Re: [TCLUG:9477] MediaOne Roadrunner 2-way service! Yay! I'm fired!

["Brian Ackermann" <brianj@subrad.com>]

Damn...I'm in columbia Heights, and I'm still waiting......feh

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>From: "Carl Patten" <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>
>To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>Subject: [TCLUG:9477] MediaOne Roadrunner 2-way service! Yay!  I'm fired!
>Date: Wed, Oct 27, 1999, 11:36 AM
>

>
> Just got this e-mail an hour ago.  X'ed out phone # and name but the rest is
> verbatim:
>
>>CONGRATULATIONS!
>>
>>You're RoadRunner area has been updated to a two-way node. Our records show
>>you currently are using our 1-way service.  With our 2-way  you will be
>>capable of receiving our services with out any longer having to use a phone
>>line and faster speeds. This will not increase the monthly cost and we will
>>upgrade/install the 2 way service for free. Call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX ext.
>>XXXXX or e-mail me at X@mediaOne.com to schedule your upgrade.>
>>
>>        X X
>
> I live in Hilltop.  Yes, the 6 block by 6 block "city" in the middle of
> Columbia Heights (Minneapolis).  You don't know how happy I am to get
> two-way service and forever leave the hell of MediaOne's dial-up modem
> banks.
>
> "What the hell does this have to do with Linux?" you ask.  Well, I'm the
> co-maintainer of the current Linux SB1000 Reference page
> (http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/) and this blessing means I have to return my
> sb1000 modem as of November 3rd.  So Ralph, I'm afraid you're going to have
> to be on your own.
>
> My last piece of advice regarding the SURFboard 1000 1-way modems and Linux:
> use the 2.2.12 or later kernel!  Everything earlier was in flux, buggy, or
> required a separate install of the sb1000.o module.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Carl Patten
> Systems Administrator
> Trimodal Inc.
> cpatte@trimodalinc.com
>
>
>
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