The Green Bean

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Mabe just a conincidence but this is the same ISP posted in this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1346753&highlight_key=y&keyword1=karachi

Ok so a bunch of users, actively taking part in the forums here www.go4b.net/forums started a petition complaining about the quality of service. We said we will publicize this. The originator of the petition threatened the ISP that if no action was taken, they would file a lawsuit. Apparently a smartass from the management was reading this and got involved. He said that whoever posted there would get there connection cut off and would be taken to court. Whoever were sorry for what they did must apolgize formally. I challenged them on the forums by bring out three things.
1. How would they confirm who posted.
2. Someone would bring out the ircay matter if taken to court.
3. I said in that same thread, I was sick and tired of there lack of service and was changin ISPs.

It was later that day that I found out that this smartass had been apparently beaten up by the guy who had orignated the petition. At about the same time, I became the third person whose MAC had been blocked. So Inext day I went to their office to complain. Told them they couldnt do this. Gave me an apology letter which I was ready to sign. Told me not now; tommorrow their legal team would call my dad up and say what I had done. I was quite scared. They added to that "You have committed a crime, a fraud and connot leave this coutry until this case was solved" ...Went home and told my Unc what had happened. Also, he had called the same morning and was told that the "kids had done some prank" ...So as it happened, my uncle rejected by idea of going to the office. He even told me I shouldnt have been there today. He called up, but the usaually POS costmoer service did nothing. That same smart ass was telling everyone that my Mac ID had been unblocked. Whereas clearly it hadnot. Day 3, my uncle called up this smartass, talked to him and my uncle said ok fine I will sign a lawsuit against the company for real. And that you cannot do this stuff without informing parents of those under 18. So he got scared and had to restart the connection. Now he has banned me from the forums and tells everyone that my uncle wished to file a lawsuit and therefore their mac id has been banned. Also, he didnot call anyone of those 150 people who had signed nor did he block thier connection. I think that manager of their's is disturbed mentally? Power hungry or what? I seriously need to inform their CEO about this. But what if something happens and they close my connection? My uncle will kill me

Also I am not thinking of changing cuz this is the only affordable "broadband" connection available at the time
 

The Green Bean

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nope im from karachi :p ;) ....that MAC changer wouldnt help cuz, the ISP gives the connection based on Mac IDs. So I would need a specific MAC ID, and even then it would conflict :p
 

KarenMarie

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Not sure I get it.
You publically complain about your ISP
Rep from ISP threatens lawsuit if you dont stop complaining and apologize
Originator of complaint gets beaten up
Everyone involved gets kicked off ISP
Your family gets involved and ISP backs down.

What am I missing?

:)
 

The Green Bean

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some of t right

1. Publicly complain and threaten "further action"
2. Rep from ISP threatens lawsuit and disconnection
3. Orignator beats up rep (dunno how far its true though)
4. I challenge them to three things.
5. They disconnect me
6. He tells me on the forums ive been reconnected. (ive not)
7. I tell my uncle
8. He thretens the compnay with real lawsuit.
9. opens my connection
10. He bans me from ISP forums
11. Tells everyone on the forums I got DC because of disent
12. He cant do anything to the other 150 ppl who signed..

Sad aint it :p
 

zimu

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i've had no complaints against go4b yet. they're cheap, pretty fast, and by far the best thing in karachi right now...
 

The Green Bean

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Originally posted by: zimu
i've had no complaints against go4b yet. they're cheap, pretty fast, and by far the best thing in karachi right now...


what about the 48hr weekly downtime they used to have. Are you reged at the forums?
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: hatim
Originally posted by: zimu
i've had no complaints against go4b yet. they're cheap, pretty fast, and by far the best thing in karachi right now...


what about the 48hr weekly downtime they used to have. Are you reged at the forums?

i got mine installed 2 weeks back. in that they already went down for 3 days because of cabling work in my area. but since then its been up without hassle yet.

i registered for the forums and got the confirmation email which i clicked. however i've been waiting for "moderator approval" for 3 days so i'm guessing there isn't too much activity there, or its badly moderated.

re: mac address, there is really nothing you can do about that. unless you can find some mac address modifier for the motorola Cable modems they gave us, and hope they don't have systems in place that prevent multiple mac addresses being used...
 

The Green Bean

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Ive been registered for 1yr+ service has been getting slightly better. Low point last month IMHO ...about the forums: there serive has been getting verse by the hour almost. Forums used to be a nice place; free for all until a new mod came in...Mind you I think there is still a heap load of activity going on there. Im banned so I cant view the forums.

http://www.trippingwires.com/forums also a nice place owned by a fellow WC user.
 

Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: hatim
Originally posted by: zimu
i've had no complaints against go4b yet. they're cheap, pretty fast, and by far the best thing in karachi right now...


what about the 48hr weekly downtime they used to have. Are you reged at the forums?

i got mine installed 2 weeks back. in that they already went down for 3 days because of cabling work in my area. but since then its been up without hassle yet.

i registered for the forums and got the confirmation email which i clicked. however i've been waiting for "moderator approval" for 3 days so i'm guessing there isn't too much activity there, or its badly moderated.

re: mac address, there is really nothing you can do about that. unless you can find some mac address modifier for the motorola Cable modems they gave us, and hope they don't have systems in place that prevent multiple mac addresses being used...

ACtually, it still won;t work. They have that MAC recorded and using DHCP, you can manually set allowed MACs. You'd basically have to do it at their end.
 

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Originally posted by: hatim
Originally posted by: XietyCOM
WHAT THE FVCK IS KARACHI?

damn....americans really do suk at geography :p

If by 'geography' you mean ' having your profile available with a correct city and Country' .....



..then yes:D


EDIT: I think that Zimu's post was the culprit. He said he has the same ISP but his profile says US>
 

The Green Bean

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Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: XietyCOM
WHAT THE FVCK IS KARACHI?

one of the larger cities in pakistan.


largest apparenly...15 million.... about 11th populous in the world....Sadly though...some 500,000 people out of 15mil dont have a proper place to live....
 

dc

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Originally posted by: hatim
Originally posted by: XietyCOM
WHAT THE FVCK IS KARACHI?

damn....americans really do suk at geography :p

yup, i'm sure everyone in europe or south america knows wth karachi is..
 

The Green Bean

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Originally posted by: dc
Originally posted by: hatim
Originally posted by: XietyCOM
WHAT THE FVCK IS KARACHI?

damn....americans really do suk at geography :p

yup, i'm sure everyone in europe or south america knows wth karachi is..


damn those South americans :p ...prolly dont even know their own capital ;) ....Europenas are smarter on the other hand...especially Britons :p
 

Zee

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Adana is the name of the restaurant a couple of blocks down from me on eastpoint and 34th