Fighting the good fight...
Jan. 7th, 2002 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI think. I don't know. I'm getting tired of it.
Some outfit wants $400 out of us for publishing our name in some national directory. I don't remember talking to them. My gut feeling is to take them to the mat on this, complete with letters to the BBB and their local and state attorney generals, but people like this generally have the money and legal talent to intimidate small fry like me.
What the hell, though... I really don't feel like handing over $400 without a fight.
Another outfit wants beaucoup bucks for providing phone service. Tomorrow will be the second time I'll be faxing them our bill from AT&T showing the latter to be our long-distance provider. I've been trying to get rid of these imbeciles for months, now, but they simply won't go away.
Sigh.
Today was a long day that started by driving to Durango to pick up supplies. There were, in fact, so many items in the order that I had to unravel a roll of bubble wrap and lay it flat so I could drive. I stopped by the Office Depot (Office Max? Is there a difference?) and picked up a network card for Drew's machine, and found a 4-port DSL router on sale for, basically, free (the rebate exceeds the sale price).
Which brings me to the issue of the store's DSL. Reading the fine print of the user agreement, it appears that I agree not to resell any of the bandwidth without written permission, in advance, from the phone company. I suspect this means I'll be paying more for DSL (and maybe a lot more) if I want to offer it to my clients.
What is funny, though, is that I'm sure they'll not offer me greater bandwidth, just less band for the buck, on the average. If they offer a prohibitive price, I just may write to whatever passes for a public service commission here in Colorado and yell about restraint of trade. Then again, I probably don't know what the heck I'm talking about.
Gee, I'm just filled with sunshine and good cheer today, aren't I?
Galina is one step closer to going to Houston. She confirmed that she needs some continuing education credit to renew her license, and that a suitable course starts next Monday down in Houston. If she stays a week, then there won't really be a reason for us to do a "flying handover," where we each fly to the other's location so I can do my gig at JSC while Galina resumes her post at the store and not have to put excess miles on the Ford while we do it.
Dinner today was quite good. Drew cooked another package of chicken breasts, this time in a sauce that went well over spaghetti. Huntur is a little wonder, taking everything in with her big, blue eyes and making sounds of all kinds and becoming more of a person each day (as opposed to an onlooking infant).
The urge to reminisce is coming on, for which we shall turn to another post...
Cheers...
Some outfit wants $400 out of us for publishing our name in some national directory. I don't remember talking to them. My gut feeling is to take them to the mat on this, complete with letters to the BBB and their local and state attorney generals, but people like this generally have the money and legal talent to intimidate small fry like me.
What the hell, though... I really don't feel like handing over $400 without a fight.
Another outfit wants beaucoup bucks for providing phone service. Tomorrow will be the second time I'll be faxing them our bill from AT&T showing the latter to be our long-distance provider. I've been trying to get rid of these imbeciles for months, now, but they simply won't go away.
Sigh.
Today was a long day that started by driving to Durango to pick up supplies. There were, in fact, so many items in the order that I had to unravel a roll of bubble wrap and lay it flat so I could drive. I stopped by the Office Depot (Office Max? Is there a difference?) and picked up a network card for Drew's machine, and found a 4-port DSL router on sale for, basically, free (the rebate exceeds the sale price).
Which brings me to the issue of the store's DSL. Reading the fine print of the user agreement, it appears that I agree not to resell any of the bandwidth without written permission, in advance, from the phone company. I suspect this means I'll be paying more for DSL (and maybe a lot more) if I want to offer it to my clients.
What is funny, though, is that I'm sure they'll not offer me greater bandwidth, just less band for the buck, on the average. If they offer a prohibitive price, I just may write to whatever passes for a public service commission here in Colorado and yell about restraint of trade. Then again, I probably don't know what the heck I'm talking about.
Gee, I'm just filled with sunshine and good cheer today, aren't I?
Galina is one step closer to going to Houston. She confirmed that she needs some continuing education credit to renew her license, and that a suitable course starts next Monday down in Houston. If she stays a week, then there won't really be a reason for us to do a "flying handover," where we each fly to the other's location so I can do my gig at JSC while Galina resumes her post at the store and not have to put excess miles on the Ford while we do it.
Dinner today was quite good. Drew cooked another package of chicken breasts, this time in a sauce that went well over spaghetti. Huntur is a little wonder, taking everything in with her big, blue eyes and making sounds of all kinds and becoming more of a person each day (as opposed to an onlooking infant).
The urge to reminisce is coming on, for which we shall turn to another post...
Cheers...
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Date: 2002-01-08 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-01-08 06:10 pm (UTC)We'll see what happends. When I tried to call their toll-free number, the queue was way too long to wait for a representative.
Cheers...