[Discuss] Anyone Else?

[Patrick]

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:36:05 -0700
Andrew Willard wrote:

> By now most of you, using the Shaw network for internet access, have received
> this email: http://prdlsv1.shaw.ca:8080/trk/click?ref=zrpsmbn49_1-564x3461x18201&
> 
> <rant>
> Is anyone else angry at this Windows only horse-shit?

Not really.  Islandnet.com has been pretty good so far.  After
going from Telus to Primus to them, I'd rather not deal with a
really huge ISP again.  Before that was Island.net, which was
okay at first, but got much worse as they grew.

Island Net is actually slightly *less* reliable, but when
something does go wrong they admit it, and fix it in a hurry.

Skipped Shaw altogether, btw.  But your tales of talks with tech
support sound awfully familiar.

> 
> Here is the link to this remarkable software that Shaw is forcing their
> subscribers to use: http://shawsecure.shaw.ca/index.html
> 
> Wow... nothing but Windows. I wonder how the OSX users feel? Or BSD? Or
> anything else that out of the box is more secure than Windows?
> 
> I'm surprised IE isn't a requirement ;-)
> 
> Lastly... I bought and paid for this modem, they have now without my permission
> disabled a feature of the machine. Is this even legal?
> 
> p.s. It's March 19th and already my Stand-By switch has been disabled, yet the
> email clearly states April 15th 2008 as the start date. Am I being discriminated
> against because I use Linux only?
> 
> p.p.s. Is Shaw going to replace my Modem (for Free) because I've worn out the RJ45
> connector on the back from removing/replacing it over and over again?
> 
> </rant>
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