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Article #102Re: Ziplink virtual isp service
From: William Devine, II
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:00
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Who is the company you're using now? You may reply directly to 'william@smartguys.net' or on the group here. I too had problems with Ziplink, mostly billing problems too. thanx! William John Doe <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:%E7b5.618$YS2.66556@news-east.usenetserver.com... > The following is not intended to slander Ziplink Internet. > This is just how I MYSELF was treated. > I decided to start my own ISP service and chose > Ziplink Internet to host my lines. After talking with the > sales person he told me that there would be a $500 > setup fee split into 5 payments and that the service > would cost $8.00 per user plus $1.50 per user for > radius, 5 email accounts, web space, and news access. > I could cancel after 90 days in which after there would be a $250 minimum. > This would be after the 90 days as sort > of a ramp up to find customers. To make a long story > short, I had problems with the setup for 3 weeks, was charged the $500 in > one bill, got only 1 email account per user with no web space and was > charged the $250 > minimum from the start. The wording on my contract > locked me into it but I got out before the 90 days still stuck with a $700+ > bill for 3 months. Even shorter, I now use a provider that charges no > setup and no minimum for just $1.00 more per user. I will not go back to > them. > As for you, make your own decisions. > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f8de,72d2ec6736d812d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f8de,public X-Google-Thread: 10326c,72d2ec6736d812d X-Google-Attributes: gid10326c,public X-Google-Thread: 10dd27,72d2ec6736d812d X-Google-Attributes: gid10dd27,public X-Google-Thread: fc7b2,72d2ec6736d812d X-Google-Attributes: gidfc7b2,public X-Google-Thread: 10bd82,72d2ec6736d812d X-Google-Attributes: gid10bd82,public From: "William Devine, II" <william@nospam-smartguys.net> Subject: Re: Ziplink virtual isp service Date: 2000/07/13 Message-ID: <6Lfb5.22224$09.267167@typhoon.austin.rr.com> X-Deja-AN: 645826533 References: <%E7b5.618$YS2.66556@news-east.usenetserver.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.austin.rr.com 963479618 24.160.105.253 (Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:13:38 CDT) Organization: Road Runner - Texas X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:13:38 CDT Newsgroups: alt.internet.providers,alt.internet.services,alt.internet.services.wanted,houston.internet.providers,tx-bcs.internet.providers