Just a silly little story.

I got a call from an agent of PLDT Mydsl yesterday who informed me of a “promo” they’re offering to their current subscribers:

1 month free DSL with 1-year contract
3 months free DSL with 2-year contract

I wasn’t at all taken by their measly promo. I was expecting more in the lines of a free pc for putting up with their crap service for 2 years! They should thank Bayantel for not having their DSL available in my area or else I would have already switched a long time ago.

Going back to the story, the agent asked for my email address. I said: “andrew… at… alleba”. She interrupted me. “Ano yun sir?”. “andrew… at… a-l-l-e-b-a dot com”, I muttered. She answered, “Sir, andrew at alehba dot com? Hindi sya Yahoo?” “Hindi” “Sigurado ka sir?” “Oo” “Bago sya na email sir?” “Hindi.” “Ahh sige ok sir.”

Translation:

(agent asks for my email address)

“andrew… at… alleba”

“What’s that sir?”

“andrew… at… a-l-l-e-b-a dot com”

“Sir, andrew at alehba dot com? Is that a Yahoo! email address?”

“No.” (obviously!)

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.” (duh!)

“Is that a new email service?”

“No.” (double duh!)

“Ok sir.”

I wonder why she would think that Yahoo! is the only email service in the whole world?! Just goes to show how “world-class” PLDT is.

I fell too much in love with my customized Alleba email courtesy of Gmail for domains that I completely neglected to do my piece on Yahoo!’s new beta mail interface. What better time to do it when I’ve slightly gotten over the whole Gmail affair.

I have been using Yahoo! Mail Beta for slightly over a month now. No, I didn’t lie about my zip code just to try it, as I am aware that only the French and the Germans get to use it.

First, the bad stuff. My biggest and initial complaint with the new interface is it’s slow as hell. To think I am on DSL — but then again it’s PLDT Mydsl (which explains a lot). But that’s already beside the point. While I was logging in, this weird kid on a bouncing ball appears on the screen:
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