Local dialup ISPs?
Paul E. Shore
future, but I need a better ISP with better service. I would love to find
something fairly local (New England), and I would REALLY love to find a
company small enought to actually provide tech service when it's needed. The
big guys, and even the medium guys, no longer provide that. And endless
rats-maze of dead links, pointers to FAQs, "chat help" with sixth-grade
graduates simply following scripts, endless "hold music" on the phone, etc.
Back in the day, shore.net on Cape Ann provided excellent service. All I
want is email, preferably with a handful of addresses, and webmail access, a
personal web page with a modest disk requirement, and good newsgroup access.
All from dialup, at a decent rate. I know that many people have gone to the
various broad-band connection, and I also know that the major players are
doing all they can to avoid dealing with customers that may need some tech
support.
Are there any modern-day "shore.net"s with a good selection of dial-up
numbers in eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire? (I expect the
need to dial up from a variety of locations, both in MA and NH, and
occasionally from other parts of the US and Canada).
D. Kirkpatrick
"Paul E. Shore" <former-s...@shore.net> wrote:
> Are there any modern-day "shore.net"s with a good selection of dial-up
> numbers in eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire? (I expect the
> need to dial up from a variety of locations, both in MA and NH, and
> occasionally from other parts of the US and Canada).
After TIAC went the way (showing age here), I went with a reseller in
NH for like 30 days but had interface issues. I had a Mac that had to
connect and they were 100% Windows. They actually dumped me as a
customer rather than try to figure out what was wrong. I later
determined what was wrong myself.
I then went to Surfbest (www.surfbest.net) which is another network
reseller.
At the time they were based in Maine but are now based in Texas.
Since its a virtual operation the location of their physical office
doesn't really matter.
I kept them several years until DSL arrived.
They have access to something like 15 networks and have plenty of
dial-ups in New England. I was allowed 5 full pop boxes, unlimited
connection and 40K newsgroups. Their personal web space is vended out
and I never used it.
Flat $12.50/month hasn't changed in years.
Service is accessible during daytime hours by phone and 24/7 by e-mail.
DMK
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Martin Hannigan
Paul E. Shore <former-s...@shore.net> wrote:
[ snip ]
>Are there any modern-day "shore.net"s with a good selection of dial-up
>numbers in eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire? (I expect the
>need to dial up from a variety of locations, both in MA and NH, and
>occasionally from other parts of the US and Canada).
-M<
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avalanche
(Martin Hannigan) wrote:
>In article <qirsh.13303$w91....@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
>Paul E. Shore <former-s...@shore.net> wrote:
>
>[ snip ]
>
>>Are there any modern-day "shore.net"s with a good selection of dial-up
>>numbers in eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire? (I expect the
>>need to dial up from a variety of locations, both in MA and NH, and
>>occasionally from other parts of the US and Canada).
>
>world.std.com?
>
>-M<
They still work?
Michael Meissner
I use net1plus.com for my T1 service. It looks like they offer dialup, but use
the standard global modem pools most people use. I have no idea what the tech
support is like for the non-T1 customers, but it might be worth a shot.
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Mark E. Mallett
Paul E. Shore <former-s...@shore.net> wrote:
>numbers in eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire? (I expect the
>need to dial up from a variety of locations, both in MA and NH, and
>occasionally from other parts of the US and Canada).
We're still here- MV Communications in NH. (www.mv.com)
-mm- (a non-neutral party)
Martin Hannigan
Martin Hannigan
Well, yeah, this happened back in 1998. Almost everyone is using one of
a handful or providers. Even more so than in '98.
Michael Meissner
> Well, yeah, this happened back in 1998. Almost everyone is using one of
> a handful or providers. Even more so than in '98.
Yep. I would imagine with DSL/cable vendors eating into the home market and
Wifi hot-spots being used by the laptop mobile warrior tribe, that the
traditional modem infrastructure has shrunk quite a bit since the 90's. I
think its been 4-5 years since I last used a modem, except when I was troubling
shooting some problem at my parents or sisters computers.