Subj : Re: IMECHO RULES
To   : Dale Barnes
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Jul 15 2020 12:42:00

Dale,

 DB> Yep, still works.  2.6x is coming along.  Had to dust off everything
 DB> and remember how it worked.  Think I saw your name in the registration
 DB> database as well. :)

  I really liked it, especially with the selection of colors.

 DB> Still building out the new 3.x version.  Could be no one ever uses it
 DB> again but I will.  Heck even working to bring TPBoard BBS back to life
 DB> here.  LOL

  The dial-up line I have is VoIP and not analog, off of a deal that
I have with T-Mobile. AT&T had been converting all of their analog
lines to VoIP, and they also "screwed my Mom over" before her death,
with their poor customer support. They got her to switch to DSL and
the VoIP line, but every time there was a power outage or a nearby
lightning strike, the DSL modem got fried. As a result, she had no
internet, and worse, no phone or 911 service.

  So, when I called on the cellphone, I demanded to talk to a 
supervisor. They hung up on me, and I blew I gasket. I was livid,
and when I redialed and got back in, I was told "this call may be
monitored or recorded for quality and training purposes". I said
"It damn well better be, for the $h!+ I just went through!!". My
Mom was sitting there, and I apologized to her afterwards, but 
said "I can't blame you"....she heard it too. 

  They were going to make a 90 year old woman WAIT over a week
to get a new DSL modem. Well, they said they'd have a tech out
in the morning. When I told him what had happened, he exploded.
He said "There was no excuse for that!!". He gave us his personal
card and private number, adding "if the DSL modem dies again, call
me. Either myself, or one of my team will be out within 24 hours".
He added "this customer mistreatment is all too common". I was
praying blessings on him and his family.

  But, when I had to put my Mom in a nursing home in late 2018,
I called them, and told them to CANCEL EVERYTHING...cellphone,
DSL, landline, etc. -- and said "I would NEVER be back". And,
it was if the representative didn't care. Of course, my chewing
out of them didn't help my personality <G>, but I wouldn't want
to go back.

  Unfortunately, with the VoIP lines, the old dial-up BBS and
fax calls don't work, even with the US Robotics 56K V.92 fax
modems. If they would, I could reactivate dial-up on the BBS.

  With having the internet up all the time (except for when
thunderstorms are in the area, power outages from the high
electric use (I hope to install a generator this fall), or
the internet goes out), I run Internet Rex in daemon mode
for FTN mail runs. Synchronet uses the SEXPOTS add-on for
the dial-up lines to get into the telnet BBS, but as noted,
I don't think the VoIP lines would work. Otherwise, I'd love
to have InterMail online again for dial-up calls.

Daryl

.... NO CARRIER -- but I've got some warships and F-15's.
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