Just wait Shaw is suppose to be becoming Brighthouse.
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 11:56, Andrew M Hoerter wrote:
>
> I'll see your vent, and raise you a rant.
>
> My cable provider (and I use the term loosely, to be a provider you have
> to actually provide service), Shaw Cable, refuses to give me Internet
> access at all. They've been waiting on a shipment of cable modems for
> some time, with no indication that it's ever coming. But the kicker is,
> they won't even let me buy my own modem! Perhaps offering a bribe is the
> last resort, since they don't seem to actually *want* customers.
>
> I'm too far away from the CO for DSL, and Verizon wants $105/month for
> ISDN (plus $200 setup fee). Frame relay and frac T1 are, of course, way
> too expensive.
>
> No wireless providers. No satellite providers that don't have dumb
> hardware/software requirements.
>
> I'm in broadband hell.
>
>
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