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JCOSU86 said:
Yep. They effectively "capped" our internet by slowing us down after 15 gb. They claim that all but the top 10% use 15 gb a month or less. Well, we stream movies and browse the web but I wouldn't call us "heavy users". I got the first warning about our use, called AT&T and cancelled right there. WOW! is cheaper and is unlimited and got 15 mbps (AT&T was 6 mbps)
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Wait, you mean to tell me these assholes will tell me how much I can use? I stream shit constantly and need that shit for my DircTV OnDemand. Well fuck me running.
 
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LovelandBuckeye said:
Wait, you mean to tell me these assholes will tell me how much I can use? I stream [Mark May] constantly and need that [Mark May] for my DircTV OnDemand. Well fuck me running.
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Not sure about your situation, Loveland, but that is how it was explained to me. I am grandfathered in to an unlimited data plan with AT&T and they are doing everything in their power to fuck me so I'll change. Their phone help line is about the worst service I have ever had to deal with in my life. By far.
 
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JCOSU86 said:
Not sure about your situation, Loveland, but that is how it was explained to me. I am grandfathered in to an unlimited data plan with AT&T and they are doing everything in their power to fuck me so I'll change. Their phone help line is about the worst service I have ever had to deal with in my life. By far.
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Spent at least half an hour on the phone with AT&T back in November setting up service with them during a temporary relocation--had gone over every single detail, the operator had taken me through a recorded agreement about the terms of service, had discussed the final price, and THEN she told me I had to complete the order by being connected with another department. Got some guy (foreign accent, as I recall) who proceeded to renege on the entire agreement, tell me what we'd discussed didn't actually include my phone service (lie) and tried to jack up the price by about $30/month. Needless to say, I didn't end up having it installed.

If I hadn't had more important things to do with my time, I would have liked to call the Ohio Attorney General's fraud office to inquire about their policy on bait-and-switch schemes. I'm pretty sure the AT&T tactic was borderline, at best.

Anyway, I've despised that company for years. Couldn't be more delighted not to be paying them for anything.

I'm moving back to my place in three weeks--will almost certainly go with WOW.
 
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on a related note, I was investigating why the internet speed in my living room, 15 feet from the router, was almost at dial-up speed, while it was fine right next to the router. Turns out it was a setting on my wireless card router. But in the course of my research, I came across forums in Europe where people were PISSED that they were only getting 30 mbps. 30 mbps!!! I just upgraded to 16 and thought I had died and gone to heaven.

30 mbps! And they were PISSED at that! Amazing.
 
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My grandmother is rolling in her mid 80's and living alone still, God bless her. She was having major problems with Cox with her phone and cable both being too staticy (if that's a word) to use. They sent a repairman out to look at her cable who walked in and at the time the TV was fine and he walked out.....real nice of him. I went over and she told me the story so I decided I'd call Cox for her....since her phone was too staticy to use I tried to call on my cell phone....only for them to tell me they don't recognize my phone number with their automated system. So I enter her account number thinking it'll work....tells me due to the amount of calls they can't take my call as it is not recognized in their system....well if someones phone is done and has to use a different phone than what is on the account, how can you possibly call them to tell them your phone isn't working!

And this is why I'll preach about WOW!'s greatness forever.
 
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People (mainly old women in my experiences with this) who wait until the cashier finishes scanning in everything and states the total due to only then start digging through their purse/wallet to find the credit card they want to use (usually taking a good 2 - 3 minutes to find the right one). GET IT OUT WHILE THE CASHIER IS SCANNING ITEMS!!!
 
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buxfan4life said:
People (mainly old women in my experiences with this) who wait until the cashier finishes scanning in everything and states the total due to only then start digging through their purse/wallet to find the credit card they want to use (usually taking a good 2 - 3 minutes to find the right one). GET IT OUT WHILE THE CASHIER IS SCANNING ITEMS!!!
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:lol: I had to stop at Walmart (I usually don't shop there) on the way home to get a 12V tire inflator because I had a low tire and had to fill it immediately. So of course I'm already grumpy. I get to the cashier (who was actually just fine) and I've got the Teen Mom brigade in front of me, buying a mass combination of baby clothes and accessories...and candy. Of course there's like 5 different people piling stuff into one order that one girl is going to put on her cc. So the lady rings it all up...and the girls, because they couldn't do simple math (stay in school kids, even if you get pregnant) decide that it's too much. That is, the total is too much. So then they have to try and figure out who had put too much in, so they could take stuff out...but because none of them could do simple math, they couldn't figure that out, either. So they started randomly removing...the candy. Yes, because of course taking out the 49 cent M&Ms is SOOOO going to reduce your total. I was this close from taking the inflator and sticking it up their asses until they exploded...I imagine I would have gotten a round of applause.
 
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buxfan4life said:
People (mainly old women in my experiences with this) who wait until the cashier finishes scanning in everything and states the total due to only then start digging through their purse/wallet to find the credit card they want to use (usually taking a good 2 - 3 minutes to find the right one). GET IT OUT WHILE THE CASHIER IS SCANNING ITEMS!!!
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Self Check-Out. Use it almost exclusively.
 
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Bucklion said:
:lol: I had to stop at Walmart (I usually don't shop there) on the way home to get a 12V tire inflator because I had a low tire and had to fill it immediately. So of course I'm already grumpy. I get to the cashier (who was actually just fine) and I've got the Teen Mom brigade in front of me, buying a mass combination of baby clothes and accessories...and candy. Of course there's like 5 different people piling stuff into one order that one girl is going to put on her cc. So the lady rings it all up...and the girls, because they couldn't do simple math (stay in school kids, even if you get pregnant) decide that it's too much. That is, the total is too much. So then they have to try and figure out who had put too much in, so they could take stuff out...but because none of them could do simple math, they couldn't figure that out, either. So they started randomly removing...the candy. Yes, because of course taking out the 49 cent M&Ms is SOOOO going to reduce your total. I was this close from taking the inflator and sticking it up their asses until they exploded...I imagine I would have gotten a round of applause.
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If someone stuck something else in their asses until it exploded, maybe they wouldn't have these problems...
 
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LostLassie said:
Self Check-Out. Use it almost exclusively.
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I love self check out and do it all the time at Meijer. That being said, I do have some problems with self checkout. One is the people that can't understand the difference between the 12 and under and as much as you want to do lanes. Of course this occurs in the cashier lanes too. Another issue is that I think that self checkouts, should not accept cash and be strictly for credit/debit card action only. I am not patient, so watching people dig for their cash and then try to get the bills to go in and not get spit back out is just irritating. They almost need self checkout Nazis...where they can kick people out of the line...no self checkout for you....
 
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buckeyebri said:
Another issue is that I think that self checkouts, should not accept cash and be strictly for credit/debit card action only. I am not patient, so watching people dig for their cash and then try to get the bills to go in and not get spit back out is just irritating. They almost need self checkout Nazis...where they can kick people out of the line...no self checkout for you....
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I hate it when dipshits using self checkout have no clue where the bar code is before they start scanning and then don't look for it when the scanner doesn't read it. Them and those who take all fucking day to decide what type of tomato or onion they have from the selection menu....just pick the cheapest option and proceed.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
I hate it when dip[Mark May]s using self checkout have no clue where the bar code is before they start scanning and then don't look for it when the scanner doesn't read it. Them and those who take all fucking day to decide what type of tomato or onion they have from the selection menu....just pick the cheapest option and proceed.
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I hate it when you put something light into your bag and then it tells you to put it in the bag....when you already did..but the computer knows better than you and calls you a liar, then it stops scanning your items and has to call someone over to put their special code in and confirm you indeed put said item in bag...very frustrating.
 
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