The Good Bad & Ugly of Internet Service Providers! (ISP's)

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The Good Bad & Ugly of Internet Service Providers! (ISP's)

An SI Board Since January 1999

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Emcee: Hubert Few	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

I would welcome discussions of your current ISP. I am once again casting my virtual communication fate into the wide open sea of "competitively priced" ISP's. I recently dropped Bellsouth.net due to their apparent and ongoing indifference to me and my needs as a consumer. I am using Web America for now, and my experience with them has been a real bummer 3 weeks into the "relationship".

Highlights from Web America, which promises "totally digital" 56K connections.

1) Local access number stopped working altogether

2) Given 3 toll-free #'s to call, 2 of which are perpetually busy, offer 19K to 21K connects, drops after 5 minutes on average. The 3rd number has yet to produce a connection....just rings and rings.

3) Requested additional e-mail account....they *replaced* mine and assigned the new one incorrectly.(got the spelling wrong despite clearly enunciating 3 TIMES and told it was "taken care of, no problem")

I used Mindspring for 2 years, and watched as their level of "premium" service dropped squarely into the category of mediocre....I won't be going back to them ever!

So, who are you happy with, or totally dissatisfied with, and for what reasons?

Thanks!

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Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
12	Hubert ... check out this one SRUN: Staruni Corp techstocks.com Barginstocker	Lazarus	-	2/8/1999
11	Thanks for your response....and the response of everyone here in sharing their	Hubert Few	-	2/6/1999
10	Please, do not get me started with WebAmerica!!!!! They are the source of som	Gato	-	2/6/1999
9	It is speedy, admittedly; it also is speedy in dropping users on their heads.	Edwarda	-	1/29/1999
8	IBM internet has one of the speedier services I;ve used--although I'm not s	jbumgar98	-	1/28/1999
7	Hubert, have you looked at this site? cnet.com	Edwarda	-	1/24/1999
6	Does anyone know how I can get a complete list of ISP's that are traded pub	Sly_	-	1/23/1999
5	Hi, Hubert! How are you? I've had mixed results with IBM, which is headin	Edwarda	-	1/16/1999
4	Hubert, I wondered where you went off to. I use AT&T Worldnet. I have bee	Sidney Reilly	-	1/16/1999
3	I live in Vancouver BC and am fortunately on "intouch.bc.ca". A small	Stephen O	-	1/16/1999
2	Thanks for your prompt reply!!! Will add them to the list of prospects. Regard	Hubert Few	-	1/16/1999
1	I had Earthlink and they were great. Now I have @home and they are great too-	epicure	-	1/16/1999

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