Moe Trin wrote:
> That was why I suggested sending something to your state PUC.
That's a thing I will consider doint.
>> We've been looking at various free newsreaders and I think we've
>> found one that will probably work for us. The remaining issue is
>> that by ridding ourselves of the evil that is comcast, we're looking
>> at welcoming back the evil that is Qwest.
>
> Someone mentioned this "solution" in another group yesterday, which
> caused me to look through my news spool. It's only 81 groups, and it
> has a limited retention, but looking at the 'Path:' header of all of
> the articles, I found just one post yesterday (2 today) that had
> come from QWorst, compared to 59 yesterday (51 today) from Comcast.
> Thus, I'm not sure they would be a solution to Usenet problems. It
> could just be that QWorst users don't have the same interests as I
> or the relative sizes of each (I'm aware of ~1 million IP addresses
> owned/used by QWest vs ~40 million owned/used by Comcast).
> If you are considering DSL (as opposed to cable), you don't have to
> use the provider that owns "the last mile" of phone lines to your
> house, just as years ago when you were using dialin, you didn't have
> to use your telephone provider as an ISP. There were numerous other
> choices then, and there are now - the difference being DSL is faster
> than dialin. Have a look at (watch the line wrap)
Thanks for the suggestions. Since Comcast provides our current phone
service, replacing them also means finding another provider. At the
moment that provider might be Qwest, but I don't believe that we're
considering using their ISP - but the details on this are above my pay
grade. I will forward this information on the chance that it would be
news to the 'decider'.
> http://www.business.com/directory/internet_and_online/internet_service_
> providers_isp/isps_by_country/united_states/
>
> that's all one line. Another URL might be
>
> http://www.magicyellow.com/category/Internet_Service_Providers
>
>> Where is Cthulu when you really need him?
>
> So many things to devour/destroy, so little time...
>
I guess expectations are lowered *everywhere*
b
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