[ale] Maybe was discussed before

[Scott Castaline]

Sean C. McCord wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:22:53PM -0700, JK wrote:
>> Here's how I did it. with a Motorola DSL modem supplied
>> by AT&T -- this is just a modem, not a modem/router,
>> but the general principles ought to be the same.  In
>> fact I did this exact same procedure with a friend's
>> DSL router a couple weeks ago, also on AT&T; but I don't
>> remember what kind of router it was.
> 
>> snip<
> 
> Unfortunately, for new AT&T customers, this method does not work
> because you are not given a username and password to begin with.  You
> have to use their amazingly-poorly-coded ActiveX kludge to even create
> a username and password.
> 
> Worse, even if you _do_ have a Windows machine, you are not guaranteed
> of it working.  Three out of the last five DSL installs I have
> attempted have failed with a regular Windows XP machine running IE 6
> and 7.
> 
> The only thing you can do, as far as I've been able to see, is call
> them up, lie that you have a Windows box, that you have gone through
> the steps and that it always fails, and ask them to set up a new
> username and password for you.  Sometimes you'll get a rep who will do
> this for you, most times, you will not.
> 
> If my last rant about AT&T DSL did not dissuade you, maybe this will.
> 
> --
> Sean C. McCord
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Dissuaded me, and I wasn't even thinking of switching to AT&T DSL