Get a cable modem or DSL. You'll never go back. I consistently get 3mbit
through put, or about 60 times faster than a dial-up modem.
Great stuff.
Tom
> Hi Rich,
>
> My provider happens to be Prodigy, which I've been with since 1996, and
have had just about
> perfect service from. Almost never a busy signal, and excellent
knowledgable (on many subjects,
> even outside their expected realm), and patient, customer support.
Changing will not be a pain in
> the ass, so don't worry about that. Here's the link if interested:
>
> http://www.prodigy.com/pcom/prodigy_internet/prices_vs_aol.html
>
> http://www.prodigy.com/pcom/prodigy_internet/products_pricing.html
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> Hi Larry,
>
> Great tirade! Thanks for writing it. I seem to be blocked from getting
> anything posted to the list at the moment. Don't know if it's because I
saId
> something wrong or simply brought up the subject of AOL/html (but then,
you
> just did, too...)... I'm sure this is a sore point with many... only a
> couple have spoken up about it.
>
> I'm forwarding your post on to AOL's tech support, with a "What are you
going
> to do about this?" challenge to them. If they don't fix v6.0, and pretty
> damn quickly, I'm going to switch providers, even though it would be a
pain
> in the a** to do so. I haven't been impressed with the way they've
treated
> me as a customer from the start, so I have no love or loyalty for AOL.
>
> Give givin' 'em hell!
>
> Rich
>
> P.S. Any suggestions for alternative providers? Maybe it would be a
service
> to the subscribers of the list to ask others to share good/bad experiences
> with providers. Certainly closer to the purpose of the list (sharing
info.
> about OM's and Olympus in general, isn't it?) than flatulence, etc.
>
> Larry wrote:
>
> > 25 million customers, having tried nothing else, ADAMANTLY believe that
others are dead
> > wrong when they point out how much easier & user friendly OTHER
internet providers are to
> > navigate the web. From EASIER & better designed common browsers, (as
opposed to the
> > one-of-a-kind AOL browser unlike any other), to a completely uncensored
(from ANYTHING,
> > unless you choose) web. (AOL forces censorship, and members aren't
aware.) No pop-up ads
> > that AOL forces on you,...email you can more easily keep for as long as
you like, rather
> > than automatically being deleted after 7 days, version 5 overtaking
other isp's when both
> > are on the same computer, etc...etc...etc... Its amazing how many
problems I deal with
> > every day at work from AOL related problems that are not the people's
fault. But, they
> > truly assume nothing could be easier or more reliable, and they'd
actually be able to miss
> > out on something AOL offers if they switched, not realizing you can get
all that with
> > other ISP's also - even your AOL "buddies". Also, AOL's customer service
seems to
> > generally not care about any of the problems they cause, unless it
affects only
> > themselves, or members INTERNALLY. The fact that html email bothers
others outside of
> > AOL, means they'll casually do nothing about it, and be glad they're
hurting other ISP's,
> > and ways others access the web.
> >
> > Version 5 problem of affecting other isp's, or providers on the same
computer, effectively
> > causing start-up probs with them, is a problem they're barely concerned
with, as it screws
> > OTHER people up using OTHER companies, as pointed out here:
> >
> >
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=prgy&script=410&layou
t=9&item_id=72966
> >
> > Yes, this is what happens in a world where marketing rules.
> >
> > sorry for the soapbox tirade. Just hit a continual never-ending sore
point... :(
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:51:03PM -0800, George Conklin wrote:
> > > > AOL is not very on top of their latest blunder, however 25 million
> > > > customers can't be wrong...??
> > >
> > > Well, I think in a world where marketing rules, everything is possible
:-(.
> > > But you can`t blame all the people, in our complex world you can`t
> > > demand from everyone to make himself an internet expert...
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The suggested solution of setting a listserv to allow html can
easily
> > > > double the size of an online archive or data base... (increasing
storage
> > > > charges, slowing down searching and generally cluttering the
Internet)
> > >
> > > I`m a fan of: "keep it small and simple" (isn`t this als part of the
OM fascination?).
> > > I can`t see a reason to use html for mail.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Frieder Faig
> > >
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