Re: ISP's

[fiaid@quasi-sane.com]

this was accessus.  damn.  i need some caffeine

> you wanna know how bad they are?  when i worked there, they bounced my 
> paycheck about 5 times.  on top of that, they have usually 1-2 people who 
> know what the hell they are doing out of the the 7-8 they have answering 
> the phones.  did i mention that there was a tech there whose solution to 
> everything was "wipe and reinstall" even if the power was off at a pop?  i 
> will say this though, fun place to work, the endless hours of playing 
> quake ctf with the rest of the admin team.  and the entertaining fun of 
> your boss coming down into the admin office with a 24 pack and calling it 
> a day at 11am.  damn, those were the days.  i would recommend apci also, 
> my parents got them and have no problems.
> 
> tighe
> 
> > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Ophidian wrote:
> > 
> > > accessus always worked great for me, this was a few years back
> > 
> > Accessus has taken a dump all over itself in the last year or two. My Mom
> > was so furious she forced a refund from them.
> > 
> > Let's put it this way.  When your customer's cant call in because of an
> > "upgrade", are you still an ISP?
> > 
> > I'd look around for POP's for various ISP's and go from there.  Someone
> > has to be port wholesaleing down there (which would explain accessus's
> > POP) and may be able to provide better customer service.
> > 
> > I'd do a search on Carbondale ISP in google and see what returns.  
> > 
> > > anything but earthlink basically, i hear the most complaints out of
> > > earthlink customers
> > 
> > Agreed.  My mom switched over to APCI and has been happy, thought I'm not
> > sure what APCI's POP's are like.  (My mom's wife had been with APCI until
> > she got her cable modem... back when APCI allowed you to check your email
> > with pine).  
> > 
> > Note:  POP =  Point of Presence.  Someone got the bright idea to make
> > their extra portmasters available for dialin for a small charge.  Thus the
> > industry of Port Wholesaleing began and thus the reason why many regional
> > ISP's can have a national presence.
> > 
> > Sean...
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Tighe Schlottog         workape         fiaid
"Nothing is too cruel if it is funny enough."


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