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Re: netcom the worst

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From: Gary Petiford
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 00:00
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chi-tu@ix.netcom.com(Honus Wagner ) wrote:

>Netcom advertises that it is a nationwide server,it has large corporate
>accounts and has tech support........well this is my experience with
>Netcom in the past three months:

>In the past three months I have had:
>48 GPF's
>51 Unexpected Loss of Controls
>18 Nites of being unable to send e-mail
>2 occassions when my messages were erased
>38 occassions when IRC was cancelled
>18 tries, the maximum, to get connected
>11 letters to Tech support unanswered
>2 days of not being told that my POP phone number had changed hence I
>couldn;t sign on.
>2 days of no service....and assorted other headaches I can;'t
>remember...oh yes....it took me almost 2 hours to downlaod Netscape
>with a 14.4 modem..not the fastest but not that shabby either.

>And they have the audacitiy to still charge for what they call service.
>By the way.....I quit tonite....go ahead somebody out there...call me a
>whiner and I call you an idiot.

>Frank


Um...the only problem I've experienced over the last 3 or 4 weeks is
occasionally having to re-dial to connect.

Maybe it might be wise for you to find a different provider.
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From: gary.nt@ix.netcom.com (Gary Petiford)
Subject: Re: netcom the worst
Date: 1995/12/30
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