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Re: I am looking for a new ISP

#75
From: indigo67
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 00:00
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Yes, go with APK. I've been with them for literally YEARS, and they
are great. Good service, good customer service. Tons of newsgroups.
Yeah, they do time-outs, but this is actually reasonable so others
like me don't have to get busy signals. New lines added all the time.
Etc., etc., etc. Try 'em you'll like it. You get to have personal web
pages.

Anyway.

Chet <murray@en.com> wrote:

>I have finally had it with en.com's poor service and insulting customer 
>service.  Can anyone suggest a local ISP?

>This is what I am looking for.

>1) Not conintually busy. (This is the only thing en.com doesn't do.)
>2) Does not consistently drop carrier after 10 minutes.
>3) Does not lose the newsfeed on a weekly basis as well as all the 
>newsgroups
>   being reset to zero.
>4) They would not rather send you mail about their TV appearences than 
>send     you mail that the news-server will be going down for 12 hours.
>5) As well as, I don't want want-ads and other junk mail generated by my
>   provider consistently being sent to me.
>6) Have to call 5-6 times to a ringing modem before one will connect 
>(this is
>   as bad as busy lines)
>7) Does not take 3-5 minutes to post a message to the newsgroups.
>8) Has an expiration date of longer than 3 days on news aticales (i think 
>      they fixed this...)
>9) And ISP that actually answers the users quesitons when the post to
>   a problem board (ie: en.problems)
>10) And lastly, I am looking for an ISP that does not have the management 
>       style of a lemonade stand.

>I would deeply appreciate it if anyone can suggest a provider, I want to 
>change this week.


>Chet Faliszek

>ps. Please, en.com cheerleaders, keep the lies in your pants.
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Subject: Re: I am looking for a new ISP
Date: 1996/04/05
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