I've Had it With TIAC !
Scott R. Ehrlich
In article <36aec238...@news.alt.net>,
Terry Maxwell <tsma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I've really just about had it with TIAC,(is any explanation necessary ?).
>I would have dropped them months ago,but like others, I was wistfully thinking
>that cable modem service would become a reality in Somerville.Well cable modem
>here seems to be a pipe dream,and TIAC has only gotten worse.Fortunately
>there is no shortage of alternate ISP's in this area.I really haven't done
>much in the way of comparison shopping.Rather,I would seek a few opinions
>from other users before making any decision.Anyhow,I would prefer to subscribe
>to a larger,more experienced ISP than a smaller local one.With that in mind
>can anyone offer any input/advice on the following;
>
>UUNET
Mindspring's access via UUnet's modem pool is the same as Earthlink - very
intermittent.
Mindspring's access via PSInet was MUCH better.
>Mindspring
See above.
>BBN
Doesn't offer end-user service. Need to access via commercial ISP or
company (AFAIK).
>EROLS
Modem access prior to RCN was not successful for me.
>
>I'm on a X-2 hookup and price is not a prime consideration.
>What I'm really concerned with is connectivity and throughput,
>and service and support.
>
>If there are any other providers worth taking a look at please
>feel free to mention them.
>
>TIA
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Ron Newman
>Anyhow,I would prefer to subscribe
> to a larger,more experienced ISP than a smaller local one.With that in mind
> can anyone offer any input/advice on the following;
>
> UUNET
> Mindspring
> BBN
> EROLS
>
> I'm on a X-2 hookup and price is not a prime consideration.
> What I'm really concerned with is connectivity and throughput,
> and service and support.
>
> If there are any other providers worth taking a look at please
> feel free to mention them.
Shore.net
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Pat Traynor
>
> I've really just about had it with TIAC,(is any explanation necessary ?).
>
>
> If there are any other providers worth taking a look at please
> feel free to mention them.
I've been with Xensei for about four years now, and I've NEVER EVER had
a busy signal. They have normal daytime phone support, and you'll get a
human being answering the phone about 80%, and a quick callback
otherwise. They've got T1s going to UUNET and MCI (and others going
elsewhere), so their connection to the rest of the net is good.
They're $25/month (or $20/month if paid a year in advance) for
unlimited, and they've got POPs all over the place.
--pat--
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Brian Bay
Not to make light of the situation, Join the crowd! :-)
Since the discussion is ISP related, I've moved it over to neis only.
Terry Maxwell wrote:
>
> I've really just about had it with TIAC,(is any explanation necessary ?).
> If there are any other providers worth taking a look at please
> feel free to mention them.
Question, are you using them for business or pleasure? This might make a
difference in your responses.
UUNet, MindSprings and AOL seem to do ok.
Speaking for me, while I use Mediaone, I generally like to support the mom and
pop ISPs. Speaking for myself, I personally recommend world ;
http://world.std.com . I also consider Shore to be an excellent provider.
Shore's fascilities are quite impressive.
As for BBN, I don't know much about them but have yet to see a complaint about
them. Don't know much about Erols other than its owned by RCN.
If it were up to me, I'd personally recommend either world or shore or Mediaone.
I have used world and can vouch for their service.
> TIA
--Cheers,
Brian
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Betsy Schwartz
95/98 and Windows NT?
I can see why an ISP would not choose to support VMS dialup, but excluding
Windows NT would be a strange policy, since NT is increasingly popular
for power users and business users. The current generation of home PC's is
powerful enough to support NT. The only thing keeping NT from completely
taking over the home market is that it isn't the best system for games.
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Brian Charles Kohn
> I don't agree with "they are second rate" because they don't support NT.
I'm not sure if you're arguing with me or not, since I'm the guy who
left Concentric because they didn't support WinNT. If you go back and
look at my message, though, you'll note that I *recommended* Concentric
despite not being able to use them any longer. You're right; There's no
crime in not supporting NT (yet.)
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Alex Goykhman
<bic...@erols.com> wrote:
>
>amount) but no settings would get it to work. I suspect that something
>about Concentric's set-up prevent folks with NT to connect
Concentric.net works fine with NT, both SLIP and PPP. That's what I
am running.
Chris Smith
DAS <da...@address.intentionally.munged> wrote:
>Hi Betsy,
>
>NT is different from Win9x when it comes to RAS Dial up. But it's not that
>tough. It's really not.
>
>Dave
I apologize in advance if my tone seems harsh. NT dial-up support
was/is an issue that gets under my skin.
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I have talked to people that were running NT when "It suddenly stopped
working!?!?!" After determing nothing on their end had been changed and
nothing on our end had been changed and nothing was broken, we were
left with two steps:
1) recreate the RAS phonebook entry.
If that didn't work 2) Remove and reinstall RAS
If that didn't work, I politely informed the customer that there was nothing
more I could do to help him. The last thing I want to do with someone
is walk them through all of the control panels and settings that Windows
NT uses for networking. The chances of a miscommunication or incorrect
assumption on both ends which could result in something horrible is
too high. (Wait! Now my LAN connection is dead! When I try to open
up 'My Computer' the system locks! What DID YOU DO?!)
NT is a fairly complicated operating system, full of many strange and
horrible things. It is NOT an OS to casually install onto your computer.
It is NOT the same as or similar to Windows 95/98. Windows NT is a beast
of an operating system that does many things moderately well, a few things
very well, and some other things in a way that is so ass-backwards it
boggles the mind. Unless you need a networking operating system with
moderate security features, I would suggest sticking to Win 95/98.
>
>Betsy Schwartz <bet...@shore.net> wrote in message
>news:nuilniq...@shell2.shore.net...
>> are there really major differences in dialup networking between Windows
>> 95/98 and Windows NT?
>>
>> I can see why an ISP would not choose to support VMS dialup, but excluding
>> Windows NT would be a strange policy, since NT is increasingly popular
>> for power users and business users. The current generation of home PC's is
>> powerful enough to support NT. The only thing keeping NT from completely
>> taking over the home market is that it isn't the best system for games.
If you are using NT to dial-up to the Internet, I would hope the only
support you need is the phone number that is local to you and what
DNS numbers to use. If you need more support than that, you are doing
something stupid and dangerous. (sorta like juggling 3 knives when
you've only juggled with nerf balls before) NT is an operating system that
supports complex networking features (packet filtering, ip forwarding,
firewalling, multiple IP addresses on one machine, etc.)* A misconfiguration
could cause all sorts of havoc.
And, on the other end of the phone, if you know enough to debug NT
connectivity issues, why the hell are you working in tech support? You
can be making more money and learning more working MIS/IT/Internal Helpdesk!
-x(former tech-support rep.)mas
*I only familiar with what I've heard of/seen people do with NT. How
well or poorly NT supports these features is beyond my ken.