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I have been on at wwa, since 6:30am this morning, 4-3-96, with my
e-mail program checking for new mail every 10 minutes. Zero problems
connecting to the mail server. 

pschuman@interserv.com (Phil N. Schuman) wrote:

>it's friday - 5/3 - 6:45 -
>can't get our email from WWA - 
>seems like the temp area (where mail gets copied) is full - or no space - 
>
>it seems that as time marches one - there are several things that you 'contract' for with an ISP - 
>	local access - dialup, ISDN, leased line
>	local servers - like email, web hosting, news, dns, ftp, gopher -
>	backbone access - to the rest of the net
>I expect that all local services that I 'contract' for will be up and running - 
>I don't hold the ISP responsible for backbone response time (beyond their control)
>However - I do hold them responsible for THEIR local systems being up and responsive - 
>Great article in InfoWorld from Bob Metcalfe about contracts with ISP's - 
>	None say anything about really having any services up and running - 
>	Mostly about the things you can't do and their ability to cancel your account - 
>	No commitment at all to providing up time and availability of services....
>
>as things like local access become a commodity - (MFS +UUNET)
>then the other areas become much more strategic - 
>
>I opened other accounts around town since WWA was failing in the 'local access' part - 
>now/today - the mail problem is back - 
>	not a good sign - 
>Phil -
>
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