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   > Ed,   
      
   >   That's the email address I had for him, but I don't recall how   
   > long ago it was when I heard from him. He told me that he had been   
   > diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which at that point, is   
   > a death sentence. My late father only lasted 6 weeks after he was   
   > diagnosed with it.   
      
   >   When my late Mom had AT&T DSL, every time there was a thunderstorm   
   > or power outage, the DSL modem failed. That meant no landline (not   
   > even 911) and no internet.   
      
   >   I came over to her place (which is where I am now, as all of my   
   > family is dead and gone now), and got on the phone with them. AT&T   
   > was giving me the runaround, and when I said "I want to talk to your   
   > supervisor"...they promptly cut me off!!   
      
   >   So, I dialed them back (having to use my cellphone), and when they   
   > said "this call will be monitored and recorded", I growled "It d@mn   
   > sure better after what the last representative did to me".   
      
   >   I apologized to my Mom afterwards (she was 90 at the time) for   
   > using foul language...and said "I can't blame you...I heard    
   > everything!!". They were going to make her wait 3 weeks to get a    
   > new DSL modem, so I read them the riot act...in spades!!   
      
   >   So, they sent a technician by the next morning, and when I told    
   > him what happened, he was furious. He said "They do this crap all    
   > the time"...and got my Mom a new DSL modem, and his card, with his    
   > private cell number. He told us "if it fails, call the number on    
   > the card (do NOT call AT&T), and either myself or one of my crew    
   > will have a replacement here within 24 hours".   
      
   >   Several months after her death, when an AT&T representative tried    
   > to sell my phone and DSL service, I told them what happened, and    
   > snarled "I wouldn't take your crappy service, if you gave it to me    
   > for nothing!!".   
      
   >   I am with Consumer Cellular, and being an AARP member, I get a   
   > 5% discount on my bill. Since I also have insurance, and am making   
   > a monthly payment plan on my Samsung Galaxy A16 phone (which I've   
   > used as an internet hotspot), with unlimited talk, text, and 10 GB   
   > of data, I pay $55 a month. That will go down once I pay off the   
   > phone, in about another year.   
      
   >   It is rare that I use 10 GB of data, as mostly, I'm piggybacking   
   > off of the Xfinity Wi-Fi.   
      
   > 73,   
      
   > Daryl, N5VLZ   
      
   > ... As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.   
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    After getting the cellphone service I used whatsmyip (iirc) and was surprised   
   to see AT&T owned the company  I had sevice with.   
   Months oater after seeing a Comsumer Cellular TV advertisement I used whatsmyip   
   and saw AT&T provided internet service for that also.   
   Sorry if I made Your jaw drop    
      
   Like You Inever used the desktop during a storm, so I don't know if there was   
   any troubles when it was storming .   
      
   I often get Slow Down messages from the cell service telling Me when I used   
   100% of my monthly service.   
   Sd   
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