Chapel Hill Technology Advisory Committee

[chtechboard AT willraymond.org]

Besides the service issues (think Cingular/ATT Wireless), the duopolies,
etc. we also have Bellsouth's latest blather about tiered Internet service
and a new per-byte cost structure.  ATT/Bellsouth presents a dominent
legislative force that will probably get its way in Congress.

It's quite disappointing that such a merger hasn't been critically reviewed
at the federal level.

> This will be bad news for Bell South customers including the Town
> government.  Over the years, Bell South has been one of the most
> customer service oriented companies that serve the Town government and
> AT&T has been one of the least customer service oriented companies that
> served the Town.  Bell South always provided a responsive local account
> executive for the Town's account.  AT&T provided an 800 number connected
> to a call center where you could press 1, press 2, press 5, press #
> until you give up in frustration of every talking to a human being.
>
> This is not good news for telephone customers.
>
> BT
>
> William G. Terry, Sustainability and Facilities Management
> Superintendent
> 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
> Chapel Hill, NC  27514-5705
> 919-968-2800 ext. 148
> 919-612-9564 (cellular)
> 919-969-2003 (FAX)
> bterry AT townofchapelhill.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chtechcomm-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:chtechcomm-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Russell
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 8:24 AM
> To: chtechcomm AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Chtechcomm] AT&T to buy BellSouth
>
> Here's a link to the Google News results for this story. Lots of
> different
> stories about this. The merger has yet to be approved.
> http://tinyurl.com/m82eq
>
> -Brian
>
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