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In article <314DB515.204F@geology.ubc.ca>,
Arkady Gilman  <agilman@geology.ubc.ca> wrote:
>I'm looking for an Internet service provider for a usual dial-up
>connection from home (in Vancouver area). 
>
>I need "full Internet connection" (personal Web page not necessary) 
>with at least 40-50 hours/month online,
>opportunity to use any browser (not to be stalled with one supplied
>by the ISP) and to use telnet.

	Luckily for you, this is a permanent discussion topic on 
van.general.  Any old-timers care to speculate on when it first started?  
I personally can't recall not seeing an ISP thread/flamewar _every_ time 
I read this newsgroup.

	I don't actually have that much to say.  I might note that in my 
experience, Infomatch sometimes does not connect well to BC*Net, but 
OTOH, it has really good connectivity times by modem, a product partly of 
the policy which encourages non-peak use, but mostly the installation of 
a 5-minute e-mail intended line, which separates out those who just want 
to POP their mail, and those who need interactivity.

	This is a supremely good idea.

	The March edition of the Vancouver paper had a chart on ISPs; it
might be on their Web page.  Certain places in Vancouver (small computer
stores, out of the way corners, etc) might still have the paper copy. 
It's doubtful you'll find one too easily by now, though. 

	FWIW (for what it's worth), I'm leery of going with a fly-by-night
new new new startup, given the cutthroat and volatile market, but YMMV
(your milage may vary)

-- 
						Andrew 
* I'm looking for a job.  I'm familiar with Linux/HP-UX/HTML/SunOS/Photoshop/
Pagemaker/QuarkXPress netnews/clustering computers/C/Pascal/PPP/Windows 
and I learn quick quick. =)