RE: [Plug] still the newbie -- local ISPs

["Andrew P. Ban" <aban@voicenet.com>]

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<rant on>

I too have been a Voicenet customer for years (6).  You might wish to point
out that they have another advantage of some ISPs  - I can telnet in to my
shell account from anywhere.  Since moving to the Poconos I had to open up
an account with another ISP for local dial-in access and they will not let
me telnet into my shell account accept from within their network  - heck the
girl on the phone did not know what a shell account was!!  They also list
linux as being a supported OS on their web page here again the girl had no
clue as to what I was talking about.  So to make a long story short had to
ask the correct windows questions to get the info needed for my linux box.
If Voicenet gets some local dial-in up here in the boonies I'll drop this
Epix account like a hot potato.  Besides there is a 10 hour connect limit so
I can't do the extended ISO image D/Ls I used to do under Voicenet. Well
I'll just keep the two ISP's and make the best of it.

Drew

<rant off>
<rant on>



-----Original Message-----
From:	plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]
On Behalf Of Kevin Way
Sent:	Sunday, June 06, 1999 17:09
To:	'plug@lists.nothinbut.net'
Subject:	RE: [Plug] still the newbie -- local ISPs

I've been a voicenet customer for forever now (8 years or so) and they're
great.

good things about voicenet:
reliable connectivity
very very very few busy signals
knowledgeable staff

bad things about voicenet:
if i DO have trouble, I have to pretend I use windows to get them to listen
unlimited INTERACTIVE use, not a big deal really, you just can't stay
connected for 18 days at a time or they get upset.

Kevin Way


-----Original Message-----
From:	Xtian Betz [SMTP:shux@subculture.org]
Sent:	Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:25 PM
To:	plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject:	RE: [Plug] still the newbie

At 09:23 AM 6/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I'd perfer a more people/linux friendly ISP in the Philly area, but I'm
only
>aware of the more popular ones.  Just about every time I try to connect to
>Bell it take 3 to 4 and sometimes 5 attempts, before I get connected.  It's
>usually once or twice in windows, so I don't know if it's me or them.

Hmm. That shouldn't be hard to find. I myself use Comcat (www.comcat.com).
I have been using them for three years. Setting up a connection in linux
was no problem even though they are sun based. And my friend even said the
tech support helped him setup his account in linux. The have plenty of

But hey, I'm assuming you live in the 215 area code. Here's where you'll
find a list of ISP's in that area code:
http://thelist.internet.com/areacode/215.html

But the best would be to ask some people what ISP's they are using. Word of
mouth is often the best way to find about an ISP. I can personally account
for about three people I have pointed towards comcat, and I will continue
to recommend them.

Hope I could help,
Xtian Betz

P.S. Hey did that area code thing go into effect yet?


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