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Re: CAIS DSL failure: lessons in how not to inform

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Thu Jan 25 12:59:41 2001

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:00:19 -0500
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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John Todd wrote:

> When I'm on hold with a vendor and I get music (or worse, ads) pumped
> into my ear, I will often ask for the manager on the next opportunity
> that someone comes on the line.

I'm exactly the opposite. I don't necessarily want to hear ads, but I
don't like not quite being sure whether I'm connected or not :)


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