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Re: You're Joking, Right? Nope.

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From: Joseph Robert Williams III
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:00
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In article <6bm6i2$gs5$1@excalibur.flash.net>, James Rasmussen <jcrcomp@SPAMHATER.flash.net> wrote:
>>
>>Have you seen anybody ASK what the offers are? I haven't. I'm sure that,
>>given the opportunity, you would receive a full run-down of their services
>>without mention of other ISPs. Consider the response in relation to the
>>topic.
>>
>
>I have....and anytime a person from Internet America, Cyberramp, etc answer
>with their offers, you can bet someone from Texas Net will be slamming those
>ISPs, yet not mention a word about what they do offer.  (But why would it
>hurt if Texas Net was to publicly state their offerings without mentioning
>any other ISPs?).
>

They haven't done that in a while after the IA and Cyberramp guys
made them look like idiots a few months back.  Looks like they've been
spending most of the time in Austin where its safer.

-Joe
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From: jbw@seas.smu.edu (Joseph Robert Williams III)
Subject: Re: You're Joking, Right?  Nope.
Date: 1998/02/10
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