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Consumerist Ask Metafilter Round-Up
• Which pets are more apt to eat their deceased owners? [Link]
Get AT&T DSL Month-to-Month
In a move towards empowering consumer choice, AT&T DSL customers no longer have to be locked into 12 month contracts. AT&T now offers DSL on a month-to-month basis.
Cut $20 Off Your Cable Bill
Sometimes the obvious solutions are hardest to see. This gal felt her monthly $132.07 Comcast cable/internet bill was too high. So she called them and said she wanted to cancel because of the price.
Verizon “Unlimited” Wireless Stills Hates Porn
Seems like just about everyone wrote us over the weekend to tell us just how wide Verizon was stretching the starfish of all its Unlimited Wireless Broadband customers. So let’s give ’em a shout-out for thinking of us! Thanks, jpac, Travis, Jeff, Uncle Bob and Sarlac, to name only a few!
Verizon Virally Debates Net Neutrality Over Blogosphere
The Borderline Blog has a great expose on Verizon’s attempt to virally influence debate about subjects like Net Neutrality through the Channel Changer blog… which (surprise!) has become password protected since the shit hit the fan.
Target Still Being Sued For Having Website Blind Can’t See
Target’s motion for dismiss was dismissed by Judge Marilyn Hall Patel and we’re taking a peek at the complaint and rubbing our eyes.
Carphone Warehouse Won’t Sell Internet To Septuagenarians
The befuddled geezer, the diaper wearing octogenarian — these are great marks. Myopically peering through laser-concentrating spectacles, they never can see the fine print. Heck, you can get them to pretty much get granny to sign her entire life away, just by making soothing noises in response to her pigeon-like cooing about her monthly budget and maybe flashing her a flirtatious smile.
iPod Mechanic Emerges From Repairs
In response to our request for a statement on what iPod Mechanic did to rectify its customer service issues, owner Nick Woodhams says:
iPod Mechanic Bristles Over Post
Two months after we posted a negative user review, the owner of iPodMechanic.com sent us this note:
MPA Hates Sharing Guitarists
The MPA has a new public enemy: guitar players. Yes, those scurrilous knaves who share how to play popular songs through secret code, called “tablature.” These heinous n’er do wells notate songs or copy them from song books and share them online. For free. Shudder.
TWC L3 Rep Responds to Consumerist Posts
A self-identifying Time Warner Cable Level 3 rep calls bunk on our story, HOWTO: Get Actual Customer Support From Time Warner Cable.
HOWTO: Get Actual Customer Support From Time Warner Cable
After three months without internet and numerous failed calls to Time Warner Customer support, Mike happened to overhear a rep mention the term “L3.”
Lifehacker Suffers Trifecta of Crappy Cable Companies
Adam Pash, Lifehacker associate editor, moved into a new apartment and signed up for Adelphia internet connection, which promptly had mad troubs. Which is understandable. Adelphia is bankrupt.
How Fast Is Your Internet, Really?
Are you getting the bit rate you signed up for? Take this quick and easy test and find out. We know its from Speakeasy (which doesn’t have an unbiased interest in showing your speed as slow…) but it’s better than the one by Ookla because you can select a nearby server to do it at.
