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Article #334Re: ISP Comparisons
From: Frank Misztal
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 00:00
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Bernie T wrote:
>
> One loud and resounding Amen to what you have said Frank !
>
> Sympatico is the best deal around for what you get. Istar is disaster
> city. Been there ----not for long thank god !! Been other places
> too---CompuS and AOL and Prodigy----Yuk!!!!
>
> Sympatico is Canadian, It's bilingual, they get screwed-up at times and
> they can be a temporary pain the way they handle things but with a
> little courteous nudging they usually recover. There are some good folks
> there !
>
> They didn't handle that 100 hours promotion very well. The lack of
> communication between bell and Sympatico must have cost them a lot of
> bad publicity.
>
> Overall Sympatico I think is the best being offered so far for the
> price.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks, Bernie.
There isn't one ISP that is perfect. I personally haven't had any problems
with the promo, so I can't really comment on that. I'm sure that there are
extenuating circumstances for any screw-ups for both the ISP and the user.
It's unfortunate that some probs get fixed right away and others take a little
longer. Like you said; "a little curteous nudging" helps a lot.
Personally, I think Sympatico is doing a great job. They have an excellent
support newsgroup - the best I've seen yet and, although you have to press a
bunch of numbers to talk to a tech, their phone help is also great.
I used to work an Internet helpdesk, so I know what I'm talking about.
Cheers,
Frank...
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