DEMAND WEB SPACE! PLEASE READ!
David Sanders
I followed up on this thread, spending 40 minutes on hold various
times and was finally told that http://mypage.ihost.com is NOT for
'REGULAR' Ibm.net users..it is for people perked at trade shows,
business's comped by IBM etc..I asked about the promised web space
accessed via ftp and was told Probably never..and if it should happen
they will charge for it. I'm very happy with IBM.net but find their
lack of web page support for the lowly monthly user a slap in the
face.
Looks like the "lowly monthly users" are gonna have to unite and force
a resolution to this lack of basic internet support!!
DAvid Sanders
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:14:16 GMT, Rene...@IBM.Net (Rene Boer) wrote:
>Weili Shaw <we...@ibm.net> wrote:
>
>>IBM has been promising web space forever, but they still haven't
>>delivered.. so we should stop complaining and instead try to do
>>something. What I propose is that we decide on a specific date, and on
>>that date have as many people as possible e-mail Lou Gerstner, demanding
>>web space. Unfortuantely, I do not have his address, so someone will
>>have to supply that. We've been sitting around on our butts way too
>>long; it is time to take some action. Thank you,
>>Weili Shaw
>
>Have a look at http://mypage.ihost.com. it might work for you (i cannot
>make any promises)
>
>Rene Boer
>IBM Internet 2nd level support.
>
>Latest Service information: http://www.ibm.net
>On-line problem reporting? http://www.ibm.net/helpdesk.html
*Diablo*
David,
As an alternative there are several dozen companies that offer free
webpages on the net. The most notable one is http://www.geocities.com
They offer up to 2 MEGS of free disk space to anyone.
Think of it as a temporary solution. Why wait to put up an awesome
webpage, it might take years for IBM to give in to your demands.
I look forward to the day when I can have an ibm webpage as well (for
free hopefully)
I believe exite and four11 is also offering free webpages from what I
have heard from my friends. don't quote me on that one.
HAPPY IBM CUSTOMER!!! :=)
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:35:21 GMT, micro...@ibm.net (David Sanders)
wrote:
JM
David Sanders wrote:
>
> I have checked out quite a few "FREE" sevices but so far all of them
> want you to use their web page creater..I've had a web page for
> years..what I want is just a few megs accessed by ftp so I, not some
> ready made clone can manage my 2 cents on the net!
> If anyone knows of a free service that will give a couple of megs to
> the average joe please feel free to respond..and IBM...come on this is
> getting stupid..you are the worlds leading computer company..try and
> act like the same..before your customers revolt and you end up getting
> shot in the foot once again..remember it's US the end user that makes
> you great..whats a few thousand gigs to you???
>
> DAvid Sanders
> I
If you're looking for a place to keep your web pages then you might
want to look into Whole Earth Networks (Hooked Net) http://www.wenet.net
It's where I keep my pages.
For $10 a month you get 20mb of web storage and 33mb per day of
bandwidth.
You also get 1 email address, telnet shell and 5 modem hours. You get
unlimited telnet & ftp access from an outside account.
JM
David Sanders
*Diablo*
David,
If you really visited Geocities you would have know that they DO NOT
ask you to use their webpage creator. If so it is only for the
*NOVICE* that doesn't knows anything about advance html like cgi,
vbscript, and java script, hot java and forms.
Everyone that I know uses Java Scripts and Applets, forms, and Frames.
Does your present webpage support ActiveX and push. Mine does and it
is located at http://www.geocities.com I seriously doubt that would
constitutes as a ready made clone
You are free to use whatever html software you want.
you want to ftp they can do that too
their ftp site is ftp.geocities.com
you enter your username and password you are automatically log on
to your directory. (CuteFtp is a must easy to use)
Next time go to the site before you make your statements.
http://www.geocities.com
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:45:23 GMT, micro...@ibm.net (David Sanders)