Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 19:57:41 +0200 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <1197vte$aj7i$2@dont-email.me> <119aerl$148vi$1@dont-email.me> <119ah4s$14n5b$3@dont-email.me> <119d6m9$24b8p$5@dont-email.me> <119o3ff$21k2o$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net dZ0rXl8HHB7WDfcgxvK18wCKCLY3y2OzC3S96OUu7nEGAjh9Pj Cancel-Lock: sha1:jGWexq2WbJ86V0ch2XHZb1Ye0lE= sha256:8ducYnSUqrkBrKRBwaU7cUATtDXEZtKLD3ZLIlGYFmY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <119o3ff$21k2o$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:92663 On 2026-10-02 13:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 02/10/2026 10:47, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 2026-10-02 07:39, c186282 wrote: >>> Followup : >>> >>>    After finally barely managing to do an e-pay >>>    on the new acct, got a PAPER bill yesterday. >>>    I did NOT turn off paper billing ... good >>>    thing, the paper bills have LOTS of useful >>>    numbers and shit you don't see in e-bills. >>> >>>    WILL send in a check for slightly over the >>>    amount on the paper bill. This should get >>>    me at least a month's credit balance. >>> >>>    WHY ? Because I'm getting OLD and might get >>>    stuck in a hospital bed for a month. Do NOT >>>    want all my comms to go down in the interim. >>>    Do the same thing with the electric and >>>    water bills. Hey, if I had no legs or >>>    whatever, WHO is gonna wheel me into the >>>    "local" offices to pay the back-bills ??? >> >> Over here, the utilities charge via automatic draft from the bank. >> They will not accept anything else. >> >> So not a problem if I'm out for a month or two. >> > Gets messy when you die. > Depends... was not messy when my father died, then later my mother. I was there to do what was required. Problem is when there is no one to do to it. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.