THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: September 6, 2002 07:03 AM Friday;
Rod Welch
AT&T connection for Internet and email failing in Concord.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Earthlink Dial-up Connections and Email Accounts
3...Pac Bell DSL Dial-up Connection
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CONTACTS
0201 - ATT Internet 800 821 4612 ext 222
020101 - Mr. Donald McKenzie
020102 - donald_mckenzie@vnet.ibm.com
020103 - Technical Support
020104 - Description
0202 - Earthlink 800 327 8455
020201 - Mr. Bruce Newland
020202 - Service Quality Manager =916 787 8213
020203 - newlandb@corp.earthlink.net
020204 - Quality Engineering
SUBJECTS
Payment Change Credit Card from First Card to First USA
Credit Card Payment Changed from Account ---2957 to Millie's Masterca
0704 - ..
0705 - Summary/Objective
0706 -
070601 - Follow up ref SDS 13 0000, ref SDS 12 0000.
070602 -
070603 - I am in San Francisco this morning. Millie called about an hour ago
070604 - and left a message saying that the AT&T dial up service is
070605 - disconnecting and reporting an error message.
070606 -
070607 - Network access has been revoked LIG 0036E
070608 -
070609 - We had this same problem on...
070610 -
070611 - 020403................................. ref SDS 12 JT3F
070612 - 020302................................. ref SDS 11 0001
070613 -
070614 - I tried the connection here in San Francisco, and am having trouble
070615 - connecting to anything through the Pac Bell DSL service.
070616 -
070617 - ..
070618 - Shut down the computer and disconnected the DSL line, because that is
070619 - sometimes necessary to clear the DSL connection.
070620 -
070621 - After starting the computer again, and connecting to Pac Bell DSL, was
070622 - able to get activity on the Internet by updating the McAfee virus
070623 - protection program.
070624 -
070625 - ..
070626 - This indicates we now have Internet activity in operation.
070627 -
070628 - On 020708 we talked to Wanda at AT&T and she assigned the following
070629 - problem number...
070630 -
070631 - 2295562
070632 -
070633 - ..
070634 - Wanda described a payment problem concerning conflict with the name on
070635 - the account. ref SDS 13 0001
070636 -
070637 - We talked to a supervisor, Chris, because this same problem occurred a
070638 - few months ago, and at that time AT&T said the account was in good
070639 - standing, that the problem was with AT&T's system.
070640 -
070641 - Chris agreed the account is good standing. She fixed the address
070642 - problem, and assigned a new problem number for future reference.
070643 -
070644 -
070645 - 2295534
070646 -
070647 - ..
070648 - Chris sent another letter confirming that the account is good
070649 - standing, and apologized for inconvenience.
070650 -
070651 - ..
070652 - Based on this past record showing the account is in good standing and
070653 - AT&T is having continuing problems with its systems, called AT&T to
070654 - investigate the problem. Called the number...
070655 -
070656 -
070657 - 800-863-8277
070658 -
070659 -
070660 - ...which is in the letter we received from Felice Reyes on 020214
070661 - saying our account is in good standing. ref DRP 1 TM6F
070662 -
070663 - ..
070664 - However, we got a phone message saying their system is overloaded by
070665 - calls from other customers, and asking us to call back later. This
070666 - indicates that AT&T is having a system wide problem.
070667 -
070668 - ..
070669 - I sent a test message to Millie with a link to this record. Sent a
070670 - copy to Felice, so that we have given notice of the problem to AT&T,
070671 - and request AT&T to confirm when the problem is corrected.
070672 -
070673 -
070674 -
070675 - ..
0707 -
0708 -
0709 - 1522
0710 -
071001 - Called back.
071002 -
071003 - Talked to John.
071004 -
071005 - Received reference number....
071006 -
071007 -
071008 - 2295534
071009 -
071010 -
071011 - ...used same as old number.
071012 -
071013 - John said the billing department has turned the account off again. He
071014 - is not sure why, but feels the billing department can solve it.
071015 - ..
071016 - We reviewed the record showing that the supervisor in the
071017 - Technical Support group fixed this same problem on
071018 -
071019 - Talked to Robin.
071020 -
071021 - She said that the account has been revoked, and as a result, she
071022 - cannot reinstate the account because Technical Support can only help
071023 - customers when the account has been incorrectly suspended.
071024 -
071025 - ..
071026 - Robin tried to transfer the call to the billing department. She came
071027 - back on line and said she is getting same busy signal we get when we
071028 - dial....
071029 -
071030 -
071031 - 800-863-8277
071032 -
071033 -
071034 - ..
071035 - Robin said she cannot solve the problem, and she cannot put us in
071036 - contact with anyone who can solve the problem. She suggested that we
071037 - keep trying periodically to contact the billing department.
071038 -
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071040 -
071041 -
0711 -
SUBJECTS
Email Alternate Address for Special Situations Earthlink
Webmaster Alias: rowelch@attglobal.net
Address:
Password:
Connecting to Server
1208 -
120801 - ..
120802 - Earthlink Dial-up Connections and Email Accounts
120803 -
120804 - Since AT&T seems to be having continuing problems, and since their
120805 - customer support has been unable to provide support, will investigate
120806 - using our email accounts with Earthlink.
120807 -
120808 -
120809 - ..
1209 -
1210 -
1211 - 2312
1212 -
121201 - Called Earthlink for assistance to create a dial-up connection.
121202 -
121203 - Currently on hold.
121204 -
121205 - There is a record on 990114 showing work to configure a dial-up
121206 - connection. ref SDS 3 0206 It says instructions are in the record on
121207 - 980317. ref SDS 2 0001
121208 -
121209 - Talked to Tra.
121210 -
121211 - Tra says that we have to talk to Web Hosting to change the webmaster
121212 - alias from attglobal.net back to earthlink.net.
121213 -
121214 - ..
121215 - Tra asked for....
121216 -
121217 - Email: welchco@earthlink.net
121218 - Password: whcle250
121219 - welchco.com
121220 - webmaster@welchco.com
121221 -
121222 - ...which is shown in the record on 010502. ref SDS 7 CT5K
121223 -
121224 -
121225 - To change the webmaster alais, go to...
121226 -
121227 -
121228 - http://help.earthlink.net/websupport/statersite/menu.html
121229 -
121230 - ..
121231 - Tra asked for the last 4 digits of the credit card number account we
121232 - set up on 020403. ref SDS 12 LI4K
121233 -
121234 - ..
121235 - Dial-up connection...
121236 -
121237 - In Control Panle select Dial-up and Network connection.
121238 -
121239 - This starts a Wizard.
121240 -
121241 - A few clicks, select the 3rd choice to set up a connection
121242 - manually.
121243 -
121244 - The phone number is: 925 459 9400
121245 -
121246 - Username:
121247 -
121248 -
121249 - ..
121250 - Case Number: 44442823
121251 -
121252 - Cost of dial-up is $21.95.
121253 -
121254 -
121255 -
121256 -
121257 -
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SUBJECTS
User ID:
Password:
Address:
Incoming Server:
rodwelch@pacbell.net
Username:
Password:
Outgoing Server:
Outgoing User Name:
Concord: 925 778 8688
2213 -
221301 - ..
221302 - Pac Bell DSL Dial-up Connection
221303 -
221304 - Talked to Ray.
221305 -
221306 - We may be able to access our account using a Dial-up account from
221307 - Concord.
221308 -
221309 - Phone in Concord is: 925 778 8688
221310 -
221311 - My account is:
221312 -
221313 - rodwelch@pacbell.net
221314 -
221315 - password: poimss
221316 -
221317 -
221318 - ..
221319 - We can set up an account for Millie at...
221320 -
221321 -
221322 - http://pacbell.prodigy.net
221323 -
221324 -
221325 - ..
221326 - Click on Customer Service at the top near the center of the window.
221327 -
221328 - Select: Extra Email Boxes, near the bottom.
221329 -
221330 - Select: "Tools" from the menu bar near the top of the window.
221331 -
221332 - Created account for...
221333 -
221334 - milliebuck@pacbell.net
221335 -
221336 - Password: poims********
221337 -
221338 -
221339 - ..
221340 - Pac Bell Account shows...
221341 -
221342 - Incoming Mail Server...
221343 -
221344 - Server name: postoffice.pacbell.net
221345 - Server type: pop3 server
221346 - User name: rodwelch and milliebuck
221347 - Password: poim******* poim*******
221348 -
221349 - ..
221350 - Outgoing Mail Server...
221351 -
221352 - Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mail.packbell.net
221353 - Outgoing mail server user name: rodwelch and milliebuck
221354 -
221355 -
221356 - ..
221357 - Attglobal.net shows...
221358 -
221359 - Incoming Mail Server...
221360 -
221361 - Server name: pop3.attglobal.net
221362 - Server type: pop3 server
221363 - User name: rowelch and mbuck
221364 - Password: poim******* poim*******
221365 -
221366 - ..
221367 - Outgoing Mail Server...
221368 -
221369 - Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:
221370 -
221371 - smpt1.attglobal.net
221372 -
221373 - Outgoing mail server user name:
221374 -
221375 - usinet.rowelch
221376 - usinet.mbuck
221377 -
221378 - ..
221379 - However, we have learned that we can use Pac Bell for the outgoing
221380 - mail server, and retain the attglobal.net for incoming mail, to
221381 - retain the original email address.
221382 -
221383 -
221384 - Trying the Pac Bell account results in getting 33 advertisements from
221385 - people. This is distrubing because these advertisements have been
221386 - sent to an account that has never been used. So, the question arises
221387 - about how these people got an email address that has never been used?
221388 -
221389 - It indicated that Pac Bell is selling names to people in order to
221390 - facilitate marketing.
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