[SGVLUG] Is anyone else getting boiler-room cold-calls from Earthkink/India?

[Marsden MacRae]

Emerson, Tom wrote:
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> -- Linux is NOT listed as a supported OS

My experience with Earthlink is that if you tell them you have linux, 
they'll flatly refuse to give you any tech support.

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> So, any thoughts?  The old adage "a verbal contract is only worth the
> paper it's written upon" is jumping up and down in my mind [and since
> "verbal" contracts are so ephemeral, how are internet/electronic
> contracts holding up?]  but it sure would be nice to have a year's
> worth of statically-assigned 3megabit DSL for roughly $250 -- how can
> I hold him to what he SAYS on the phone?


simple answer:
you can't

a sad but true fact.

happy DSL shopping!
Marsden