I will never complain about the phone company again…

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

This is enough to make Soviet service look positively stellar in comparison!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3014674.stm

By Alistair Lawson
BBC Dhaka correspondent

[snip]

“There were tears of joy in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on Monday when a former bank employee celebrated the installation of his landline telephone after 27 years waiting. Mohammed Ismail, 60, applied to the state-run Bangladesh telephone company to install the line in May 1976. But like thousands of other customers he was left hanging on for a long time. “I’m not sure why it has taken me so long to get my telephone connection. I suppose its because I’m an ordinary customer who didn’t pay any bribes,” Mr Ismail said.”

2

Wow. I think I would’ve complained after five or ten years.

3

DONT show this to AT&T execs, whatever you do.

4

If they are anything like Qwest they will charge him a years wage in connection fees… and a months wage worth of hidden charges every month…
if he’s lucky…
I really, really loathe Qwest.

5

… but at least QWest could get his phone hooked up in 26 years

27 years - hrmphhh - the horror!

6

Just wait until he tries to get DSL!!!

7

Well he’ll probably get DSL before me.

Broadband Britain! Everyone will have ADSL in 500 years, and this time, we mean it.