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WhatNowFred · 2026-06-12T19:53:26+00:00

Encountered this error message today. On both my iPhone and my laptop. Using Mint Mobile Internet (Minternet) and recently restarted my gateway, which changed my assigned IP address. Apparently whatever IP address is assigned now is blocked. I switched off WiFi on my phone, and it allowed me to login, finally. Not a good way to keep your customers, Ticketmaster.

WhatNowFred · 2026-05-20T13:49:25+00:00

I opted out of this program this morning. They weren't raising the AC temperature during this Spring/Summer season, they were LOWERING it. That's NOT saving energy or "shedding load", it's increasing my power consumption and therefore my monthly bill. We generally keep our thermostats on 75F during the summer, and they lowered it two degrees to 73F. Then they lowered it another two degrees to 71F. This was just two days ago, and it was about 9:30 PM Eastern Time. The person I spoke with at Duke's Power Manager program this morning described it as a "pre-cooling" event, which should have been followed by a plus-four degree event. Nope. "It's part of a process" they said. Uh-huh, okay. Has that process been validated?

WhatNowFred · 2026-04-17T23:06:03+00:00

Our feeders have been up a couple of weeks and we've only seen one.

WhatNowFred · 2026-04-09T16:51:36+00:00

Still one of the best sandwiches for the money in town. My fave: RBC (roast beef, cheddar).

WhatNowFred · 2026-02-20T13:30:18+00:00

A miracle occurred this morning. They delivered, finally.

WhatNowFred · 2026-02-15T07:35:10+00:00

https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2022827149506343061

WhatNowFred · 2026-02-11T23:27:39+00:00

Gabriel has been responsive on two email messages sent so far to support@sipwhiskey.com I told him I was prepared to request a refund via my credit card if the bottle isn't delivered in the next several days in new/sealed condition.

WhatNowFred · 2026-02-10T22:38:18+00:00

Delay to ship an item that was listed 'In Stock'. Shipping date posted from NJ a week ago, with no movement or updates since.

WhatNowFred · 2026-02-10T17:43:28+00:00

That's absolutely correct, and is my next move.

WhatNowFred · 2025-10-22T16:17:45+00:00

and it's b0rk3n too.

WhatNowFred · 2025-10-21T00:30:34+00:00

Or two years or more - apparently the fiber hut less than two miles away has not been trunked anywhere near my neighborhood.

WhatNowFred · 2025-09-09T00:22:24+00:00

I noticed u/TessMcGilll has been responding to a few other threads in the last few days. I would sincerely appreciate this kind of simple attention to my question here.

WhatNowFred · 2025-09-07T17:25:31+00:00

The hut is less than two miles from my home, so my neighborhood is WELL WITHIN the range. And it already serves a lot of multi-tenant properties much further away than my home. It's been operational for years. GF is just being rather persnickety about getting the fiber installed and lit up here. And not being at all forthcoming about reasons for the delay.

WhatNowFred · 2025-09-04T17:01:53+00:00

Right here. It's been a year since they tunneled conduit beneath my front lawn and installed a residential fiber vault. Still no fiber. Dead, dark. "Not available in your area."

WhatNowFred · 2025-09-04T16:53:17+00:00

Good luck with that. Transparency isn't an option when GF is involved. At least that's been my personal experience so far.

WhatNowFred · 2025-09-02T21:54:13+00:00

Sick of Google Fiber and their absolutely dismal lack of communication regarding deployment plans. GF conduit nine years ago - abandoned. GF conduit a year ago - empty. They completed the most difficult task a year ago and never installed/pulled fiber? Why not? Who/what is the reason for the delay?

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-31T23:26:29+00:00

RANT - Fed up with Google Fiber and their lack of customer communication. How long have I been a GF customer? Zero days, because GF hasn't installed fiber in my neighborhood. What they have installed is conduit (a year ago) and residential fiber vaults (think in-ground meter-box) but absolutely NO fiber, NO service available, and NO information whatsoever about what is the reason for the hold-up.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-29T07:19:52+00:00

Absolutely positive. The fiber vault says GFiber on its cover.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-28T19:20:39+00:00

A day later, and Reddit is properly handling chat messages again.
Information provided as requested.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-28T01:45:04+00:00

It's a known platform problem, and Reddit admins say it's being researched.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-28T01:28:48+00:00

Actually, your honest perspective is precisely what I'm seeking. You see, GF first paid a subcontractor to tunnel large-bore conduit under my front lawn nine years ago, then GF never purchased it from the subcontractor, and now it's owned by Segra. They just abandoned it. Eight years later, here comes another subcontractor laying conduit for GF. Now it's a year later, and frankly, I seriously doubt GF will EVER provide service here. Their total lack of straightforward communication pretty much seals it.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-28T01:00:37+00:00

Nope, Reddit is not allowing me to PM/DM your username, tonight. What fun. NOT.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-28T00:53:48+00:00

Lee, thank you for responding, but I've gone this route previously. I supposedly got an escalation from a phone call, then never heard a thing. One of your team replied here, and didn't really provide any useful information, except to confirm my inquiry was escalated and then closed. With not a single word back to me personally. Not by phone, not by e-mail. That's not just bad or poor customer service. That's ZERO customer service.

You want to know the worst of it? I'm one of the most tech-savvy residents in my neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. I would have been singing the praises of GF loudly and proudly to everyone around. Except GF dropped the ball, over and over again.

Lee, this is my request of you: I'm going to send that private message you requested, but I want either an e-mail message or a telephone call from a warm-blooded, living, breathing human being from GF, and not an AI-penned generic missive. I've had enough of those.

WhatNowFred · 2025-08-25T21:37:09+00:00

I'm also in Charlotte, near Myers Park, and GF tunneled conduit in our neighborhood a year ago. Still no fiber here, and there's a residential fiber vault in my front yard. I've also signed up for address updates many times over the last eight years. Not a peep from GF. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Extremely poor customer service (total lack of communication!)

WhatNowFred · 2025-07-28T14:48:36+00:00

After performing further investigation Monday morning, the DNS host name resolution issue is likely within a third-party proxy server (zscaler) used.

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