🚀 go-pugleaf

Jeff Laughary <Mustang@sprynet.com> wrote:

>I'm currently using Sprynet and I feel pretty good about it.  For 
>$20/month I get unlimited access and now they are giving every body free 
>5mg personal homepages.  If you go to Mindspring and like it better, let 
>us all know why?

I haven't signed up yet because with an extra mailbox it will run $40
a month or $480 a year.  That amount is hard to justify, especially
since I just recently left a job where I had free access.  But $20 a
month for sprynet is also hard to justify since the only practical,
usable hours (here in Atlanta) are in the morning.  In the afternoon
and evenings, especially after work during the week, the service is
unusable.  It's simply to slow for doing anything.  Also, even when
it's working, Sprynet's newsfeed only recieves about a third of the
articles posted on Usenet and the ones which arrive are two to three
days behind.  It's easy for me to compare because I telnet over to my
university account and can plainly see the difference.  However,
Sprynet is so slow, through the telnet link that it's maddening to use
my ol' reliable college account for email or news.

I have sent several letters to Sprynet, including the latest one
several days ago canceling my account and have yet to hear anything
from them.  I'm wondering if I'll have the ol' keep billing the credit
card fight ahead.

-Dave