Wow! I had the exact same experience with Network Solutions about 2 years ago with trying to modify my domain contact information. I too had a defunct e-mail address and they required that I fax them info. It only took me 7 faxes before I bitched up a major storm and got them to "find" my faxes. Each time they would claim that they didn't receive it. I even had them put me on hold while they went to "get it". Ugh! I would never use that company again.
Actually...etree.org was based on online trading via FTP transfers. Snailmail trading has been a side product of etree since there is never enough bandwidth to go around.
Furthurnet was developed in part to ease the burden on individual site operators and also give better access to the general masses (those not running sites and on the "inner circle")
I highly recommend trying to find a junior position at an.edu somewhere. Colleges tend to be a training ground for tech careers around here in NC. I got my first admin job at an.edu even though I was marginally qualified and gained VERY valuable experience. Another nice thing about colleges is that they tend to have a wide variety of machines/platforms.
AOL is also one of the few IPs who allow multiple users per account (although only one can be signed on at a time.) With five people in my house (all of whom have e-mail accounts,) I'd pay $100 per month for separate unlimited access accounts for everyone. With AOL, it's just $23 per month. Pure economics.
Most ISPs will sell you additional pop mailboxes for a few dollars a month.
Another interesting scenario evolves when considering that Telocity has just been bought by Hughs (DirecTV's Parent Company) and is now being called something like DirecTV Broadband or some nonsense.
How about using DirecTV broadband to serve one of these H-card servers? Irony?
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Wow! I had the exact same experience with Network Solutions about 2 years ago with trying to modify my domain contact information. I too had a defunct e-mail address and they required that I fax them info. It only took me 7 faxes before I bitched up a major storm and got them to "find" my faxes. Each time they would claim that they didn't receive it. I even had them put me on hold while they went to "get it". Ugh! I would never use that company again.
Actually...etree.org was based on online trading via FTP transfers. Snailmail trading has been a side product of etree since there is never enough bandwidth to go around.
Furthurnet was developed in part to ease the burden on individual site operators and also give better access to the general masses (those not running sites and on the "inner circle")
I highly recommend trying to find a junior position at an .edu somewhere. Colleges tend to be a training ground for tech careers around here in NC. I got my first admin job at an .edu even though I was marginally qualified and gained VERY valuable experience. Another nice thing about colleges is that they tend to have a wide variety of machines/platforms.
Good luck!
AOL is also one of the few IPs who allow multiple users per account (although only one can be signed on at a time.) With five people in my house (all of whom have e-mail accounts,) I'd pay $100 per month for separate unlimited access accounts for everyone. With AOL, it's just $23 per month. Pure economics.
Most ISPs will sell you additional pop mailboxes for a few dollars a month.
Another interesting scenario evolves when considering that Telocity has just been bought by Hughs (DirecTV's Parent Company) and is now being called something like DirecTV Broadband or some nonsense. How about using DirecTV broadband to serve one of these H-card servers? Irony?