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(old news - 06:38PM Thursday Nov 29 2007)
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Gizmodo reports that they purchased a WRH54G from Circuit City, and found that the 1-800 support line listed on the unit directed them to an adult chat service instead of Linksys customer support. Reading their user comments, the unit was apparently excess stock from India, and the number, if dialed in India with the proper prefix, would have connected the user to Linksys support. Circuit City ultimately takes the blame, as they should not be selling the gear in the States.

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notanemployee

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cisco needed to get their stock price up somehow.

Who said "Sex sells"?

cisco needed to get their stock price up somehow.

Subaru
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Oh boy..

I wonder what happens after this.. someone is going to have to explain.

Maggs
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Hey Cindy...

Come configure my WEP key baby . SSH, you might wake the neighbors.

yock
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Re: Hey Cindy...

said by Maggs See Profile :

SSH, you might wake the neighbors.
I lol'd =)
crooked

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Re: Hey Cindy...

I lol'd at the whole thing

dslwanter
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Well

My WRT54G has always aroused me to no end.

Doctor Four
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Rejected Linksys Slogan

The Internet Is For Porn

rawgerz
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Re: Rejected Linksys Slogan

"I am the Key master, are you the gatekeeper?"

Corehhi

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Re: Rejected Linksys Slogan

LOL. Are you the key master?

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said by rawgerz See Profile :

"I am the Key master, are you the gatekeeper?"
Ich bin der Reiter
du bist das Ross
ich hab den Schluessel
du hast das Schloss
die Tuer geht auf
ich trete ein
das Leben kann so prachtvoll sein
barn25

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Sad...

puts a whole new spin on "expanding your services"

fireflier
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Re: Sad...

And firmware. . .

ninjatutle
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journalism at its finest

tisk tisk

tekmunki
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ROFL

I feel for the guy that called support and asked them to recommend an extender.
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Re: ROFL

said by tekmunki See Profile :

I feel for the guy that called support and asked them to recommend an extender.
haha
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haha

Does your signal come out in all directions? Mehhh not my best....

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The Porn Area Codes

I read somewhere that something like 3,000,000 toll free (800/888/877/866) numbers have been gobbled up by a select few adult phone entertainment companies as numbers go back into circulation, as they want to get callers who misdial. Try dialing randomly some nasty words, or even dial random numbers, and you'll see what I mean. Soon whole toll free number area codes you may just refer to as "the porn codes."

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Re: The Porn Area Codes

said by burgerwars See Profile :

I read somewhere that something like 3,000,000 toll free (800/888/877/866) numbers have been gobbled up by a select few adult phone entertainment companies as numbers go back into circulation, as they want to get callers who misdial. Try dialing randomly some nasty words, or even dial random numbers, and you'll see what I mean. Soon whole toll free number area codes you may just refer to as "the porn codes."
I can confirm this a bit because a guy in our office was doing a report on which of our numbers were being gobbled up by the adult phone entertainment biz. One popular number that used to be posted here (and is in some FAQ's still) was the 1-800-NET-HELP.

Call that number now and see what you get!

needless to say it's a service alright, probably not the one you are looking for!
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Jason Levine
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I can completely believe this. I called a 1-800 number a while back while at work and got asked by a recorded woman's voice if I wanted "hot, steamy sex" (or something to that affect). Remember that this was at work! Granted, I wouldn't want to have dialed that number while at home either, but my wife doesn't log all of my calls. When I tried the number again a little while later, I got the place I was trying to call. Apparently, I fat fingered a few numbers and wound up at a phone sex line. (I believe the original number was for an SSL certificate service.)

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[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:52:10 2007 Blocked incoming TCP connection request from XX.XX.XXX.XXX:4560 to XX.XX.XX.XXX:2967
[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:53:45 2007 Previous message repeated 2 times
[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:53:54 2007 Blocked incoming TCP connection request from XX.XX.XXX.XXX1370 to XX.XX.XX.XXX:135
[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:54:25 2007 Allowed configuration authentication by IP address XX.XX.XXX.XXX
[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:54:35 2007 Oh god
[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:54:55 2007 Previous message repeated 20 times
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Re: log

IBM had some thing like this as well

1-800-IBM-HELP

»www.google.com/search?q=1-800-IB···irefox-a

Da Geek Kid

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Re: log

yup used to work with bunch of IBMers and in the meetings I'd give them that number to call for assistance...

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lmao!!!

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said by fatness See Profile :

[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:54:35 2007 Oh god
[INFO] Wed Sep 19 11:54:55 2007 Previous message repeated 20 times
Now that's good...

mordin
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Sneaky ploy

It's a sneaky ploy to try and distract customers from any problems they are having with the routers....

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Linksys Directs Users To Phone Sex Line

You Lucky Users!!!

I spent much time pointing out errors in the firmware, and All I ever got was:
"Thank you very much! I will be Certain to inform managers and software writers of this problem you've found."

Of Course: --- Nothing ever came of my reporting of the bugs that I did!!! HEY!!! At least the users have a conversation that is more apt to be honest!!!
You'll get the same reaction with Phone Sex people as I did with Linksys Phone Support!!! But you'll have more fun!

Linksys should have done this years before!!! At least THEN they'd have an excuse!!!
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I couldn't post in here about an hour ago...

Otherwise, I would have been the first one to say "I bet those girls were wondering what they could do with a router, a guy, and a credit card number". That is super funny. I bet there was some people stupid enough to pay for the session, and the girls were wondering how to handle it, lol...
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La Luna
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So.....

....what's the problem with this phone number? Wouldn't this be considered a bonus feature?

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chalk one more up for circuit

being a employee of circuit city, this does not surprise me one bit. the company is full of ignorant fools, right down the the store managers. the company is corrupt, and buying overstock from india to save money seems to be on their level. GG circuit city, GG.

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Re: chalk one more up for circuit

said by shane349 See Profile :

being a employee of circuit city, this does not surprise me one bit. the company is full of ignorant fools, right down the the store managers. the company is corrupt, and buying overstock from india to save money seems to be on their level. GG circuit city, GG.
Need a new Job?

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shane349
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Re: chalk one more up for circuit

YES. i am hoping to get out of retail. retail is a nightmare. off topic though
patcat88

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Black Friday router?

Wasn't this the $10 black friday router CC was selling?
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Re: Black Friday router?

said by patcat88 See Profile :

Wasn't this the $10 black friday router CC was selling?
Actually, it was 19.99, while supplies lasts...
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Re: Black Friday router?

or $2.95 a minute !
brianiscool

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haha

gizmopt2002

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Phone call to the number

*Unsuspecting old man dials number*
doot doot doooot doot
*sexy female voice* Are you ready to have some fun!? Please wait while we connect you with a representative.

*comments to wife* My, things have changed since I last called.

Hey sexy, reach down and grab that long...hard.......*old man's heart starts beating*....ethernet cable.

Do you have it "plugged in" yet?

*moans, falls to the floor*

And thats how ole' Johnny died. Poor guy, all he needed help with is his newly acquired router.

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Re: Phone call to the number

Just what we need in the world, a IT place modeled after »www.moanmyip.com/
freebird152

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Re: Phone call to the number

Lol at moanmyip

Fox McCloud
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Hmmm

Who cares about the story, I love the look of that router!

Does Linksys sell a standard black router in the United States? I really like the color; it looks really sharp (plus it'd match my PC equipment better than the silver/grey+blue ones).
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