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Re: Bye Bye Netcom !

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From: juan valdez
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 00:00
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spamenot@earthlink.net wrote in article
<349CB60B.500F074A@earthlink.net>...
> After a couple of years with netcom  suffering from  multiple  calls to
> get connected,  unexplained hang-ups, busy signals, and worst of all
> agonizingly slow server response,  I signed up with earthlink.net.
> 
> What a difference!    There are eight different numbers in my local
> area,  four of them support K56.  No busy signals so far, and an
> astounding improvement in the speed of accessing web pages and
> newsgroups.  All this with the same old 28.8 modem.
> 
> I only wish I had done it sooner.........
> 
> 
Why, so you could get spammed faster?  

Earthlink sucks but it's good for newbies.

No shell and no space on the server; 2megs doesn't count.  

And plenty of busy signals from 6-9pm.  Especially from SF.  Been there,
done that.
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From: "juan valdez" <jayto78a@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Bye Bye Netcom !
Date: 1997/12/23
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