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I got ripped off on ISDN (by my own actions)

Posted by hatim Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:14:00 GMT

I had bought ISDN connectivity from NetSOL back in Nov 2006. It was costing me a whooping 42$ a month for 24/7 64-bit connectivity. Initially I  found it absolutely necessary to have internet connectivity at home, but I was mostly using this for downloading tv series episodes. This came to a drastic halt in summer as I was unable to find time to manage those downloads. Before going to Umrah I got my internet account disabled and disconnected my system. When I came back I turned it on without realizing that it would make multiple attempts to connect to my ISP, and fail. Those attempts each cost a mere 5 cent, but when combined with 1000 attempts they became a whooping 67$. I was sick to my stomach when I found out this had happened. To top it all this thing repeated again (I have yet to recieve the bill). From that day I decided no more internet at home. Internet at home has already cost me around 600$ for an entire year (600$ which could have been easily saved). Internet connectivity (that too on a reasonable price) in this country is a big hassle. I hope PTCL's new schemes make internet connectivity a bit better.
I have also decided to stop watching TV series altogether. I had decided to stop playing video games, but some how kept watching TV-series. TV is good entertainment, but I have enough on my plate in real lif. I will keep watching my top fav tv series from time to time(perhaps on their dvd releases), but regular tv watching is now a big no no.

 Lesson to learn here, know your technology and never under estimate a use case (i simpley ignored the case where my account would expire and had it set to unlimited auto redial.

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