Re: "Please Enter Your ID Number" So We May Ignore it

Mar 25, 2007 0 Replies


Cox technical support for HSI recently rolled out a voice response


> troubleshooter that is absolutely useless and only serves to frustrate.
> One of the first things its says is "Hmmm, I can't see your modem. Try
> unplugging it, wait twenty seconds and then plug it back in. Say
> 'continue' when you're ready."

I just lie my way through the same prompts with Charter Cable. I know enough to have diagnosed the basic stuff before I call.


On the other hand, enough people don't do that that I can understand why such a system would have been put into place. :)


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