I agree with Bill W4AN that the $9.95 monthly fee for unlimited internet
especially if also providing 5 or 10MB of web space does not work in a
business model aimed at just break even. And be careful
(such as with Bluelight.com from K-Mart).
Plus there is a tendancy to raise prices once a substantial number of users
are onboard. (see Bellsouth.net).
I have been with Mindspring (Earthlink) since they started and yes on dial
up there is sometimes slow access and downtimes. But I find that support
has been fairly good. I have Juno Gold (I pay for it) on my shack PC and
its good but you have to call a 900 number for support. I still have to
put up with an ad or two and when the ad file blew out I lost all my
mailboxes and had to call the 900 number to get the location for them (20
minutes @ 1.95/min). The 2002 CQ 160 logs back up was at risk.
I suggest DSL once they get the initial support issues worked out.
73 Dave K4JRB
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