Maii Net Problems
Jerry Okamura
When I moved to Maui, I decided to support the local economy by using Maui
Net as my portal to the internet. But lately I have had a lot of trouble
signing on to the network and staying on (I frequently get disconnected) and
getting access to the newsgoup. I am seriously thinking of dropping them
and going with another service. Any suggestions.
Michael J Wise
Jerry Okamura wrote:
Well, you may wish to consider the following:
http://www.lava.net/~sch/
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LavaNet has a 2-week, Satisfaction guarantee....
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And yes, the 643- number is toll-free on all the Neighbor-Islands.
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LD Reynolds
If you wish to keep the local economy on Maui flourishing, you may
want to consider Maui Gateway. We have used them for the past 6 years
and have had nothing but the best service. FYI: The network has fewer
hops to the backbone which means a faster dial-up connection. Their
DSL service is first class as well. Great technical support too. It
sounds like you could have used some from Maui Net. There are several
reasons why you are constantly being disconnected- from a noisy telco
line to a poorly set up modem. Call Maui Gateway and ask for Brian.
This is not a paid testimonial. I am a customer and I like how I am
treated there.
LD
HonoluluWeek
>From: Michael J Wise
>Well, you may wish to consider the following:
> http://www.lava.net><PLUG TYPE="Shameless">
>LavaNet has a 2-week, Satisfaction guarantee....
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So it's true that moderators of SCH are allowed to ignore their own rules
against advertising as found at http://www.lava.net/~sch/new.txt :
"SOC.CULTURE.HAWAII POSTING GUIDELINES
5. ADVERTISING (newly revised, 1/99): Read the following carefully:The
following WILL NOT be approved:
b. Announcements by commercial promotions or advertisements of productsand
services that are not related to the topics of Hawaiian and localculture(i.e.,
Longs Drugs, Safeway, 7-11, McDonald's, Sam's Club, housecleaning, Internet
service, web design company)"
We all know that Michael works for LavaNet and so since there are other LavaNet
members here who are not employees it would probably be more appropriate for
them to suggest than company instead of an employee, right? I wouldn't want
anyone to think there's a double standard for moderators. ;-)
Jerry Okamura
Thanks for the recommendation. Will give them a try. Do you happen to know
if they also have a timeout provision? Also, if they do have a timeout
provision, do you know what it is? Finally, is there a way to pay more for
a longer timeout provision?
"LD Reynolds" <l...@hawaiianjamz.com> wrote in message
news:1014488...@mochi.lava.net...
>
> If you wish to keep the local economy on Maui flourishing, you may
> want to consider Maui Gateway. We have used them for the past 6 years
> and have had nothing but the best service. FYI: The network has fewer
> hops to the backbone which means a faster dial-up connection. Their
> DSL service is first class as well. Great technical support too. It
> sounds like you could have used some from Maui Net. There are several
> reasons why you are constantly being disconnected- from a noisy telco
> line to a poorly set up modem. Call Maui Gateway and ask for Brian.
>
> This is not a paid testimonial. I am a customer and I like how I am
> treated there.
>
> LD
>
> On 23 Feb 2002 08:50:04 GMT, Michael J Wise <mjw...@kapu.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >Jerry Okamura wrote:
> >
> >
> > ********
> >
> ><PLUG TYPE="Shameless">
> >LavaNet has a 2-week, Satisfaction guarantee....
> ></PLUG>
> >
Sharon Westfall
honolu...@aol.com (HonoluluWeek) wrote in
news:1014519...@mochi.lava.net:
> So it's true that moderators of SCH are allowed to ignore their own
> rules against advertising as found at http://www.lava.net/~sch/new.txt
To clarify, Michael can reply to an inquiry. Jerry asked, Michael answered,
that's all.
What you've quoted are the Advertising rules for PA (fka: PSA) tags. Yes,
advertising LavaNet does not qualify for unsolicited PA tagged
announcements, but that's not what this is.
> We all know that Michael works for LavaNet and so since there are other
> LavaNet members here who are not employees it would probably be more
> appropriate for them to suggest than company instead of an employee,
> right? I wouldn't want anyone to think there's a double standard for
> moderators. ;-)
That an employee replied to the inquiry and others did not, is not an issue,
anybody can reply. And although he's a moderator, he didn't approve his
own submittal, I did.
Sharon (btw, also a Lavanet user, and if you want to know why, you can ask.)
Michael J Wise
Jerry Okamura wrote:
> Do you happen to know if they also have a timeout provision?
What do you mean?
A "Time Limit"?
Or an "Inactivity Timeout"?
If the latter, there are ways of dealing with that....
If you're careful.
Jerry Okamura
"Michael J Wise" <mjw...@kapu.net> wrote in message
news:1014540...@mochi.lava.net...
>
> Jerry Okamura wrote:
>
> > Do you happen to know if they also have a timeout provision?
>
> What do you mean?
> A "Time Limit"?
> Or an "Inactivity Timeout"?
> If the latter, there are ways of dealing with that....
> If you're careful.
They disconnect me if they sense no activity. Lately, I seem to get
disconnected well within the time limit they said they allowed. That is
very annoyoing. I am willing to bet that before I write this and try to
send it, I will be disconnected again. I understand the need to minimize
the phone charges, but it would seem to me they should allow a person to
decide how much time they need. I would be willing to pay a higher monthly
charge to stay on line a little longer.
Harold Hindemith
"Jerry Okamura" wrote:
> They disconnect me if they sense no activity. Lately, I seem to get
> disconnected well within the time limit they said they allowed. That is
> very annoyoing. I am willing to bet that before I write this and try to
> send it, I will be disconnected again. I understand the need to minimize
> the phone charges, but it would seem to me they should allow a person to
> decide how much time they need. I would be willing to pay a higher
monthly
> charge to stay on line a little longer.
Relax and save your money. Your own operating system is kicking you off.
Assuming you're using Win98,
Click Start button/Settings/Control Panel/Internet Options/
Connections tab/Settings button/Advanced button
and adjust the statement "Disconnect if idle for [ ] minutes".
The procedure is similar for other Msft os's.
H_HINDEMITH
Jerry Okamura
Thanks for the reply, but I am using a brand new computer with Millenium.
"Harold Hindemith" <Hind...@eSmithy.com> wrote in message
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Angela Washington
"Jerry Okamura" <joka...@maui.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply, but I am using a brand new computer with Millenium.
I recently purchased a laptop with Windows ME. You can also disable your
"time-out" settings from your browser. Go to...
Tools---Internet Options---Connections tab---Settings---Properties---Dialing
tab---Un-check "Enable Idle Disconnect".
Eastsider, Milwaukee WI
Harold Hindemith
"Jerry Okamura" replied:
> Thanks for the reply, but I am using a brand new computer
> with Millenium.
> "Harold Hindemith" wrote:
> > The procedure is similar for other Msft os's.
That means "The procedure is similar for other Microsoft
operating systems."
H_HINDEMITH
Boyd Thomas
I'll second that -- I've been with Maui Gateway for just under a year and
have had no problems whatever.
BT
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