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Grex > Coop11 > #249: Internet Connectivity Revisited |  |
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keesan
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response 171 of 176:
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Oct 11 23:51 UTC 2001 |
I much preferred my small ISP, that I could phone with questions and get
through to right away, and that fixed things right away, to the national one
that bought it out and took 40 min of waiting to reach and never answered
email, and also to the giant that bought them out and quadrupled the price
(but they do send me form letter emails). I am about to switch to another
small local ISP - when you phone their 800 number tech support answers.
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jared
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response 172 of 176:
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Oct 29 21:46 UTC 2001 |
re #169,
Mark,
I believe the current contract was a 1-year contract
that would auto-renew for another year unless someone called-in
and changed it. Something that might want to be checked on.
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aruba
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response 173 of 176:
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Oct 30 04:16 UTC 2001 |
You mean, you think we should change it to a month-to-month contract, if
possible? That would allow them to up the rates on us at a month's notice,
wouldn't it?
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krj
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response 174 of 176:
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Nov 14 19:39 UTC 2001 |
Covad, the DSL provider, is in the business news today.
I do not have the story in front of me;
however, it was reported that Covad got a large cash
infusion from SBC, and Covad now believes it can operate into
late 2003, by which time Covad expects to be profitable.
My reading of this is that we can stop worrying about a
Covad business failure knocking Grex off the net for a year or so.
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devnull
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response 175 of 176:
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Nov 15 03:43 UTC 2001 |
``expects to be profitable''? Is this an expectation by an overly optomistic
CEO? Or am I too cynical?
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mdw
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response 176 of 176:
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Nov 15 22:58 UTC 2001 |
Could be, but considering the general direction of the telecommuncations
market, chances are the company will be bought out before that happens,
rendering this a moot point.
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