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Date: 05 Nov 2006 09:02:30
From: Mark R
Subject: OT Internet service help
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The short story - I'm being forced to change service providers. I can stay
with dial-up if I have to but being forced to change I'm considering high
speed. My only two choices are Earthlink and Roadrunner, both through Time
Warner. I've heard better comments about EL but nothing specific, and that
RR email is the pits.
My questions - Any users have anything they want to share before I decide?
And does anyone have experience with the news server of either company as
related to RCB? At over a 400% cost increase I'd like to avoid a third party
news server. Thanks.
Mark R
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Date: 05 Nov 2006 15:21:15
From: Boll Weevil Brewery
Subject: Re: OT Internet service help
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"Mark R" <marknorayspam@noev1spam.net > wrote in message
news:12krv8bcb67htae@corp.supernews.com...
> The short story - I'm being forced to change service providers. I can stay
> with dial-up if I have to but being forced to change I'm considering high
> speed. My only two choices are Earthlink and Roadrunner, both through Time
> Warner. I've heard better comments about EL but nothing specific, and that
> RR email is the pits.
>
> My questions - Any users have anything they want to share before I decide?
> And does anyone have experience with the news server of either company as
> related to RCB? At over a 400% cost increase I'd like to avoid a third
> party
> news server. Thanks.
>
> Mark R
>
>
I used to be with Adelphia and they sold out to Time Warner/Roadrunner, so I
have just recently made a switch myself. So far I haven't had any problems
using either RR's email or news server. Admittedly though, I do use a GMail
email account as my primary one. After switching employeers, internet
companies, etc several times and loosing my email address each time, GMail
is a much better choice, plus you can store almost 3 gigs worth of email
with them, and search all of it using the google search engine. If you would
like to switch to GMail let me know and I'll send you an invitation...
Ricky
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Date: 05 Nov 2006 22:12:41
From: Dick Adams
Subject: Re: OT Internet service help
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Mark R <marknorayspam@noev1spam.net > wrote:
> The short story - I'm being forced to change service providers. I can stay
> with dial-up if I have to but being forced to change I'm considering high
> speed. My only two choices are Earthlink and Roadrunner, both through Time
> Warner. I've heard better comments about EL but nothing specific, and that
> RR email is the pits.
Changing from dial-up to high-speed is like switching from
Coors Light to Fuller's London Pride.
I can't comment on either EL or RR. I use Comcast, my cable
television provider, but run out of Unix shell account with
a mega-procmail filter.
> My questions - Any users have anything they want to share before I decide?
> And does anyone have experience with the news server of either company as
> related to RCB? At over a 400% cost increase I'd like to avoid a third party
> news server. Thanks.
I get Supernews as part of my shell account package and have
no problems with it.
Dick
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Date: 05 Nov 2006 13:28:32
From: Tony M
Subject: Re: OT Internet service help
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"Mark R" <marknorayspam@noev1spam.net > wrote in message
news:12krv8bcb67htae@corp.supernews.com...
> The short story - I'm being forced to change service providers. I can stay
> with dial-up if I have to but being forced to change I'm considering high
> speed. My only two choices are Earthlink and Roadrunner, both through Time
> Warner. I've heard better comments about EL but nothing specific, and that
> RR email is the pits.
>
> My questions - Any users have anything they want to share before I decide?
> And does anyone have experience with the news server of either company as
> related to RCB? At over a 400% cost increase I'd like to avoid a third
> party
> news server. Thanks.
>
> Mark R
>
>
I have to ask it... Have you ever used high speed? There's nothing wrong if
you haven't but I would at least try it. Now's the perfect time since you
have to switch anyway. I switched to high speed a few years ago and it
really changed the way i do the business of life. From online billpay to
investments. And no waiting. On this newsgroup alone I have 106,641 messages
downloaded going back to July 2003. It took maybe 30 seconds to download all
the headers. I still use dial-up on my laptop sometimes when I'm on a
detachment (active Navy) but since I'm used to high speed it's so slow I
only do minimal tasks. I've used a cable connection from Cox back in Va Bch
and now I use a Comcast cable connection in CA, both with no complaints.
I've never used DSL so I have no advice there. If you know high speed and
only need dial-up then no harm, no foul but still opt for a free email
account. 20 years from now you'll still have the same email address and
you'll have never paid a dime for it. As Ricky did, I'll also offer you an
invitation to gmail if you want one. Also, if you switch, look into VOIP
telephone service. I've used it for a couple years now and it's been great.
I've used Vonage and Sunrocket. Both are good but I like Sunrocket a little
better. I've probably saved close to $1500 in phone bills in that two year
span.
Tony
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