Argh! Its bad enough I rant yesterday about TSN and their inability to televise live Champions League action. Today, I have to rant about my Bell Sympatico internet service. It was out when I started the computer this morning, and finally just returned in the last hour, for a nifty 12+ hours of downtime. That is very convenient for someone trying to run an internet business…
Really, I haven’t had too much trouble with my Bell service overall, but one can’t help but wonder if there is a better option out there. The hour tech support call I embarked on today running through 2 levels of support people to finally have the second one tell me they need to escalate to a third level, who should see to the problem in 24-48 hours, was not at all comforting that I, as the customer, was the least bit important to them.
But, I do give them acceptable marks for at least working out the problem much quicker than the estimate. I do get a good deal on my long distance (with Bell). My cell phone plan sucks (also Bell). I need to remedy that one of these days.
Final point jumping back to TSN and Champions League coverage: I did find Wednesday that TLN (Telelatino) televised the Inter Milan-Valencia first leg match. Non-English commentary mind you, but it is inside the Rogers cable package that gets you up to channels in the 40s and 50s, which most people have. It was a quality match too. Unfortunately I’m not finding highlights for it, but I did find these:
| Porto 1, Chelsea 1: By the look of these highlights Porto really had Chelsea on the ropes in the first half. |
| Barcelona 1, Liverpool 2: Shocking result. Barcelona looked absolutely lost in the backfield. |