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In article <32d427c4.300175@news.negia.net>,
   mgrimm@negia.net (Mathew Grimm) wrote:
>I spent much time deciding on an ISP in the Athens area.  NEGIA was
>the hands down winner in my opinion.
>
>I can be more specific upon request.
>
>Mathew

You did not address any of these points:

* LOTS of busy signals. My roommate gets busy signals all the time, and this 
is particularly annoying with the Win95 dialer. Often he gets busy signals for 
10-20 minutes straight! My other friends who used NEGIA (2 have dropped now)
also complained of this exact problem.

* The newsserver crashes on an almost daily basis. At least 10% of the 
time it is impossible to receive new messages or post messages. I read a lot 
of groups, and this is a pretty big problem

* they are obsessed with startup charges. This really needs to end if they 
want to be competitive against bigger ISPs. Most competitive ISPs do not 
charge start up fees. In fact, the first month is generall FREE or at a 
reduced cost.

* Their connection to the internet is very thin. They have VERY LITTLE 
bandwidth, and absolutely not enough for their customers. What does this mean?
This means DRASTICALLY slower file transfers, slower use of the WWW, etc.
I have 4 friends who use NEGIA, from various parts of Athens. I get file
transfers approximately 20-25% faster. This includes my roommate (this, we are 
dialing from the same physical location, we have multiple lines, but its still
branching out from the same apt, etc).

* These are **SERIOUS** prodblems. None of which were addressed in your post 
of blind support.

There are hordes of other problems as well. I own an internet consulting 
company, and I have researched this topic in incredible detail. In general,
I would LOVE to support a local ISP. However, if they aren't going to provide
services to compete with the national ISPs, then why waste the money?

-Michael Hartman

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Michael A. Hartman
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 1994
Georgetown Varsity Lightweight Rowing, 1990-1994
University of Georgia School of Law, 1998
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