I've decided to cancel my CrampuNerve account and send the weasels a msg to telling them why. I encourage everyone here to do the same with your CI$ account (if you still have one). These [insert colorful expletive here]s only understand one thing: cold ca$h. Thus, the only effective way to send them an indication of one's displeasure at their poor precedent-setting is to vote with one's wallet. Any who are still unfortunate enough to rely on CI$ for Internet/Usenet access are getting reamed price-wise anyway, not to mention suffering poor reliability and now access, so maybe a few of them could also take this opportunity to migrate to an ISP with some real "backbone." CI$ is becoming redundant and now they're making themselves unappealing. Convenient, economical dialups are now available to Europeans and any of us Yanks who have to travel to Europe regularly through various non-anus-kissing ISPs (xs4all, iSYS, etc.). Back in '90-'92 CI$ used to be somewhat handy when travelling to Europe, but even then it was horribly expensive when you tallied up their "surcharges" for dialing in through Frankfurt, etc. Good riddance, say I. dave ____________________________________________________________ "I prefer a real whorehouse to The Theatre." -Dorothy Parker