My cost is about the same. 56K + second phone line = cable.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] providers
> Definately much faster than a modem, but much more expensive over a year's
time.
> I know I can't afford it, but if you can its great. Prodigy has DSL also.
>
> Larry
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
>
> > 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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