[nylug-talk] Is this usual?

[H. G.]

On Jan 18, 2008 11:22 PM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1/18/08, Kevin Mark <kevin.mark at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Hi *,
> > I don't ask for tech support from my ISP much but when I did recently I
> > was stunned a bit. The usual confusion occurred with I said I did not
> > use the bog-standard OS. And then the refusal to help fix my OS problem.
> > To which I said I did not have an OS problem. So then she ask me to
> > describe my problem. So I posted a URL to a mailing list where I
> > discussed my problem. She said she did not have access to the internet
> > but only to her intranet. Huh? I said you have windows with IE and you
> > made sure I had it and we are chatting on the internet but you can't
> > access anything outside your cubicle? I understand about employer
> > filtering the net so that folks dont play online poker, but limiting
> > them to an intranet? How can they solve someones problem if they cant
> > duplicate realword conditions?
> > -K
> > ps. this is Verizon DSL
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> Hello!
> Probably.
> I imagine you don't want to switch, otherwise I'd suggest Speakeasy,
> or Alex's outfit. I use AT&T, and of course, they have issues with
> Linux.
>
> Never mind the fact that their servers such as the mail one are
> running Sun Solaris......
>
> By the way, what is the problem? And did it ever get resolved?
> --
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
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>  messages in English in the Moscow subway."
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FYI: Speakeasy was bought by Best Buy, so I don't know if it would be the
same folks running the
joint any longer.