[muglo] Re: Staying connected?

You were lucky , Eric

I also got scammed into a years contract with Bell Sympatico at a  
slight saving ($60)

Then when I got fed up with their appalling service and tried to  
cancel early - I was presented with a $125 early cancellation fee !

I waited out my time - and then  still had a traumatic deconnection  
experience with Bell - they are just one below R ogers in my  
estimation - and that ain't high ! :(

I believe the Winfields had an equally negative suffering at the  
hands of Bell - but which produced the very creative name of  
Symcrapico !  How very appropriate!

TTYL

Ilbert



On 24 Apr 2006, at 12:35 AM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> On 24/04/06, Ilbert Walker <ilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Paul - the only advice I can give is from personal experience.
>>
>> I wanted to avoid dealing with the great faceless corporations - and
>> wanted to have someone I can actually visit here in London and talk
>> to - face to face
>>
>> I therefore quit Sympatico HSDL ( with much hassle from Bell) and
>> went with ISP. Canada - corner of Oxford and Wharncliffe.  That
>> proved, for me. and others on MUGLO, a wise choice - I have had
>> nothing but positive results from dealing with them - and can
>> recommend them without hesitation.  Their rates are comparable to the
>> big boys .
>>
>
> Speaking of the big boys...
>
> I hit a new low with Bell Sympatico High Speed Edition!
>
> $30/month if I signed on for a year. I was (satisfied) with Toronto
> Free Net (tfnet.ca) but couldn't pass up the opportunity to get three
> months of free high speed service from Bell ($120 worth for a single
> phone call... figure it cost me about 30 mins of my time total... I
> don't value my time at $240/hr ;-).
>
> After three months were up I called Bel to cancel service and return
> to tfnet.ca.
>
> Two days later got a call from Bell wanting to "confirm" my decision
> to leave them and find out why I wanted to leave (I wanted a static IP
> address and tfnet.ca is $8/mo cheaper than Bell).
>
> They offered $35 right off the bat after my first "no thank you".
> $35 (dynamic IP with Bell) vs. $37 (static IP)... not enough of a
> savings to warrant staying with Bell.
>
> Then after telling her "no thank you" and expecting that to be the end
> of things the sales lady said she couldn't do anything about a static
> IP but how about $30/mo. Hmm. $80/year less _and_ I must
> (begrudgingly) admit that Bell does have the most responsive access
> around (and I've sampled ADSL providers far and wide in recent years).
> If I really want to have a proper DNS entry for my server (rather than
> the free workaround I have now ;-) I can always pony up 30 USD for a
> proper dynamic IP DNS service.
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