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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (24488)	6/29/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Paul Houle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

NetZero must have improved their capacity... I tried NetZero right when they launched the service a year or so ago, and sporadically since. I was interested in investigating the quality of the NetZero service. Of the 30 or 40 sessions I attempted, 80% of the time I had difficulty getting a port (i.e., constant busy signals). I am in Orange County, CA, and NetZero does have an impressive list of access points here; however, IMO they are seriously overburdened. The experience was like AOL's access problems of old, only worse -- BTW, I have not received a busy signal accessing AOL in at least six months, which I find truly amazing. Once connected, I found NetZero did deliver what they promised. The ad banner was not overly annoying. In fact, if you configured a virtual desktop you could move it entirely offscreen. Perhaps they have solved that little oversight by now.