[Leaplist] Your FIRED

[Otto Gvert]

When I booted today after a days absense I was greeted with a page from at&t
informing me to the effect my configuration was not supported. The a long list of
supported OS's of W$ and Mac's. I then called tech support and after some
time the tech advised Linux no longer supported. Its just a home setup using
their Westell modem. I have had  no previous problems with accessing the net.

--- On Wed, 1/14/09, John Simpson <jms1 at jms1.net> wrote:
From: John Simpson <jms1 at jms1.net>
Subject: Re: [Leaplist] Your FIRED
To: "This is the Leap Main List" <leaplist at leap-cf.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 5:02 PM

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On 2009-01-14, at 1622, Otto Gvert wrote:
> 
> I was informed today the bellsouth.net/att.net NO LONGER supports Linux.
> No reason given. Look to be kicked off in the next few days.
> I am in  St Augustine. My Anastasia Island address is gone, my St Johns
> River address is up at the moment.

so what exactly are you saying- they forcibly terminated your service because
they found out you're running linux? (if so, they're going to have a lot
of cancellations over the next few weeks/months, both because they'll be
terminating regular users like you, AND because once slashdot finds out about
it, other linux users will cancel service on purpose.)

or did you call them for support, they weren't able to help you with a
linux machine, and you decided to cancel service because they can't provide
support with your linux machine?

please explain exactly what you're saying, in detail.

also, what kind of service do (or did) you have with them? was this a dialup, a
residential DSL connection, some kind of commercial service, a dedicated line,
or what?

and how were you "informed"? were you on the phone with them and they
refused to help you? did they call you to tell you they were cancelling your
service? did you receive a letter or email from them?


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