Michael C. Toren on Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:51:43 -0500 (EST)


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Re: Any Good Philly ISPs?


On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Timothy L. Young wrote:

> Another point, that I should have mentioned ealier, is that Net Access IS
> Linux-friendly.
> 
> In their connection help pages, somewhere, there is extensive documentation
> given for users with Linux systems.  I dunno if Net Access themselves run
> Linux for their servers, but I just wanted to point out that they are
> Linux-friendly!

We're Unix friendly :-)  Our flavor of choice is SunOS 4.1.4, although
we do have a few Linux, SunOS 5.x, and NetBSD machines as well.

-mct

> With all this stuff, doesn't Net Access sound like a winner?  :-)
> 
> Tim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael C. Toren <mct@netaxs.com>
> To: Roger Scudder <rscudder@bellatlantic.net>
> Cc: Timothy L. Young <youtim73@netaxs.com>; PLUG <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Any Good Philly ISPs?
> 
> 
> >On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Roger Scudder wrote:
> >
> >> Don't they also offer a shell account for about $9.00 a month?  They
> >> did at one time.  A good alternative if you don't care about pretty
> >> graphics on the web and only intend to do text based stuff like e-mail,
> >> news, etc...
> >
> >We offer dialup shell accounts for $12.50/mo if paid monthly, or $120/yr
> >if paid yearly.  If you only require telnet access, I believe the price is
> >$10/mo, or $100/yr.  Other pricing information, as well as a list of
> >access numbers, is available on our webpage.
> >
> >-mct
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Timothy L. Young <youtim73@netaxs.com>
> >> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:19 PM
> >>
> >>
> >> >I've used "Net Access" since I moved here in '95.  Back then, I got busy
> >> >signals at peak night times, but I haven't experienced that for a couple
> >> >years now.  One of the major reason I went with them was because they
> have
> >> >their own USENET netaxs.x newsgroups, which the NetAccess system admins
> >> >interact frequently with us users.  They are VERY responsive & listen to
> >> the
> >> >users.  Another major reason was because it's a local Philadelphia
> >> provider;
> >> >putting my money back into the local economy.  I plan on sticking with
> them
> >> >for my duration here.  Oh...and if you purchase per year, it costs only
> >> >$15/month; and they are total V.90 modem equipped!
> >> >
> >> >Check them out:   http://www.netaxs.com
> >> >
> >> >Tim Young
> >> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Paul Krause <pkrause@primavera.com>
> >> >To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> >> >Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 3:10 PM
> >> >Subject: Any Good Philly ISPs?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>Hey Guys,
> >> >>
> >> >>    Is there anyone there who is very happy with their ISP (or even not
> >> >>infuriated)?  I need (or, shall I say, NEED) to get an ISP, and I was
> >> >wondering
> >> >>if anyone had any tips.  I would, of course, prefer one that is not
> >> hostile
> >> >>towards linux, though I don't much plan on bothering them with any
> linux
> >> >>problems.
> >> >>
> >> >>Thanks alot,
> >> >>Paul Krause
> >> >>
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