I've been a qwest.net 56K dialup user for about 6 months. It's been OK; particularly, it's been a massive improvement over the "free" services that I was trying to live on.
What hooked me up with qwest was (A) fairly comprehensive services; (B) good rates, since I'm a qwest phone customer; and (C) decent access.
I won't jump MSN, no matter how much I dislike the company behind it, as long as they preserve the three criteria above. "Comprehensive services" means POP3, Usenet (and not just the microsoft.* groups), and any other services I chose to use (for instance, peer-to-peer client/servers).
I'm absolutely not paying money to MSN for IP dialtone and then shelling out more for usenet services. From the reports I've read, this is a high likelihood. And if so, then I'm outta here. I live in a pretty serious @home catchment area, and all I need is just one excuse to make the jump to cable broadband.
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What hooked me up with qwest was (A) fairly comprehensive services; (B) good rates, since I'm a qwest phone customer; and (C) decent access.
I won't jump MSN, no matter how much I dislike the company behind it, as long as they preserve the three criteria above. "Comprehensive services" means POP3, Usenet (and not just the microsoft.* groups), and any other services I chose to use (for instance, peer-to-peer client/servers).
I'm absolutely not paying money to MSN for IP dialtone and then shelling out more for usenet services. From the reports I've read, this is a high likelihood. And if so, then I'm outta here. I live in a pretty serious @home catchment area, and all I need is just one excuse to make the jump to cable broadband.
John L. Schuncke, Jr. jlschuncke@bigfoot.com