UK ISPs (OT) (was: Re: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?)

2002-06-23 Thread Jim
Vlad, I spent some time in the UK, and experienced several of the ISPs there. I must say, without hesitation, the best service came from demon.co.uk. They were professional, helpful, and responsive. They set me up with a UK dialin account before I left the USA, on the phone, in 5 1/2

Re: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?

2002-06-23 Thread James Rohde
On 6/23/02 2:30 PM vlad edified us all by writing: [regarding AOL] they're the only ISP that doesn't ditch you after two hour connection here in UK... Sorry to hear that - I've become spoiled, but only after switching ISP's a couple of times last year (one even dropped their local dial-up

Re: X isn't that bad - Was: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?

2002-06-23 Thread Seth McBean
On Sunday, 23, 2002, at 08:18PM, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll have to defer to our more updated associates here, as I've been dragging my heels on going to X until (most of) the major bugs are worked out (little things like reading DVDs on my Pismo's drive, drivers for my

pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?

2002-06-22 Thread vlad
Hi list is there any set of occurences for one to notice that pismo internal modem is dying? is there a rule for pismo modems dying (i.e. like lombard hinges dying after certain time)...my modem started having trouble connecting, started dropping connection, connecting at 28800, 42667,

Re: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?

2002-06-22 Thread vlad
On Saturday, June 22, 2002, at 09:25 , James Rohde wrote: i have two ISPs, happens with both (one is AOL). Some of us who used to use AOL would say that's one and one-half, but what the heck... ;-) they're the only ISP that doesn't ditch you after two hour connection here in UK...