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Article #2089Re: Free Internet
From: Mark Gillespie
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:00
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I used to be with Global, I'm now with a free ISP, the service is on par with GLobal's but �105 a year cheaper. I find IXUK pretty good, the usenet feed is particually good for a free ISP. If you do go with a freebie, don't forget to change your Friends and Family numbers!!!! Mal Stone <malstone@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message news:365F422E.3ECF58B@dircon.co.uk... > > > peter wrote: > > > In article <LO5PILAFRwX2Iwg8@web-sights.demon.co.uk>, "Nigel J. Carron" > > <njc-2@bigfoot.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <Fly72.1579$6%4.11965@news14.ispnews.com>, Melanie Gosselin > > > <melanie@efortress.com> writes > > > >Nothing is free!!! I subscribe to eFortress. For 18.95/mo. you get 10mb > > > >web space, two accounts, including two email accounts. I have never ever > > > >ever gotten a busy signal trying to connect. I'd rather pay 18.95/mo. > > > >instead of getting royally scr!@#$ed thinking I'm getting something for > > > >nothing. > > > > > > Well I pay Demon �11.75 a month for a service that is Far, far worse > > > than the one from Freeserve. I am just about to dump Demon, their ISDN > > > service is dire, often slow & often difficult to connect to.. Freeserve > > > is faster & nearly 100% first time connection.. > > > > Not for me it isn't. Demon is still faster and never any waiting, mind you > > I'm one of the poor one's without ISDN :-) > > Peter > > > > -- > > ********************************************************************* > > remove pw to reply by email > > ICQ:6764866 > > ********************************************************************* > > Well I was with Demon and I found that they were getting far too big! > > As a Mac user their tech support was none exhistant. > The final crunch came when I had to send a picture file to an important art > director only to find the system down due to a technical failure! > I had to copy it onto a disk and take the tube ....hardly high tech stuff! > I found Dircon who are �25 per year cheaper and give me 20mg of webspace. > ALL their tech staff are Mac trained and the only time the system was down when > I tried to connect in the last 6 months they had the decency to put a recorded > on the spot message announcing a problem and that it was being delt with - no > waiting to get through, only to find it wasn't my machine at fault! > > I see that Dircon are a recommended direct internet access on the iMac! > > Thank you Dircon. >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: fd736,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd736,public X-Google-Thread: 109185,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gid109185,public X-Google-Thread: 102b3b,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gid102b3b,public X-Google-Thread: 113ba9,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gid113ba9,public X-Google-Thread: f4444,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4444,public X-Google-Thread: f9b59,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b59,public X-Google-Thread: fcdf1,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcdf1,public X-Google-Thread: f7798,68309123b6eca311 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7798,public From: "Mark Gillespie" <homersimspson@bigfeet.com> Subject: Re: Free Internet Date: 1999/04/12 Message-ID: <371265ff@eeyore.callnetuk.com> X-Deja-AN: 465628079 References: <736kef$rd4$1@news.enterprise.net> <Fly72.1579$6%4.11965@news14.ispnews.com> <LO5PILAFRwX2Iwg8@web-sights.demon.co.uk> <peter-2711982014070001@visage-photo.demon.co.uk> <365F422E.3ECF58B@dircon.co.uk> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: da134d140.dialup.callnetuk.com X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: 923952731 02H499TBW8004D443C uk25.supernews.com Organization: RemarQ http://www.remarQ.com X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Reply-To: "Mark Gillespie" <homersimspson@bigfeet.com> Newsgroups: alt.computer.consultants,alt.internet.providers.uk,alt.uk.customer.service.issues.pc,alt.uk.customer-service.issues.pc,cscuk.news,finet.freenet.mediateekki.lukusali,netcom.uk.chat,netcom.uk.news.groups,uk.adverts.computer,uk.adverts.computer.mac