So I'm talking to this SBC guy in India about my DSL prob...

[sculpey]

Just have your phone company change it's name. That should work.

[Peter Peeker]

and they're based in India?!? [img]confused.gif[/img]

[Andyman]

Originally posted by Peter Peeker:
and they're based in India?!? [img]confused.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You talk to any tech support and most likely you will be talking to somebody in India. Virtually all tech support is outsourced to there.

[Peter Peeker]

not here, my friend...
in fact, my nephew works for them, right here in Winnipeg...

[grail25]

Originally posted by Peter Peeker:
not here, my friend...
in fact, my nephew works for them, right here in Winnipeg...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">But it's a trend that is less and less popular... The phone company in Quebec as call centers at a couple of places, but they're mostly in Moncton now... They're not yet out of the country, but I'm willing to bet 5$ that in a couple of years it will be [img]frown.gif[/img]

[Peter Peeker]

and that's why Winnipeg kicks ass! [img]wink.gif[/img]

[grail25]

Go Winnipeg Go!


*end of federalist moment here* [img]wink.gif[/img]

[madadman]

Originally posted by Andyman:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Peter Peeker:
and they're based in India?!? [img]confused.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You talk to any tech support and most likely you will be talking to somebody in India. Virtually all tech support is outsourced to there.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep. I had to go through the same thing when I couldn't get my Lexar card to work with my new computer. I traded emails with some guy named shamalbaloobombazamabigbang for a month before I was finally connected with a stateside rep. It ended up being a simple fix that took five minutes but couldn't get past the language barrier. [img]confused.gif[/img]

[Andyman]

The Phillipines will be another hotbed of outsourced tech support. Companies like them because they won't have as strong of accents to Americans.