[noweb4u] see the telco people doesn't want to relinquish central control either. They want the switch to do everything. I mean they nailed up a circuit inthe switch to do my ISDN in waterford.
[noweb4u] they nailed it to a interconnect going to pontiac main, where the ISDN signalling was done
[xxxxxxxx] I don't think it's actually in the switch, that would be pretty silly.. cuz it would drop every time the SM reset.
[noweb4u] the 1a wasn't capable. They weren't gonna install ISDN repeaters every few thousand feet on the pair to pontiac main, I'm sure it was somewhere in the switch
[xxxxxxxx] It might be easier to do it there, in terms of getting it onto the interoffice trunk, because they might not have a 0/1 DACS on the appropriate line to do the add/drop.
[noweb4u] and you're also accusing Ameritech of doing The Right Thing(SM), which we all know they take offense to.
[xxxxxxxx] What I mean is, they probably run it over a d4 channel bank or something, back to Main. The nailed-up connection is in that /office/ but not in that /switch/
[noweb4u] maybe. Team data said what I said was right, but we all know what Team data is smoking.
[xxxxxxx] Who knows..
[noweb4u] It's ameritech, they probably hired a squirrel with a smartmedia strapped to it to run the distance from PNTCMIMN to PNTCMIWS to do the signalling for the D channel.
[xxxxxxxx] Wouldn't surprise me.. Budget cutbacks changed it to a shrew.
[noweb4u] hehe bearer channels are done with sloths
[noweb4u] They add acceptable latency by injecting it with cocaine
[noweb4u] "And this children, is how your call to grandma's house really works behind the scenes."

To : feedback@amazon.com Cc : Attchmnt:
Subject : Customer Comment
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just ordered something over my phone via your WAP site today, and I was a bit disappointed with my experience today. I was poking around on my Nextel and decided to check out amazon.com on my cell phone. I was looking at the 8 mile soundtracks, and I added one to my basket. I go to checkout, expecting to get a list of shipping options, and addresses on my account. Nope. I'm greeted with a message saying it's already been billed to my card, and being shipped. Now, I understand the issues with building a wap site, but even a simple "This will cause the order to be billed to your 1 click information and sent to the listed address, are you sure?" would be better than just doing it. That made me uncomfortable. I'll probably not order things on my phone again. Then I call the 800 number to see how it was shipped, and if my 1 click iinformation was accurate. I call, and it answers almost immediately, butthe CSR was very unhelpful, didn't seem to know what he was doing, or what was asking, and told me lies to get off the phone, specifically that my order was in progress, and it couldn't be changed, when I found it was going to my previous address. So, I then have to dig out my laptop, and data cable, and connect at 9600 bps to change my order so that I didn't waste time and money. This is when I find out that most of your important buttons don't contain ALT tags, and that I have serious problems navigating, as at 9600 bps, most of the graphics don't load, not surprisingly. I had to use visual cues as to what the buttons might say. At least I can do that, I have no idea how a blind person with screenreader software would use the site without ALT tags. Obviously it wouldn't matter to the majority of your customers, but it's a simple thing to add, and it's a great way to help those on slower connections, or to help the visually impaired.

I've published this on my website and LiveJournal too. I'm sure others will agree with what I have to say. 🙂
A normally satisfied amazon customer,
-Paul Timmins

Having a good time hanging out with the family. Seen the James Bond movie tonight. It was the first one I've ever sat though. Not bad.

Anyway, I just learned my lesson about playing with my cellphone wireless web while on the potty. I was on amazon.com's WAP site, and looking at the 8 mile soundtrack, and I put it in my shopping cart, or so I thought. I guess all the amazon.com phone stuff is one click ordering, because it said "Your order has been processed and will be sent to your 1-click mailing address".
I'm like ahh well, he's a cool singer, I can support my piracy of his albums by paying for a few every once in a while. So I tried to see if I could change the shipping option. Nope, standard shipping. $2 something, again, no big deal.
I call amazon to verify that my 1-click address is correct, since I never use 1-click. It's not. It's sent to the old apartment. "Can I change it?" Nope. The order has entered the shipping process. Sometimes things are a little too speedy. Now I have an album I didn't mean to order, going somewhere I don't live. They said I can get a refund if the shipper bounces it back, but it's like ugh. I think I'm just gonna stop by on the expected delivery days and see if they leave it there on the doorstep.
Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll USPS it to me, and mail forwarding will take effect.
Even better, I find out the punk ass CSR lied to me. It wasn't currently being shipped. I had the privlege of logging on via circuit switched data (9600 baud forever, baby! w00t!) and updating my order and future preferences via a 9600bps wireless connection. How freakin special. Thanks, amazon.com.

Note to self. Stick to telcodata.us and mobile aim, punk.

I've been in pain all tonight. Dunno if I overate, or if it's because I kept leaning back during the movie, but it's coming through the painkillers every once in a while. Sucky. It's not unbearable though, so I'm cool. w00t!

I learned a few things tonight:

• When I ask my dad if there's anything weird about his car I should know about before I drive it, note to self that he doesn't consider the brake light staying on all the time weird, nor does he consider the battery light occasionally flickering being weird either. If it doesn't fall apart while you're driving it, you didn't see nothin. It works okay.
• Don't play with amazon.com while on the potty. No good can come of this.
• Trying to be flexible after an appendectomy is bad. No. Bad Paul.
• Family is leet.

(12:54:27) xxxxxxxx: saturday i travel to france
(12:54:34) noweb4u2: have lots of fun there
(12:54:35) noweb4u2: heh
(12:55:03) xxxxxxxx: it does step on the thanksgiving weekend
(12:55:04) noweb4u2: my french teacher said they eat snails there. Watch out dude.
(12:55:19) noweb4u2: god knows what else they're up to with that whole "we eat snails" thing
(12:55:48) noweb4u2: yea, I'm doing the whole "I'm going to my parents for like 5 days" thing.
(12:55:54) xxxxxxxx: if you cover them up with butter and garlic they aren't bad
(12:55:58) noweb4u2: gross
(12:56:20) noweb4u2: is is some kind of weird macho thing over there to see who can eat the grossest food?
(12:56:28) xxxxxxxx: yeah
(12:56:38) noweb4u2: I mean with names like bruno, you gotta think it's about machoness overthere
(12:57:05) noweb4u2: "hey, bruno, gonna eat that snail?" "I'll arm wresle ya for it"
(12:58:11) xxxxxxxx: maybe even a sword fight
(12:58:20) noweb4u2: yea, for real…
(12:58:34) noweb4u2: prolly why they capitalize their last name too
(12:58:46) xxxxxxxx: YEAH