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Article #50Re: Getting an ISP in Prescott
From: John Weible
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:00
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that's bull**** though...there is absolutely no reason why any ISP should have to make automatic disconnects...if cybertrails.com at least a 1/2 decent server, they should have the necessary equipment to handle all of their customers for as long as they want -- John E. Weible Technical Support Representative MindSpring Enterprises, Inc Phoenix Site 602-426-2640 ext.64183 Does "anal retentive" have a hyphen? Karen C Lennex <kcl@U.Arizona.EDU> wrote in message news:Pine.HPX.4.10.9905252123420.16247-100000@pavo.U.Arizona.EDU... > I have cybertrails.com and it is pretty good. It automatically > disconnects you after 4 hours, but 4 hrs is a long time! You can turn > right around and reconnect again if you really wanted to be on that long. > Hope this helps! > -Cherie > > On Tue, 25 May 1999, Guido's ATV World wrote: > > > Well, I did type out a nice long description of all the ISP's in Prescott > > and then Netscape crashed on me. So, here's the very shortened version. > > There is no dialup for AOL in Prescott. The closest numbers are in > > Flagstaff and Phoenix which are both long distance calls. Very expensive. I > > am currently using Northlink but at least once or twice a night, I get > > disconnected from the Internet. The line doesn't actually disconnect, I > > just can't get e-mail or to any WWW sites. They do not offer unlimited > > access so if you go over the limit(which isn't much), it will get very very > > costly. > > > > I am planning on going to Cyber Trails(www.cybertrails.com). It's $19.95 a > > month, first month is free, no setup fee, unlimited time, and have a senior > > citizen discount. I also hear Primenet(www.primenet.com) and Cable > > One(www.cableone.net) are good. DO NOT USE FUTURE ONE(Used to be Lankaster) > > OR BSL. They don't have a clue. I do computer work up here for a living so > > I hear a lot about each of these ISP's. Hope this helps. > > > > -- > > Guido's ATV World > > http://www.atvworld.com/ > > > > > > Frank Kaelin wrote: > > > > > My mom is going back to her house in Prescott in a couple of weeks and > > > wants to stay wired to the 'net. Here in MI she has AOL, and when she > > > spoke with them they told her that they don't have a local # in her > > > exchange in Prescott that she could dial in to check her AOL account. > > > > > > 1.) Does anyone in the area know whether or not this is true? I'm going > > > to check into it, but it sounds kind of fishy to me that she'd have to > > > dial all the way out to a Tuscon # to get AOL. She doen't want to pay > > > long distance dial-in charges to surf & pick-up mail.... > > > > > > 2.) Would anyone recomment an ISP for her to check out in Prescott? One > > > where she could dial-in w/o having to pay long distance or zone charges > > > ( local only ), one that's fairly reliable would be best. I'm thinking > > > somewhere in the $9.95 to $19.95 a month range for unlimited time > > > online. She's 63, so she could be eligible for a Senior discount.... > > > > > > Thanks for your help here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > -Frank > > > > > > fjk@nospam.umich.edu ( take out "nospam." and you have my e-mail > > > address ) > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108bda,8eb8e0d44c165d6b X-Google-Attributes: gid108bda,public X-Google-Thread: 105828,8eb8e0d44c165d6b X-Google-Attributes: gid105828,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf2f,8eb8e0d44c165d6b X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf2f,public X-Google-Thread: febea,8eb8e0d44c165d6b X-Google-Attributes: gidfebea,public X-Google-Thread: 1084c1,8eb8e0d44c165d6b X-Google-Attributes: gid1084c1,public X-Google-Thread: fca2b,8eb8e0d44c165d6b X-Google-Attributes: gidfca2b,public From: "John Weible" <john.weible@mindspring.net> Subject: Re: Getting an ISP in Prescott Date: 1999/05/29 Message-ID: <7ioqtc$d8c$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net> X-Deja-AN: 483449831 References: <3743E84A.87190D5@umich.edu> <374A081D.35A540F6@goaway.com> <Pine.HPX.4.10.9905252123420.16247-100000@pavo.U.Arizona.EDU> X-Priority: 3 X-Server-Date: 29 May 1999 13:43:08 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Newsgroups: az.internet,az.general,az.politics,az.wanted,az.swusrgrp,az.config