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From what I've read so far everyone seems to dislike all of the large 
local services. I have accounts with some of the largest internet 
providers in town (No I'm not an internet junky they are promo-test 
accounts)
 
Internet Direct:
	Large Customer base. I don't seem to have trouble getting on but many 
do. People forget that they have 2 phone lines. I believe they have 
around 1500 modems. No problems loggin on there. Only problem is that 
they have so many users that their T3 connection gets bogged down every 
now and then. Don't seem to have a problem. In the last 6 months only 10 
mins of downtime.
 
Mindlink:
	Their 10MegaBit system seems to be able to handle more traffic but 
most likely just have a smaller customer base. In terms of connecting. 
Maybe 5 minute wait on the worst occasion but I usually get on right 
away.
 
Sympatico
	Not bad. Of course the customer service kind of lacks. Too many 
menus on their tech support line. In terms of Modems.. Noone can tell 
us. Everyone says that "BCTEL CAN HAVE UNLIMITED LINES" well I guess 
their right.. but it doesn't help if they don't have modems hooked up to 
them. Don't know what their connection is either.

DeepCove
	GONE.
 
I'm using WIndows 95 to dial up to these services. It is much easier to 
use Windows 95's Dial-up-networking than to use old TRUMPET WINSOCK. 
Also using both Internet Explorer 3.0 Netscape 3 and Eudora Pro 3. For 
those of you still using the old browsers I suggest you move to version 
3.0 They are MUCH faster than the older versions. And they are FREE. 
Don't get sucked into buying versions. Unless you really want the 
manual. Quite simply, WEB BROWSERS ARE SIMPLE. They are not like Word 
processors that require all of these special formatting and layout 
procedures. It's just point and click. There are other options but are 
usually quite easy to understand. And if you don't know how to do 
something just ask some one. Feel free to e-mail me.
 
Any how.. there's my 2 cents worth.
 
Jeff Cabralda
cabralda@direct.ca
http://www.direct.ca/xenz

SDG, Esquire 
(selwyng@istar.ca) 
wrote: : Is  anyone out there experiencing problems with Istar? I recently
: switched because my original ISP was bought out by Istar. My e-mail
: was supposed to be forwarded to my new e-mail address in November. I
: phoned them up and spoke to one of their tech support dudes (duds?)
: and he said it would take a day or so. Well, three weeks later, I am
: still waiting for my email to be forwarded. I managed to get through
: to my old ISP and with some difficulty retrieved in excess of 20
: messages. 


: Also, e-mail to, and from,  my new address haven't been working. I
: sent several e-mails overseas, and my friends haven't been getting it.
: Also, any email to me hasn't been getting through!


: THIS IS POOR!!!

: Anyone else have the same problems, or any other problems with Istar?
: Please e-mail me at:

: selwyng@istar.ca


: Hopefully your e-mail messages will get through!