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David W. Truland (truland@albany.net) wrote:

: I've been on AlbanyNet for over a year now.  Although I've had
: considerable connection problems I'm convinced it's at my end.

I've given you the new number for the Ascends, didn't I?  They're 33.6 and
full digital.  They're as clean as you get.

If I missed you in the test group, please e-mail me.

: I'm a pretty heavy Usenet poster and the feed is extremely
: fast.  I'll frequently see articles less than an hour after they're
: posted, a big change from another site I've used where a few
: days was the best you could expect.

We have four peers.   A mostly sprint site (cris.com), MCI directly, a
MCI/UUNet site (sover.net) and a slow direct Sprint feed (going through
cris.com is faster)

: The only down side, Usenet wise, is the rather rapid expiration
: of articles.  I've seen articles two days old which were no longer
: availiable, and I'm not refering to binary groups.  

Yeah, my next improvement for news is space.  10G is not enough for my
tastes.

: I think their best asset is the support staff which is light
: years better than others I've dealt with.

We try.  That's what we believe is the whole ballgame.  Things break in
any provider..  some more than others.  But having someone there that
explains it, and who you can call.. that makes all the difference imho.

- Matt

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