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| 25 new of 205 responses total. |
mooncat
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response 100 of 205:
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Jul 7 16:57 UTC 2000 |
I'm telneted in and using backtalk right now.
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tpryan
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response 101 of 205:
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Jul 11 01:55 UTC 2000 |
The modem bank hates me. It keeps hanging up on me. This
includes -3000 and -5041 but not -4931 (way down the list).
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charcat
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response 102 of 205:
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Jul 11 06:07 UTC 2000 |
the 3000 number never works for me out here in the boondocks, but the 3554
number has worked most of the time for me
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katie
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response 103 of 205:
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Jul 11 20:45 UTC 2000 |
Why is Grex so s-l-o-w ??
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gypsi
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response 104 of 205:
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Jul 11 20:59 UTC 2000 |
I was just wondering that myself.
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cyklone
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response 105 of 205:
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Jul 11 22:12 UTC 2000 |
Gee, and I thought Grex would get faster once M-net got up and running again.
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gelinas
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response 106 of 205:
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Jul 12 00:57 UTC 2000 |
A traceroute indicated packets were getting dropped in the Pumpkin. I don't
know why, of course, so I gave up.
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scott
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response 107 of 205:
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Jul 12 01:45 UTC 2000 |
Well, hopefully we'll finally get our new DSL line on Friday. It's been
horribly delayed since the original install date, and we've been running on
a horrible kludge that Jared was nice enough to do for us.
(Our old donated connection went away)
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keesan
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response 108 of 205:
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Jul 17 13:20 UTC 2000 |
If grex is only using four phone lines 99% of the time, could a few of the
extras be dropped and the money saved be used to buy faster modems? I would
not mind an occasional wait in exchange for being able to download large files
twice as fast. That might also solve the 'flaky modem' problem - I also get
a lot of 'No Carrier' messages.
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bmoran
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response 109 of 205:
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Jul 18 02:54 UTC 2000 |
Dial in IS my only access. I WOULD mind an occasional wait, as I usually
have other things to do. I don't get any 'No Carrier' messages.
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keesan
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response 110 of 205:
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Jul 19 00:53 UTC 2000 |
The problem is that some of the modems do not appear to be working, and since
nobody seems to know which they are, new modems would also cure that problem.
I just had to dial four different numbers before I could connect.
761-3000 many rings, no carrier
761-3554 - ditto
761-4941 - many rings, made some odd noises, no carrier
761-5041 (last in the queue?) - rang 8 times before answering and connecting.
This is at least as bad as an occasional wait and wastes more time.
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scott
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response 111 of 205:
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Jul 19 01:36 UTC 2000 |
I dial 761-3000 quite often, no problems.
But I'll try to check out the other modems. It's a bit harder than the
old-old setup to keep tabs on individual modems.
(Oh, and there's no guarantee new modems would cure the problem. Setting up
modems on the ISP end is not easy nor fun.)
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goose
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response 112 of 205:
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Jul 19 02:09 UTC 2000 |
I've never had a problem with -3000
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omni
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response 113 of 205:
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Jul 19 03:11 UTC 2000 |
Bill, you can get the web for free if you can do these things:
have a 486
can run IE 3
can run Windows 3.1
have a 14.4 modem.
I was using exactly that configuration until this computer came
into my life. I can help you. Freewwweb has NO ads, and sends you NO
annoying e-mail, that is if you don't set mail up in the first place.
Give me a call, or e-mail me. I'd like to help you.
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trex
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response 114 of 205:
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Jul 19 03:19 UTC 2000 |
There is too much text in each response. this is a system problem.
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mdw
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response 115 of 205:
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Jul 19 04:40 UTC 2000 |
Here's how to fix your problem, trex:
def pager 'sed "/[a-z]/d"
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keesan
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response 116 of 205:
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Jul 19 15:28 UTC 2000 |
Re 113, Freewweb works from from about 2 am to 7 am and maybe 9 to 3, the rest
of the time they are busy. Fine for a night person. Worldshare is almost
never busy and is also free. They just gave up on doing market surveys and
are working out other methods of supporting the free service (an occasional
email urging you to read their home page is the worst of it). Freewwweb
requires you to start with their home page. You don't need a 486 for either.
Both work with any browser with PPP connection.
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gull
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response 117 of 205:
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Jul 19 18:08 UTC 2000 |
Here in Minneapolis I had no problem dialing into FreeWWWeb any time of day;
I never got a busy signal. It recently stopped accepting my password,
though. This may have something to do with the fact that I've never
actually checked the email addresss they gave me.
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mcnally
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response 118 of 205:
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Jul 19 21:40 UTC 2000 |
re #115: THEN U WILL 0NLY SEE T3XT FRM 3733T HAC|<0RZ.
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tod
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response 119 of 205:
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Jul 19 22:06 UTC 2000 |
|<007 |)00|)
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omni
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response 120 of 205:
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Jul 20 02:11 UTC 2000 |
In the time I've been using freewwweb, I have never had to deal with
e-mail (never set it up), I have never encountered a busy signal, and
as for slowness I have never experienced it at any time of day.
I've been using it for about 4 months now. If you're having trouble
with failed logins, set up a dialer with the alternate numbers. I find
that this is the way to beat the failed logins thing.
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keesan
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response 121 of 205:
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Jul 20 13:14 UTC 2000 |
Last night, when Worldshare was not letting me log in, I tried Freewwweb and
it worked, and there was a message that they had somehow combined with Juno
and to download some software so that the email would keep working. The
download site was of course busy. Worldshare is presumably busy because they
are promising lots of bonuses over the next couple weeks while they figure
out how to make money some way other than surveys, which did not pay. The
promised to let us know real soon what the new setup would be.
Should I start another item on free ISPs?
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gull
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response 122 of 205:
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Jul 20 13:47 UTC 2000 |
FreeWWWeb only has one dialin in the Minneapolis area, but thanks for the
suggestion. It looks like the problem is that FreeWWWeb is now Juno, which
appears to require special software; the only reason I had for using
FreeWWWeb instead of Bluelight was that FreeWWWeb didn't have an ad banner
that was always crashing and making Explorer hang. The lack of special
software also meant I could use FreeWWWeb under Linux. Guess I'll just have
to use Windows and Bluelight until I head back to college and have real
internet access again.
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drew
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response 123 of 205:
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Jul 21 01:39 UTC 2000 |
My copy of Bluelight hasn't produced an ad banner yet.
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keesan
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response 124 of 205:
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Jul 21 13:47 UTC 2000 |
Try Worldshare, so far no ad banner. Freewwweb may now have more than one
dialin line. I could never get through to it before, and now I can, in AA.
The special software for Freewwweb was only to do email. I am browsing with
a DOS-based browser (which works even when you don't use the Freewwweb home
page - with Win95 browsers you must use that homepage). Worldshare requires
a $15/year donation to charity through them, so maybe you want to wait a week
or two until you find out more.
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