Re: OT: Cellular telephone service

Oops sorry, It's an old reference to problems existing with the User and
not the hardware/software. A bit more obscure than I thought.

PEBKAC

Problem
Exists
Between
Keyboard
And
Chair

On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 12:45 -0600, Eve Kotyk wrote:
> Brock, I'm really dim. er...what does that mean exactly? :-)
>
> E
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brock Campbell <lists@acceltech.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 12:42 pm
> Subject: Re: OT: Cellular telephone service
>
> > er PEBCAC
> >
> > Problem
> > Exists
> > Between
> > Cellphone
> > And
> > Chair.
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 12:36 -0600, Eve Kotyk wrote:
> > > I've been thinking of getting a cell phone and it sounds as
> > though there is a general lean toward Rogers overall. However my
> > husband is with Rogers and I can't reach him at the U of S because
> > the building he works in is concrete (or at least I'm assuming it
> > is). His coworkers can use their cells in that building but he
> > can't. Is this a provider problem or is this a cellphone problem?
> > >
> > > Eve
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Dylan Griffiths <dylang@thock.com>
> > > Date: Saturday, September 2, 2006 1:05 am
> > > Subject: Re: OT: Cellular telephone service
> > >
> > > > Dave Hall wrote:
> > > > > I'm happy with Rogers service and coverage (I don't travel
> > much
> > > > off the
> > > > > major highways in Sask.) I just do TDMA because U.S.
> > roaming is
> > > > cheaper> than GSM and used to be a bit better/cheaper than
> > > > SaskTel. I also like my
> > > > > trusty old Nokia phone which just works (tm) and works well.
> > > > >
> > > > > My main complaint is their rates have been slowly creeping
> > > > upward.
> > > >
> > > > The trick to getting better Rogers rates is to call up and
> > demand
> > > > a
> > > > lower rate (they will ask you to renew for a contract, usually
> > 3
> > > > years),
> > > > to switch over to a promo plan during a promo plan period
> > (every
> > > > few
> > > > months they rotate promotions), or get in on a corporate plan
> > (if
> > > > you
> > > > work as the U of S, you get a discount; if you work at
> > Starbucks,
> > > > you
> > > > get a better discount -- confirmation is usually an employee #
> > > > they
> > > > can't easily verify, verbally given).
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully this helps you to get a better rate on your phone; I
> > > > kept the
> > > > same rate, but got 2 hours earlier start times, caller
> > display,
> > > > and a
> > > > few hundred more daytime minutes for the same amount as I used
> > to
> > > > pay.
> > > > YMMV -- you may have to call once a week for a few weeks
> > before
> > > > you get
> > > > someone who isn't an asshole on the other end.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "Well, there's SPAM, egg, sausage, and SPAM. That's not got
> > MUCH
> > > > SPAM in it."
> > > >
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> > SPAM in it."
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Received on Tue Sep 5 16:17:07 2006