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Re: Getting an ISP in Prescott

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From: John Weible
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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From: "John Weible" <john.weible@mindspring.net>
Subject: Re: Getting an ISP in Prescott
Date: 1999/05/29
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