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popcorn
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Rate your ISP
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Jul 2 17:35 UTC 1996 |
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scg
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response 1 of 99:
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Jul 2 23:30 UTC 1996 |
I've been using Isthmus for almost a year now. At $25 per month for a PPP
account with unlimited time, the prices are pretty good. Its computers seem
pretty stable. I think they had a disk crash and were down for a few days
once, but other than that I haven't had any problems with them in that way.
They do from time to time have modems that are doing weird things, but that
can usually be gotten around by busying it out and trying again, or by calling
them in which case they tend to have things fixed within a few minutes. They
do have occasional busy signal problems, but seem to have that mostly under
control. I don't think I've ever had to use their technical support.
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danr
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response 2 of 99:
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Jul 3 01:29 UTC 1996 |
I'll second Isthmus. The prices are not the lowest, but the system
is up most of the time, they are upgrading constantly (they're going to
an UltraSPARC and adding 30 phone lines real soon now), and the support
has been pretty good.
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alianora
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response 3 of 99:
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Jul 3 02:00 UTC 1996 |
Um, ok... so how do we get in touch with them? ;)
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meg
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response 4 of 99:
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Jul 3 11:59 UTC 1996 |
I'm happy enough with netdtw, for a permanent dedicated PPP connection.
The guy's a friend, so he helps when something is wrong, and I can page
him at 11:30 on Sunday night if the connection goes down. No busy
signals cause I got my own dedicated phone number.
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danr
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response 5 of 99:
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Jul 3 16:13 UTC 1996 |
Izzy's phone number is 313-973-2100; URL http://ww.izzy.net
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doll
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response 6 of 99:
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Jul 3 16:24 UTC 1996 |
i use earthlink...19.95 a month unlimited ppp connection...
never gotten a bust signal...good tech support 24 hours...always been up...
if ya want the # mail me..:)
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srw
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response 7 of 99:
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Jul 5 08:20 UTC 1996 |
I also use Isthmus. Like others have said they are not especially cheap.
However they specialize more in business solutions, although clearly they are
selling a lot to individuals.
They will be putting up a new faster server some time in the next month.
That will definitely be good.
By contrast, I have also seen the setup at provide.net, which is aiming for
the low price point at $15/month unlimited. They offer all the same services
as Isthmus, so why not prefer them? It depends on various things.
I have found service to be slower at provide.net than Isthmus.
Also you get kicked off if you're idle there after only 10 minutes.
Isthmus recognizes that for serious users, disconnecting on idle is a
disadvantage. At least they don't seem to have invoked any short-time cutoffs.
I'm continuing to pay the extra and stay at Isthmus.
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doll
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response 8 of 99:
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Jul 5 12:28 UTC 1996 |
earthlink is really the best...it is fast, cheap, always able to get through,
and you get a free web site
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meg
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response 9 of 99:
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Jul 5 13:06 UTC 1996 |
There's an article in last week's Time Magazine about how the guy who
started Earthlink is undergoing some kind of a net smear campaign because
he's into Scientology, and they're saying that the Earthlink service is
some kind of Scientology front. (There apparently is no truth to these
rumors)
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scg
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response 10 of 99:
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Jul 5 17:18 UTC 1996 |
Isthmus claims to have a 45 minute idle killer, but I haven't found any
evidence of that.
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ajax
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response 11 of 99:
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Jul 5 17:19 UTC 1996 |
The only thing I can think of to recommend IC-Net is that they provide
Grex's Internet connection. I find their prices high, service unreliable,
and tech support not particularly helpful. In some recent user opinion
poll, AT&T was rated tops in user satisfaction. I think they and MCI
offer $20/mo unlimited service, or $15 if you're a long distance customer
(or maybe it was $25 and $20?). If you're using an ISP for business work,
I'd lean toward one that provides 24-hour support...it's a real bummer
when IC-Net's web server goes down at night or on the weekend, and there's
no number to call to ask them to fix it.
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meg
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response 12 of 99:
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Jul 5 18:45 UTC 1996 |
Hmm, well, when I installed the AT&T stuff, it broke a lot of other stuff,
which left me distinctly unimpressed. Also, last time I checked, they
did not have a local nmber for A2 yet - you have to dial a Detroit number.
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robh
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response 13 of 99:
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Jul 5 21:17 UTC 1996 |
This item has been linked from Agora 33 to Intro 74.
Type "join agora" at the Ok: prompt for discussion on
general topics.
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scg
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response 14 of 99:
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Jul 6 05:23 UTC 1996 |
Isthmus has a pager number to call for after-hours support. I've never tried
calling it, so I don't know how good they are about responding to pages.
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freida
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response 15 of 99:
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Jul 7 02:05 UTC 1996 |
I have been using citynet for about 6 months now. It costs 26.50 including
tax for unlimited access. I don't usually get a busy signal and they keep
upgrading their system and offering more services.
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doll
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response 16 of 99:
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Jul 7 13:45 UTC 1996 |
get earthlink!! im tellin ya...everyone i know is switching.....e-mail me for
details
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kaplan
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response 17 of 99:
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Jul 9 16:58 UTC 1996 |
I'm on World Wide Net. The prices are pretty good, and I've never gotten a
busy singal on the Ann Arbor number. The system has gone down at least once,
and several times it has hung up on my for no reason. I have not yet bothered
to call tech support to find out why it's hanging up on me.
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void
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response 18 of 99:
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Jul 9 18:39 UTC 1996 |
does anyone know of an isp in the mt. pleasant area? i have a friend up
there who's looking for one. also, i have a friend in berea, kentucky who's
loooking for one.
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pfv
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response 19 of 99:
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Jul 9 22:35 UTC 1996 |
Well I can say I ain't happy with Coast.net - I get killed at random..
One minute yer talking or DL'ing and the next minue Trumpet is talking to
itself at high speed.. Bad, bad..
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gull
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response 20 of 99:
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Jul 10 19:37 UTC 1996 |
Well, Michnet's got a dialup in Mt. Pleasant, but they aren't especially
cheap. I think you can dial 1-800-642-4512 and type 'help' at the
'host:' prompt for info. They offer terminal or PPP access, though no
shell accounts.
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void
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response 21 of 99:
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Jul 10 22:56 UTC 1996 |
thanks, gull.
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kaplan
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response 22 of 99:
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Jul 11 07:06 UTC 1996 |
I think I'm remembering right that mich.com re-sells time on the michnet
dialups. You might check with them rathern than michnet/Merit directly.
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samiam
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response 23 of 99:
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Jul 12 15:27 UTC 1996 |
I've been using provide.net for a couple of months now; cheap, but I'm
really not impressed. It doesn't like the Macintosh for some reason,
and refuses to ackowledge that provide.net is a valid address. There-
fore, I have no e-mail access. I suppose I'll have to look into another
service.
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meg
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response 24 of 99:
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Jul 12 15:55 UTC 1996 |
I just found out about them today. Sunset Computers is pushing them
heavily.
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