Telus is making cold call to attract new customers.\u00a0 They have a promotion deal , 3 months free trail on internet service and TV.\u00a0 I always want to compare the download speed of DSL vs cable, so I figure that it is no harm to give it a try.\u00a0 The telephone guy came over to my place and hook up the wire, since I don’t have a phone line install.\u00a0 He then drop off a DSL modem and let me to setup it up myself.\u00a0 Somehow the line is not activated, no signal at all, obviously the internet won’t be working.\u00a0 I am too lazy to call Telus to setup my account, thus the modem is just sitting there.\u00a0 Today I receive a call from Telus, saying they have technical difficulty to hook up the TV in my apartment building. I have the option to just cancel the service order.\u00a0 That should me all the troubles on calling their customer service.\u00a0 Now I am still using my occasionally very slow cable modem, but I end up with an extra brand new DSL modem.\u00a0 I tried to sell the DSL modem on ebay, but turns out that it virtually worth not even a dime.\u00a0 The question is what should I do with the extra DSL modem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"