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: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 13:00:43 +0200 Lines: 28 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> <119qbt9$2qdqt$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net esY5WoIvurOGSvMsSS2X3AnDWzDrgKxJ1ZPQPlDF2tR/aLlrBq Cancel-Lock: sha1:+szKWmdBGU0Kxdujh1aUDWDZzCs= sha256:JbiZGTIc5Fqa0HHud40T0p/DuC5E1HLOU8FMB7MFRMs= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:92824 On 2026-10-03 22:07, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 08:46:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 03/10/2026 02:18, c186282 wrote: >>> I don't LIKE direct withdrawal, one bad actor gets >>>   the correct numbers/auth and they can drain you dry in moments. USA >>>   has legal protections for credit cards, but not direct withdrawals. >>> >>> >> The contract cannot easily be changed, either to whom it is paid or >> the amount. >> And mostly you can just go online and cancel things > > I have a AT&T long distance service I haven't used in years. Trying to > cancel it is so difficult I've resigned myself to paying the $14 / month. > One of these days when I'm feeling exceeding patient. I'm fortunate that my telco has actual shops in the mall and the employees can actually solve my problems. Often they do something in a computer and has to be approved at headquarters, but it works. They also have a webforum, where I can request things in writing. It is slow, but reliable. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.