On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Adam Maloney wrote: > The rumors are true. I'm assuming the other MegaCentral's on this list > got the same notification from Qwest. > > New DSL tarrif (pending FCC approval 28-Feb-04) is DSL service without > phone service (well, without dialtone). $33/month plus ISP charge, the > "Deluxe" 1.5M service only, $99 install. Address loop-qual process (no > phone number). Yup, same notification. Time to loop-qual a bunch of new people who refuse to use Qwest for POTS. :) You also missed the part about the DSL Deluxe promotions also applying to this service, so free installation. > This is one of those things that 5 years ago I said would be awesome, > and then decided Qwest would never do so I paid my $75 to get a > "XXX-XXX-BOFH" number (LART was taken for every exchange at Front St), > so now I'm rather tied to my POTS service. I've even grown dependent on > all that crap that I said I would never have, like call waiting and > caller ID. You can always swing your number over to Vonage and drop the POTS. > "Qwest will never credit my home account $10,000" Sure they will.. after they accidently charge you $12,000 and you take them to court. (Be careful what you ask for!) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list