[GLLUG] dialup isp recommendations

[Dylan M.]

not sure how much you're willing to spend here, but you may want to look 
into CoreComm (formerly Voyager).  its a little pricy, tho you'll get 
everything you're looking for.  $21.95/mo:
3 POP3 email addresses w/25M quota , server side spam blocker and 
message filters (via webmail interface), 10M webspace, shell access 
(SunOS 5.8), news server (on or off network, just incase you need 
that).  24/7 tech support, tho *nix not supported that well, they are 
good at returning email for the harder problems. 

they're housed in the Eyde building off of Hagadorn (the big blue 
building next to Hannah Plaza), since i've worked there, i've never seen 
the East Lansing access number go down (or ring busy).  supports up to 
v90 connections.

sorry for the sales pitch   ;P
dylan

C. Ulrich wrote:

>Well, it's about that time again. Seems like whenever I sign on to an ISP, my
>first impression of them is "wow, what a great deal I have gotten" etc, and
>then I watch as little by little the service starts to slip ever so gradually
>until eventually the modem pool is at 100% usage from the hours of 6PM-9PM
>daily, tech support never returns your calls and emails, the news server gets
>permanently shut down, and there are entire weekends that the server refuses
>to authenticate you.
>
>So I'd appreciate some advice on dialup ISPs available in the area. A
>locally-owned one would be nice, but I'm not too picky as long as it isn't
>that outsourced popsite crud or whatever. All I really need is regular old
>reliable 56k dialup, email accounts and web space are not necessary, but a
>*NIX shell account and full-access news server are highly desireable.
>
>Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
>
>--Charles Ulrich
>P.S. The ISP I hope to leave soon is diamondcs.net, if anybody's interested. I
>think I recommended them before to someone on the list, to that person I
>apologize. :P
>  
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