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Re: Getting dropped again

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From: James A. Donald
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:00
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joer@best.com (Joe L. Reda) wrote:

>Well, it's happening to me again.  Tonight I've had the
>connection dropped four times in one session, twice in 
>the next, and then PPP no longer works.  I thought the
>modem dropping problem had been fixed?

My modem never drops or slows, but internet service randomly
disappear.  Sometimes no nameserver, sometimes no newserver, sometime
no mailserver, sometimes telnet freezes up.

A few minutes ago the mail server went down, but the news server kept
working.

> Is Best turning into another (shudder) Netcom?


>Can anyone tell me why service has been terrible for around
>three or four months now?

Nope, because nobody at best ever answers the phone.


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From: jamesd@echeque.com (James A. Donald)
Subject: Re: Getting dropped again
Date: 1995/09/06
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