On Fri, 6 Jan 1995, Mike Duvos wrote:
drechsau@winternet.com (Mike Horwath) carefully explains all the reasons why is it better to have a Netcom account than a Winternet account!
I was going to be in, I decided to rest instead. So sue me for it.
(Long hilarious list of Mike Horwaths's totally unprofessional behavior deleted To save bandwidth, just read it twice, or better still three times.)
[Netcom] accounts don't vanish when "the guy who owns the machine" decides to throw a tantrum.
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A big problem with Netcom is it that it has no web server, and its ftp server is totally overwhelmed. I use nw.com for my web pages and netcom for everything else. Big bandwidth webservice at reasonable rates Does anyone have a better suggestion? I have been shopping around for a reasonably priced 28KB SLIP connection. Have not found one yet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com