ATT does not care

in early March ATT sent me an email telling me they were deleting all my web pages that have been on their server for almost ten years and i had to transfer my account before march 31 to save the pages and emails addresses that i've had since the nineties...

so i followed the email instructions and transferred my account and it took eight hours on the phone with at least a dozen different customer service people, tech support people, supervisors, and managers and was transferred more over and over and had to explain the same problem over and over (email would not work after i followed their instructions) and was cut off or hung up on at least a half dozen times and finally the last techie i spoke to fixed the problem in less than two minutes after eight hours of run around) and then i went to download the web pages and found them gone...

i didn't have another eight hours to deal with their ridiculous left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing corporate structure, so i went back another day to the website to try to get help and found my account no longer was valid and in the fine print it said "if you transfer your account before saving your web pages, you are shit out of luck"...

ok, so it said the equivalent in more legaleze (which is more obscene, if you have ethics), but the bottom line is the pages were blocked... i wrote to ATT on every website they have, including corporate, and then sent back form emails promising to respond to my concerns (and emphasizing the return address on the emails were not valid in big "DO NOT REPLY" letters), but no response and the march 31 deadline has passed and the written gardens, my thousands of web pages and years of writings, both pouring my personal heart out and creative rhymes and images and more, all gone...

that is why, instead of trying the ATT u-verse, i am giving bright house a chance now after more than a decade of staying loyal to ATT wireless and internet services... ATT does not care... the rest of corporate america probably cares just as none, but ATT has taken up my time just to insult my intelligence and screw me and destroy my creativity and work once too often...

consumer beware... ATT has become too big, has too many departments, and the lack of organization within their organization prevents them from providing reliable service and makes it virtually impossible to resolve the problems that their lack of organization creates...

choose another company...

bright house, not so

more like dark house as the internet connection, promised to be 20mbps and touted to be upwards of 30-50mbps has not given me much more than my 2-3mbps that i got with my att aircard and tonight, there is an inability to stay connected to the internet and limited connectivity, down to under 100kbps at times when it does stay connected...

so i might be moving on to att u-verse next, but since the bright house tech said he credited my account for a month of free service, i'll give bright house another month... i was going to cancel the aircard, but i am very glad i did not do that yet... at least the tech was courteous and apologetic...

try try again...

Dear Mr President

so I wrote to the president...

There is a forwarded email making the rounds about the President and Congress not participating in the new health care plan. My first thought was "why?" but of course, realistically, if you can afford better care you buy better care. While that is rational, the next thought lead me to question the philosophy and direction of America in these current times.

It has been said that American companies produce inferior products, drugs, technology, to sell in the third world because they do not know any better and have no choice but to buy the inferior products.

Is the government, are our elected officials treating American citizens like the people of a third world country?

I understand the health care bill is geared to provide health care for the millions who do not have it, but what feels wrong is that government officials still get better treatment than the people they represent.

If elected government officials had to accept the same health care that all Americans are offered, they would have real incentive to pass a fair and adequate health care plan that provides the best health care in the world for all Amercians.

Unless the leaders of the U.S.A. no longer want to lead the world.


I would appreciate to know what our leaders think about this.

ric
407-325-1482

yes, the U.S. president...

wonder what the response will be...

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ok, today it is congress, he senate, specifically, who inspire me to ponder our consumer culture and the product, propaganda and doublespeak... the ability to use words to placate and say things that sound right or soothing or encouraging, but never actually address an issue or a questions, never actually providing a solution... i asked my local senator to address the corruption and unfairnes in government and bug business, especially the banking industry... note how quickly he drops others names and talks about what others are proposing and the potential consequences of others actions, but doesn't take any responsibility or provide a single concrete idea himself... action?... change?... real leadership?... not in this guy... this was his response:

Below is a response to the recent comments I received from you:

Dear Mr. Candor:

Thank you for your correspondence regarding consumer financial protection. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to respond to your concerns.

As you know, President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have released their proposal for financial regulatory reform. Among other things, the Obama Administration proposes the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that would have broad authority over the regulation of financial products and services. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) is currently developing the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009, which is a financial regulatory reform bill before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. In addition, Congress is working on legislation to address issues related to the banking industry that proposes several ideas for financial reform. Some of these ideas include stricter regulation on banks, as well as a single federal bank regulator in an effort to try and increase accountability and end unnecessary overlap.

The financial crisis of 2008 nearly ruined the financial markets in the United States and threatened the global economy. In addition, the failure of many financial institutions and the collapse of the stock market left many Americans with severely impacted retirement accounts. It is vitally important that we thoroughly evaluate where our laws and regulations broke down to ensure that such a disaster never happens again. These are very complex industries affecting citizens and businesses, throughout our country, so we need to be careful to reform and strengthen the system in a way that does not impose undue burdens on American businesses. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate to get it right.

It is an honor and privilege to serve the people of the great State of Florida in the United States Senate. I take great pride in being a native Floridian, and I look forward to the tremendous opportunity to better the lives of all Floridians. I assure you I will work hard to represent our state to the best of my ability in the U.S. Senate. If I can be of any help to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours,

George S. LeMieux
United States Senator


**Note: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL. If you would like to reply to this message, please contact me through my website at http://lemieux.senate.gov.
GL/nyb

rah rah rah, but what are you actually going to do other than make speeches about how challenging the issue is and how more study is needed, more study by congress, paid for by tax dollars, your money, my money, to study study study, but not change anything... in fact, the corruption and unfairness, the divide between rich and poor, and the mistakes just get worse... and is procrastination part of the cause?...

this is what my esteemed senator responded to:

* No more bailouts: No bank should ever again be bailed out by taxpayers, so make sure no bank is "too big to fail." That goes for all corporations. Taxpayers should not be forced to bail out companies that are mismanaged. Let the millions come from the corporate executive salaries first.

* Reduce family debt: Make sure minimum loan payments cover some principal as well as interest, so people can actually pay down their debts. Fairness is not only morally right, it is good economic sense.

* Stop the legalese: Require mortgages, loan contracts and credit card terms be written simply and clearly so you don't need to be a lawyer to understand your rights and responsibilities. Do this before things get so bad that people start looking for radical change as they have in so many countries throughout history, including our own origins.

* End the 'quick profit' mentality: Pay brokers and bankers based on the long-term performance and quality of the loans they make. End 'keep the fee, pass on the risk.' There must be a reasonable salary and profit cap on business if the gap between the elite 1% and the rest of us is to stop widening. History tells us what happens when the gap gets too wide. Don't repeat the same mistakes.

* Curb the gambling: Limit the bets that banks can make, including the private side-bets that are not even reported. All transactions should be reported by law. Who's money is it, anyway?

* Don't leave consumer protection in the hands of those who failed to do it. Accountability,. You are accountable to hold bankers and corporations accountable, That is a large part of your job. Voters are accountable to hold you accountable to do your job.

* Lobbyists might pay for your cushions, but voters hire you can fire you. Listen to the voters before they lose any more faith jn the government and look for other means to create a fair and equitable society.

* Revolution does not come suddenly in the night, it is born and fed by continued mistakes by government in the light of day. I am witnessing the fall of the American Dream. The flaws of capitalism are becoming more glaring every year. It is time for a bold new enlightened approach to capitalism and government that brings us closer to the ideal of for the people, by the people, equality, and an equitable sharing of the wealth.

* I implore you to learn from the history of Rome, France, England, and other empires and live up to the ideals, hopes, and dreams of our founding fathers before it is too late.

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everybody wants to suck tiger's wood

they take tiger woods apart, but is mel Gibson teflon?... or are we so sick as a society that we prefer to destroy the biggest hero/icon we can find and all the others fall by the wayside… the news around here, so fixated on casey Anthony for so many months, suddenly cannot go more than seven seconds without gloating in faux moral outrage over all the rumours about tiger mostly pushed by obviously gold-digging celebrity sluts who are basking in the limelight of their 15 minutes of fame for opening their legs… prostitution is so legal when there’s enough money involved…

that's right, you can't get enough of the sleazy titillation, can you america... yes, you lead the world in bogus moral righteousness and hypocrisy and it turns my stomach when i take it seriously so i don't...

I’d rather watch craig ferguson…