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-----Original Message-----
From: James Smallacombe <james@pil.net>
To: inet-access@earth.com <inet-access@earth.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 1997 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Boardwatch ISP directory



>On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Brian Elfert wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Jack Rickard wrote:
>>
>> > The area code numbers are reasonably accurate.  They have to have at
least
>> > one pop in an area code to claim the area code.  We recently ran out
about
>> > 90 with service in more than 25 area codes into a separate section.
>>
>> Are you verifying that each ISP claiming to have a POP in an area code
>> actually does have one there?
>>
>> I think the original poster's complaint was that a number of ISPs claim
to
>> have POPs in area codes where they don't actually have POPs.
>
>You can't possibly expect BW to actually verify 1000's of ISPs X dozens or
>hundreds of POPs, do you?  Do you expect Mecklermedia to do the same?
>This is an absurd complaint, IMHO.
><snip>

I our part of the country area codes do not have much meaning.
LATA's would be much more meaningful but still doesn't solve the
problem.  The local calling areas are all broken up and I am constantly
getting calls or emails about service area and local calls.  In a large part
due to BW and The List.  For all the short comings they are both worth my
effort in getting listed.

On the Q factor we have one local ISP advertising "Rated number one by BW".
He claims to have a full T3 serving 66 dialup ports.  Makes you kinda
wonder.



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