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BRH--
At the moment, CNet's survey at:
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/ISP/  
rates Best 285th out of 422 ISPs nationwide.  I.e. a D, but not an F.

Wanting something better than Netcom & based on this survey, I
recently picked MindSpring (IBM.net isn't a local call for me).  Only
a couple of busy signals, & an hour on hold for tech support late one
Sat night, otherwise it's been perfect.  Not bad, considering they
just added 100k users from PsiNet, Pipeline & Nando.net.  

IBM has no idea how to sell to individuals, so is in no danger of
being overwhelmed by demand any time soon.  Those are the best 2
nationally per CNet; Sprint.com is 3rd.  All of these are $19.95/mo,
so you _can_ afford the best (as opposed to Best).  

Anyone looking should also see
http://www.mindspring.com/~mcgatney/isprate.html
for some amusing irate-user comments.  From these, IDT appears to be
not only awful but fraudulent.    

Compu$erve is fast & reliable in text form--the only 100% reliable
connection I've experienced in 8yr online.  However...its Net services
are slow & unreliable, whether we're talking the e-mail gateway,
"Wow," or its ISP, SpryNet.  

BRH <brh@brh.com> wrote:

>Mark, Best is NOT worst.  I have subscribed to the worst.  A few
>of them in fact.  There may be better ISP's than Best, for all I know,
>but I've tried enough to be sure that I can't afford (financially) better.
>It's been said here before..........the people in this "community",
>subscribers and Best employees, are really worth sticking around
>for.   They WANT to help.  I honestly believe that.  And I am the
>world's biggest cynic.  We're all learning together, that's all, and
>you might just as well weather it out here as anywhere else.

>Compuserve is 100% reliable.  But you pay through the
>nose and have a staff of monitors who choose what you can 
>and can't read.  Every ISP has drawbacks.

>But I sure sympathize with your frustration!!!!!  Some days Best is
>a pure crazy-maker.  You just have to look beyond those days.