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Forums - Music techology
Subject: Internet Providers
Original Message Date: 14-Sep-97 @ 06:32 PM - Internet Providers
Ok,this is not really a dance tech type question
but you guys are switched on and savvy. I'm
based in the UK,which is the best internet
provider oiut there?? AOL is costing me a
frigging fortune. £4.95 for 3 hours per month
anf then £2.65 for each additional hour. Are
there any better alternatives??
but you guys are switched on and savvy. I'm
based in the UK,which is the best internet
provider oiut there?? AOL is costing me a
frigging fortune. £4.95 for 3 hours per month
anf then £2.65 for each additional hour. Are
there any better alternatives??
Message 11/12 17-Sep-97 @ 12:22 PM - RE: Internet Providers
Well, lets agree to disagree...... I personally prefer where possible to always go with a smaller more streamlined company, where for example there is not a 15 minute queue for help-line etc.......
You mention things like the quantity of newsgroups on offer.....
well we had to cancel our subscription to demons news groups,
as they were more often offline than not.....
Netconnect will add any newsgroup if you request it, provided it's not the Marsupial Sex channel
or something like that
whatever you say, demon is know in the industry as being slow for connection ,
with much downtime and bad connectivity due to it's behemoth like size....
and as I said, I prefer an email that arrives
at it's destination within a minute of sending, rather than hours later.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Demon as I understand it, sub-lets extra transatlantic connectivity when needed, (or did they actually purchase that pipe that they were advertising yet didn't happen last year ??)
..... whereas NetKonect has
a dedicated pipe for it's own users only. also, Demon are the largest Uk, but of course, at peak times such as early
evening the system becomes bogged down as millions of users try to connect. this is a similar problem with the other big names like AOL & Compuserve.
offering RA streams for free may seem a bonus at first, but of couse it means many amateur users may
add audio that is otherwise un-needed, simply because they have this facility, which again slows
down throughput for other users.... It's horses for courses really, an offer may appear great on paper,
but how it functions in the real-world is an entirely different issue.....so lets agree to disagree. :-)
You mention things like the quantity of newsgroups on offer.....
well we had to cancel our subscription to demons news groups,
as they were more often offline than not.....
Netconnect will add any newsgroup if you request it, provided it's not the Marsupial Sex channel
or something like that
whatever you say, demon is know in the industry as being slow for connection ,
with much downtime and bad connectivity due to it's behemoth like size....
and as I said, I prefer an email that arrives
at it's destination within a minute of sending, rather than hours later.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Demon as I understand it, sub-lets extra transatlantic connectivity when needed, (or did they actually purchase that pipe that they were advertising yet didn't happen last year ??)
..... whereas NetKonect has
a dedicated pipe for it's own users only. also, Demon are the largest Uk, but of course, at peak times such as early
evening the system becomes bogged down as millions of users try to connect. this is a similar problem with the other big names like AOL & Compuserve.
offering RA streams for free may seem a bonus at first, but of couse it means many amateur users may
add audio that is otherwise un-needed, simply because they have this facility, which again slows
down throughput for other users.... It's horses for courses really, an offer may appear great on paper,
but how it functions in the real-world is an entirely different issue.....so lets agree to disagree. :-)
Message 12/12 17-Sep-97 @ 04:20 PM - RE: Internet Providers
Err yeah, I'd just like to say, whenever I try to access Spot's site, it's realllyyy slowwww....Sometimes the main page doesn't completely load at all, and you end up just giving up....and it's not like he's gone over the top with graphics or anything.
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