Comments for UMPITYGRUMPITY.COM! http://www.umpitygrumpity.com The Grump's own Personal Blog - okay, well he's not really a grump usually! Wed, 11 May 2011 23:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on CENTURYFAIL – Read CenturyLink Fails by Shane McCauley http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/centuryfail-read-centurylink-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-10367 Shane McCauley Wed, 11 May 2011 23:50:16 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=140#comment-10367 this is all very very true. Centurylink is just fail. thats all they know to do. For months, there was problems with internet across 2 towns...and Centurylink just keeps up the "it works on our end" idiotic view point. Well guess what morons, if 70% of the people here are calling you to complain then SOMETHING IS WRONG! - the best part of their fail. while this 'issue' was going on. with my 1.5Mbps connection I would get from 10bps (yes bytes) all the way up to 5Mbps wtf...really? YUP, they fail that much. so with these lines that can only support 1.5Mbps how really how was I getting 5. They want money and nothing else I bet in a few more months they will change it. I remember them actually upgrading the speeds and charging more for current customers for the older speeds!!! this is all very very true. Centurylink is just fail. thats all they know to do.
For months, there was problems with internet across 2 towns…and Centurylink just keeps up the “it works on our end” idiotic view point. Well guess what morons, if 70% of the people here are calling you to complain then SOMETHING IS WRONG! – the best part of their fail. while this ‘issue’ was going on. with my 1.5Mbps connection I would get from 10bps (yes bytes) all the way up to 5Mbps wtf…really? YUP, they fail that much. so with these lines that can only support 1.5Mbps how really how was I getting 5. They want money and nothing else I bet in a few more months they will change it. I remember them actually upgrading the speeds and charging more for current customers for the older speeds!!!

]]> Comment on CenturyLink Comes Through! by The Grump http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/centurytel-comes-through/comment-page-1/#comment-10358 The Grump Wed, 11 May 2011 19:12:44 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=115#comment-10358 I MUST ADMIT - THIS POST NEEDS AN UPDATE. ============================== CENTURYLINK Made a strong effort to appear to reach out and fix my problem, however, they never did fix the problem! Each time it would seem to be fixed, it would last at most only days and then begin doing the same thing all over again. The fact that my parents have since dropped CenturyLink's service entirely proves that they were not satisfied with their service or customer service. They have since gone to a wireless high-speed internet service through a local ISP. CENTURYLINK - NICE TRY, BUT NO CIGAR. I was even told by one of the higher-ups that my personal web server could have been the problem because their service isn't designed for hosting servers - Wow... really? I left - completely moved out of my parents' home along with my personal web server (which rarely was even on), and it had still continually disconnected. Was even told that the VOIP phones could have been to blame. SERIOUSLY?? Do Centurylink techs not even understand basic TCP/IP?? I'm apparently smarter than the entirety of the Centurylink support guys that I've met to date. None of them seem to get the basic technology of DSL and networking. What do you pay them for?? Personally, I had gone with Qwest fiber internet, but come to find out - all hell has broken loose, and Qwest is now becoming CenturyFail. FAIL OF THE CENTURY. I MUST ADMIT – THIS POST NEEDS AN UPDATE.
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CENTURYLINK Made a strong effort to appear to reach out and fix my problem, however, they never did fix the problem! Each time it would seem to be fixed, it would last at most only days and then begin doing the same thing all over again.

The fact that my parents have since dropped CenturyLink’s service entirely proves that they were not satisfied with their service or customer service. They have since gone to a wireless high-speed internet service through a local ISP.

CENTURYLINK – NICE TRY, BUT NO CIGAR. I was even told by one of the higher-ups that my personal web server could have been the problem because their service isn’t designed for hosting servers – Wow… really? I left – completely moved out of my parents’ home along with my personal web server (which rarely was even on), and it had still continually disconnected. Was even told that the VOIP phones could have been to blame. SERIOUSLY?? Do Centurylink techs not even understand basic TCP/IP?? I’m apparently smarter than the entirety of the Centurylink support guys that I’ve met to date. None of them seem to get the basic technology of DSL and networking. What do you pay them for??

Personally, I had gone with Qwest fiber internet, but come to find out – all hell has broken loose, and Qwest is now becoming CenturyFail. FAIL OF THE CENTURY.

]]> Comment on Gah! Windows Media Failure by court http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/gah-windows-media-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 court Thu, 13 May 2010 19:21:33 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/gah-windows-media-failure/#comment-2518 I switched to Media Player Classic a while back. I've always liked the look of the classic WMP 6.4, and that is what it is like - but a modern player able to play most video and music formats out of the box. MPC - Home Cinema is the most recent version. I switched to Media Player Classic a while back. I’ve always liked the look of the classic WMP 6.4, and that is what it is like – but a modern player able to play most video and music formats out of the box. MPC – Home Cinema is the most recent version.

]]> Comment on YouTube Fail Again by court http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/youtube-fail-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 court Sat, 01 May 2010 05:22:43 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/youtube-fail-again/#comment-2467 Could it be Flash? That's a major component for Youtube. I had problems with Flash video stuttering and pausing and just general very bad playback performance. It wound up being caused by installing the IE version of the plugin as well. So I installed only the Firefox version of the flash plugin and it was fine, no more problems. Oh well, IE doesn't need flash anyways. Could it be Flash? That’s a major component for Youtube. I had problems with Flash video stuttering and pausing and just general very bad playback performance. It wound up being caused by installing the IE version of the plugin as well. So I installed only the Firefox version of the flash plugin and it was fine, no more problems. Oh well, IE doesn’t need flash anyways.

]]> Comment on YouTube Fail Again by mike http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/youtube-fail-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2465 mike Sat, 01 May 2010 02:55:40 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/youtube-fail-again/#comment-2465 this is the same thing with microsoft and new os's. It took ages before all the microsoft products (mice, keyboards, webcams) worked with windows 7. Some not until after launch day. I agree with you, but still, you have to admit, chrome is pretty good this is the same thing with microsoft and new os’s. It took ages before all the microsoft products (mice, keyboards, webcams) worked with windows 7. Some not until after launch day. I agree with you, but still, you have to admit, chrome is pretty good

]]> Comment on CenturyLink Comes Through! by Joey H http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/centurytel-comes-through/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 Joey H Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:53:39 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=115#comment-2384 Jason, Hey man. I'm very pleased that we were able to get the problem fixed for you. Just want to send out my round of applause to everyone involved as it was certainly a team effort with all parties that were involved. Here's to hoping that this issue is resolved for good. Nonetheless you know how to reach me! Joey H CenturyLink Customer Outreach Joey@CenturyLink.com Jason,

Hey man. I’m very pleased that we were able to get the problem fixed for you. Just want to send out my round of applause to everyone involved as it was certainly a team effort with all parties that were involved. Here’s to hoping that this issue is resolved for good. Nonetheless you know how to reach me!

Joey H
CenturyLink Customer Outreach
Joey@CenturyLink.com

]]> Comment on CenturySmell vs CenturyStink! by The Grump http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/centurysmell-vs-centurystink/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 The Grump Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:24:24 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=104#comment-2350 Well this post deserves an update. Joey at CenturyLink listened to my rant and details about the problem and sent out a tech who replaced the box on the outside of the house. I think that might actually fix it. We'll see though. Only time will tell now. Well this post deserves an update. Joey at CenturyLink listened to my rant and details about the problem and sent out a tech who replaced the box on the outside of the house. I think that might actually fix it. We’ll see though. Only time will tell now.

]]> Comment on CenturySmell vs CenturyStink! by Joey H http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/centurysmell-vs-centurystink/comment-page-1/#comment-2302 Joey H Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:57:55 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=104#comment-2302 Sorry to read about your on-going DSL issues. I'll be glad to offer my help. Can you email me the account number with the DSL issues? My email is Joey@CenturyLink.com. CenturyLink's Customer Outreach has been helping customers online for over 2 years. My team will be glad to help. Thanks, Joey H. CenturyLink Customer Outreach Reachout@CenturyLink.com Sorry to read about your on-going DSL issues. I’ll be glad to offer my help. Can you email me the account number with the DSL issues? My email is Joey@CenturyLink.com. CenturyLink’s Customer Outreach has been helping customers online for over 2 years. My team will be glad to help.

Thanks,

Joey H.
CenturyLink Customer Outreach
Reachout@CenturyLink.com

]]> Comment on The Glory Phone! by The Grump http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/the-glory-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 The Grump Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:10:42 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=93#comment-2146 I didn't know you were watching my blog Mike :) I didn’t know you were watching my blog Mike :)

]]> Comment on The Glory Phone! by Mike Lewis http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/the-glory-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Mike Lewis Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:07:39 +0000 http://www.umpitygrumpity.com/?p=93#comment-2145 Sweet!!! Sweet!!!

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