huge problem This is going to cause a lot of problems, its not just India but most of the traffic between Europe and the middle and far east. Its going to cause big problems too for many American companies with operations in those countries, for example airlines, travel companies etc. Many people are going to have to work tonight. | |
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 |  N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium join:2003-11-11 Philly burbs kudos:1 | Re: It's a huge problem No problem for me....
I'm still getting a non stop stream of News, Spam, and PRON PRON PRON!!!
But I digress..
Egypt. Nice cotton, nice cotton...... -- Petty people are disproportionably corrupted by petty power
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 rloconeHonor Our Heros, Our Armed ForcesPremium join:2002-04-10 Kokomo, IN | India IT capital of the World!
Well the IT capital of the world will have a hard time. Most of their phone systems are VOIP. | |
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 |  | | Re: India IT capital of the World! IT Capital of the World? You haven't been there have you? Sure there are lots of companies there but I wouldn't call it the IT capital by any stretch. | |
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 |  TheMGPremium join:2007-09-04 Canada kudos:1 | I think "outsourcing capital of the world" would be a better descriptor.  | |
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 | | wow gotta suck to be the guy who rerouted that ship. | |
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 |  richdelbGo Hawks GoPremium join:2003-01-22 Algonquin, IL | Re: wow The guy that rerouted that ship should be given a metal. | |
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| QUICK call tech support You might be able to understand them now!!!!!! | |
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 macaholicPremium join:2003-08-31 Jackson Heights, NY | hmmm they need to send Verizon techs who are former NYNEX employees over.
Estimated fix date would be about 2-3 years from now... -- "You don't subject minority rights to a referendum." Justice Minister Irwin Cotler of Canada | |
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 pokesphIt Is Almost FastPremium join:2001-06-25 Sacramento, CA kudos:1 | Outage around Egypt Nothing to see here, move along. | |
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 ApophisJaffa KreePremium join:2001-12-27 Holmen, WI | bye bye tech support Oh no, there goes dell tech support center.... | |
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 |  N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium join:2003-11-11 Philly burbs kudos:1 | Re: bye bye tech support said by Apophis:Oh no, there goes dell tech support center.... You're kidding!!! Last time I called Dell tech support, the fellow on the other end ASSURED me his name was Greg.
I called another time, and spoke to a nice young lady. Her name was Marsha.
I asked her if I could talk to Cindy or Jan.
That was when Marsha told me it was all about MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA!
Then, 1974 rolled around. Cousin "the jinx" Oliver showed up, sliced a fiber optic cable and ruined the whole damn thing.
I knew that Tiki was TABOO!!!! -- Petty people are disproportionably corrupted by petty power
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 |  |  CuchulainnThe Roar of the Masses Could be Farts join:2000-11-09 Chevy Chase, MD | Re: bye bye tech support I always get "Ross", "Rachel" or "Phoebe." I ask for "Ugly Naked Guy" or failing that Roj, Dee, Rerun, Dwayne or Miz Thomas. One of them will have the answer.
Dell - "You're better off fixing it yourself, or buying from someone else who gives a rat's arse about their customers. 'Cause we just don't care." | |
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| Hm. Didn't something similar to this happen already last year? I imagine it was to different countries in the middle east though...or perhaps I was wrong.
Either way I imagine there will be quite a few business troubles. -- I have achieved 3 meg , fastpath sync on a 15,700 ft. 26 ga copper line. =] | |
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