On 10/15/2022 8:21 AM, dyno dan wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:43:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
> <
a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Well, the automated system kept insisting that I use self help and refused
>> to put me through to an operator. These days, self help requires that I
>> download a smart phone app which I am loathe to do.
>
> And I don't have a smartphone. Last time I needed customer service, it
> took twenty minutes of yelling at the AI system before I finally
> reached a live person. And that person kept trying to sell me a
> "streaming service" instead of working on my problem.
>
> I wrote a review for the Better Business Bureau's page for Comcast.
> Maybe you should do the same.
>
> -dan z-
>
>
I have a cell phone and "triple play" service from Comcast. I've never
shared the number with Comcast even though they keep complaining that I
never completed my registration. They've always happily accepted my
payments regardless.
OT - Recently, has anyone without a cell phone or someone with a cell
phone but unwilling to give out their number attempted to acquire a free
e-mail account from any of the most popular e-mail domains that have a
web based interface? It's almost impossible because almost all of them
insist on using text msg to cell phone for 2 factor authentication just
to set up the account. Crazy. I could still hide my identity by buying
a cheap "burner" cell phone and use that number. As I already have a
google account, I also could provide my google voice phone number to
complete the 2 factor authentication. The best provider I found for new
free e-mail accounts with a web interface that doesn't require 2 factor
authentication is
proton.me