I was wondering how long they were going to be allowing free downloads. When they were Helixcode, they used Akamai, but pushing a Gig of data to a lot of users must have cost way too much. So now it looks like they use their own colo, and some mirrors, including rpmfind, to cut costs.
This was the obvious next move. I think their product is good, yet one of the main reasons I first downloaded it a year or so ago was to get gnome 1.4, which is now in redhat 7 anyway. Evolution is a cool tool, but you have to pay for the Microsoft Exchange interface (around 60 bucks, I think it what the price is set to be once that functionality is available), so between the updates and optionaly software, it could get pricey.
But the point of a business is to make money. I see a lot on here about 'This is as bad as Microsoft' etc etc. Thats terrible. Its not like this company is making hundreds of million a year... they are trying to post a positive cash flow. Haven't there been enough articles on slashdot about online companies going bust?
"'World' Series Baseball? - That's almost as sad as the choice of Hollywood action movies that are running months at my local cinema, blocking anything worth seeing."
This year's world series was the best ever played. With 39 Million viewers tuning in to watch game 7 (http://tv.zap2it.com/news/ratings/networks/011104 network.html, the series blew Titan 'Friends' out of the water. I have been looking through the archives and I don't even see Futurama rounding out the top 20.
This DSL provider was aweful. I live in Boston, and my gateway was in LA. If they told me that, I never would have signed up. 200 m/s pings to a gateway, to me, is rediculous.
When I called them to complain, they told me this was normal, and that all their east coast customers were set up this way. To the untrained eye, the service was probably ok, but I make a living dealing with net conjestion, and I noticed right away. This pissed me off, it was like they were pulling the wool over the eyes of internet users who were probably switching from dialup and didnt know they were getting hosed.
THEN it took 2 months to cancel. Several calls to tech support, who in turn opened a ticket with covad, a provider on the east coast who they were partnered with, and who was responsible for the last mile connectivity. Of course the ticket is closed immediately, "customers line looks fine", and no one calls me to followup.
So then, Im on the line with this bitch of a billing person, who wouldnt know a router from a rollar skate, tells me that I have no grounds or evidence to cancel. Then I asked to talk to her boss, she told me I couldnt talk to anyone other than her. So After I called her some naughty names, and refused to never get off the phone, I got to talk to a manager... and finally cancel. it sucked. worst experience Ive had in a while. Thank goodness I was able to use citibank to reject the charges of the two months I was on the ropes.
So Im back to roadrunner, and Im fairly happy. And thats that.:)
If this idea convinces some guitar playing boob thinks "Napster bad!" that Im not ripping him off too bad... it'll will save me the trouble of having to find another napster screename every so often!
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I was wondering how long they were going to be allowing free downloads. When they were Helixcode, they used Akamai, but pushing a Gig of data to a lot of users must have cost way too much. So now it looks like they use their own colo, and some mirrors, including rpmfind, to cut costs.
This was the obvious next move. I think their product is good, yet one of the main reasons I first downloaded it a year or so ago was to get gnome 1.4, which is now in redhat 7 anyway. Evolution is a cool tool, but you have to pay for the Microsoft Exchange interface (around 60 bucks, I think it what the price is set to be once that functionality is available), so between the updates and optionaly software, it could get pricey.
But the point of a business is to make money. I see a lot on here about 'This is as bad as Microsoft' etc etc. Thats terrible. Its not like this company is making hundreds of million a year... they are trying to post a positive cash flow. Haven't there been enough articles on slashdot about online companies going bust?
"'World' Series Baseball? - That's almost as sad as the choice of Hollywood action movies that are running months at my local cinema, blocking anything worth seeing."
4 network.html, the series blew Titan 'Friends' out of the water. I have been looking through the archives and I don't even see Futurama rounding out the top 20.
This year's world series was the best ever played. With 39 Million viewers tuning in to watch game 7 (http://tv.zap2it.com/news/ratings/networks/01110
This DSL provider was aweful. I live in Boston, and my gateway was in LA. If they told me that, I never would have signed up. 200 m/s pings to a gateway, to me, is rediculous.
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When I called them to complain, they told me this was normal, and that all their east coast customers were set up this way. To the untrained eye, the service was probably ok, but I make a living dealing with net conjestion, and I noticed right away. This pissed me off, it was like they were pulling the wool over the eyes of internet users who were probably switching from dialup and didnt know they were getting hosed.
THEN it took 2 months to cancel. Several calls to tech support, who in turn opened a ticket with covad, a provider on the east coast who they were partnered with, and who was responsible for the last mile connectivity. Of course the ticket is closed immediately, "customers line looks fine", and no one calls me to followup.
So then, Im on the line with this bitch of a billing person, who wouldnt know a router from a rollar skate, tells me that I have no grounds or evidence to cancel. Then I asked to talk to her boss, she told me I couldnt talk to anyone other than her. So After I called her some naughty names, and refused to never get off the phone, I got to talk to a manager... and finally cancel. it sucked. worst experience Ive had in a while. Thank goodness I was able to use citibank to reject the charges of the two months I was on the ropes.
So Im back to roadrunner, and Im fairly happy. And thats that.
If this idea convinces some guitar playing boob thinks "Napster bad!" that Im not ripping him off too bad... it'll will save me the trouble of having to find another napster screename every so often!