As far as I can determine, nobody is out service, just need to change the settings in their computer/router/ modem setup to reflect the changes to xxx@attbi.com and so on down the line... for dhcp settings and so on... all is available at the support site.
static ISP is gone, and the download speed is allegedly "fixed" at 1.5 m/sec... instead of the free for all of .5-5 or so.
This IS however bad news in that excite will NOT be paid by ATT for the services and equipment they have been provideing att with... which is what AT and T allegedly has done, to drive them into bankruptcy and gain control over their very popular service... the @home network.
It is akin to Bill Gates slowly buying up stock in apple and then manipulating the market and suppliers to drive them out of business, to gain control of their market share as well... and then ending the entire OS system that mac users enjoy using, to substitute MS windows... (not that bill would do such a thing).
Big business has become very adept at behaving like an illegal monopoly, while managing to avoid the technical classification in legal proceedings. Hence we have all of the evils of illegal, monopolistic behaviors (like the "anti napster" ruling which ENDED virtually ALL internet streaming broadcasts like fox, skye news and live radio, for the most part), being used to bring about control over the freedom of the internet and human communications...
Maybe the rioters in SEATTLE last year were right after all... the power of the military-industrial complex is systematically crushing all alternatives to its tyranny... or not... heh heh...
Breaking up the bell system did NOTHING to stop their monopolistic behavioral tendencies. Big business and Big government is our new God.
Hi tech IS being systematically dismantled by "the powers that be," because it got too big, and threatened too many of the governmental, religious, political and financial establishment centers of the world. Seems like we are increasingly headed towards massive CENTRALIZATION of world business, governance and religious controls... in our not too distant future.
This is but one more step... on an unpleasant journey.
This bites big time. I was getting 4.8 meg! Sigh!!!!!
From what I could see it looked like the cable modem began interacting with the AT&T early this afternoon. The LED's began flashing differently than the "dissconnect" mode.
Then before I had to leave for work the flashing stopped and everything looked normal. The power, pc net and cable LED's were all steady as usual.
However access was still down to the net; I didn't check email or newsgroups.
Also I'll be dagnabbed if I can find ANYTHING on the support site regarding settings.
FInally there's a report on the Metro News Source wire claiming that service has been RESTORED to a couple of cities in the northwest. They were only down about a few hours. Next in line is Chicago, Dallas and Pittsburgh.
prisoner6
As far as I can determine, nobody is out service, just need to change the settings in their computer/router/ modem setup to reflect the changes to xxx@attbi.com and so on down the line... for dhcp settings and so on... all is available at the support site.
That may be true where you are, but in Lombard (near Chicago), the cablemodem service is completely dead.
If it's still dead tomorrow morning, I'm going shopping for a DLS connection and a satellite system, and AT&T is never going to get another penny from me. I'm furious at them for using their 850,000 customers as pawns in their "battle" with Excite.
Total bs. There is nothing, I repeat, NOTHING resembling a signal coming thru my cable to this day. I was phoned on Tuesday that the service was ready. That was a lie. Now I hear the new service sucks. I am ready to yank the cable out of the wall, take it to AT&T and start whipping people until their flesh falls off.
I am not upset at losing service, I knew that was inevitable, but I am pissed at being lied to and told my service is ready and that switching is easy, when the truth couldn't be further away. This has been a botched job, and the people responsible need to be separated from their skin. It seems I am the last AT&T customer left without service, but then I doubt that since technical support is totally unavailable.