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csziggy

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14. Yeah, and they're too stupid to put a message on their tech line

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2013, 08:20 PM

May 2013

After waiting ten minutes for a tech, all she could tell me was it was a nationwide outage. Gee, thanks - why not put a recording on during the hold to that effect rather than forcing your customers to listen to all the messages about getting help for your connection problems over the internet?

I spent all day yesterday trying out my new printer's features - I LOVE duplexing!

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CenturyLink experiencing nationwide Internet outage [View all] trof May 2013 OP

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Yeah, and they're too stupid to put a message on their tech line csziggy May 2013 #14

In Phoenix area ... yesterday AM woke up to no internet ... brett_jv May 2013 #15