Category: On The Spot Blog

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Can AT&T really be this broken?

AT&T MicroCell

Can a company like AT&T really fail in this many ways for one customer on one product? When I first moved to Frisco in 2011, I decided to get Internet and Cable TV services, along with home phone service from (then) Time Warner Cable. It served me well until the Charter/Spectrum acquisition, when my rates jumped …

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Life happens…

[Author’s note, I started writing this in October 2014, but like everything else, life got in the way. I am posting it now, with revisions, as I really do want to start posting here more often] Happy Independence Day! In December 2012, I set out on a plan to start posting here more frequently. But …

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Happy 2013!

As the year ends, my long overdue, and planned re-do of this site is now complete. What started out as a 4 month project, stretched into 11 months. Although there were changes made behind-the-scenes earlier in the year, I left the overall appearance the same. With tonight’s year-end activation of our new look, the transformation is complete. …

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On The Spot Blog stirs up Rachel at Cardholder Services

Overflowing Mailbox

Author’s Note: If you’re finding this site after reading about “Rachel at Cardholder Services” on NBCNews.com, welcome! To see all the stories about “Rachel”, please click here… When I started writing what became the “Rachel” series back in May, I thought I could take some newly discovered data and create a posting or two. Little did I know as I got …

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One hundred…

Actually, this is post #99. It has taken me over 6 years and 5 months to reach this milestone.  Much longer than I had ever anticipated, but the real world and making money have to come first in my life (I do work for a living, unlike some bloggers who sit in their parent’s basement cranking …

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Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to my mom. While most people look to characters in television and movies as their heroes, my parents are my heroes.

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Happy Birthday

Happy 40th Birthday to… Me. Oh, and Happy 80th Birthday to William Shatner, Star Trek’s original James T. Kirk. Now I’m feeling old.

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3rd Time’s a Charm?

Ok, so I suffered a case of unstable servers, and finally have taken the time to build a new one from the ground up.  With any luck the blog will be stable, and I can find more time than once in the last 2 years to post updates.

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One more time…

Ok, so it's time for me to try this again.  We'll get this down pat sometime… I've got a couple of topics on the radar, more to come soon.

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