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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 15:11:57 -0700, FlyDoc wrote
(in message <NWzk1.488$kV3.377249@news.giganews.com>):
> 
> I need, 3 emails, 50 megs or so unlimited 
> 
> Like Texas.net offers.  Anything in Houston area close? 
> 

Whatever you do, don't find one that engages in the same kinds of deceptive 
business practices, as Texas.Net does.

The Aldebaran Group, Ltd. has come across customers who find that Texas.Net 
cuts off your web site just about three days into the monthly cycle and demands 
more money or they will "lock out" your web site for excessive usage.

To give you an example of what they consider excessive usage -- our web site 
(which just started a few weeks ago) uses less than 2MB of space and yet has 
already exceeded the limits per day of where Texas.Net would cut off the 
account. But, Texas.Net *advertises* the 50 megs of space, but neglects to tell 
you that a mere 2 MB of a new site will cut you off and demand more money. 
That's a scam if I've ever seen one. So, you're 50 MB of space will do you no 
good.

And then there's the "unlimited" service that they advertise -- but threaten to 
can your account if you actually use the "unlimited". They'll call you all 
sorts of names, like line camper or that they cannot provide "dedicated" 
service for that price -- neglecting to tell you that they are not in line with 
the rest of the industry with they offer "unlimited". Unlimited means using it 
as many times as you want, as much as you want as long as you sign off when 
you're done. They try to say that means "dedicated" -- which shows what a bunch 
of liars they are, too.

And they also try to "expose" personal details belonging to someone by giving 
out on UseNet -- home addresses, personal phone numbers and place of employment 
-- to the public. That was from the President of Texas.Net who did that. And 
then the President of Texas.Net didn't like a former customer and tried to get 
another ISP to "can" the former customer. What an outfit they are!!

So, you want to avoid all these kinds of sordid and scamming business practices 
in another ISP, wherever you go. These are the kinds of things that consumers 
need to be warned about.


xxx                                                              xxx
xxx                          A message                           xxx
xxx                from the original, one & only                 xxx
xxx                    --> Star Traveler <--                     xxx
xxx                      aldeberan@alt.net                       xxx
xxx             -->>> http://www.aldeberan.org <<<--             xxx
xxx       UDP-ed for warning about a scam at Texas.Net ISP       xxx
xxx          Protest FOR free speech at austin.internet          xxx
xxx                                                              xxx

Does your news server allow forged cancels? That promotes censorship
on content. A UseNet Death Penalty was issued because of my warning
about a crooked ISP -- ** Texas.Net ** -- cheating the customers.
Complain in a post to austin.internet about the UDP and censorship!!