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To: Pawhuska49 who wrote (5761)	9/1/2000 12:37:36 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 22706

mpw@NebulonCluster.ent << With everything GUI and mouse clicks >> Yeh, Click, Click, Click ... most annoying sound I've heard since Buffy, and GUI stuff brought all the great unwsashed curmudgeons over from AOL to the Internet. They rushed in from everywhere, flame throwers blazing. Meantime ... * OT * Tip of the day. For those that can't briskly connect or sustain a connection? Re: Connectivity diagnostic tool (requires registration with Lucent but free & very good) for dial-up or network troubleshooting, for curmudgeons with propellers on their beanies (actually it's for dummies as well as IT pros). VitalAgent IT: ins.com For those stuck with a V.90 modem (no cable or xDSL option) who want to get close to sustained 56 kbps connections (not easily achievable on V.90 over copper), and are wrestling with your DPE, applications, the telco, your ISP, or all of the preceeding, this is a great tool to provide meaningful data to isolate problems. VitalAgent IT replaces a very good but no longer supported product from VitalSigns (taken over by Lucent) called NetMedic. I know, I know, you probably use the FAST always on stuff, but some of us curmudgeons live in the boondocks. Actually this tool probably is pretty good if your cable connection has not yet settled down, or for ISDN connections, or xDSL. The price is right. Go LU. * EOT* This is the best thing LU has done for me since they started readying Verizon's wireless side for 1XRTT. Anything about anything being OT here, of course, which reminds me again of "Waiting for Godot". - ce -