OT Internet wars

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 20:14:21 UTC 2009


Mike McGinn wrote:
> On Thursday 12 February 2009 14:50:59 Wade Smart wrote:
>   
>>>     Guys, here is what I did this morning. I called Qwest and arranged
>>> for what they call "Broadband Basic" which costs $10.00/mo and also
>>> ordered 1.5GB/sec Internet speed for $5.00/mo over the 250kb speed. This
>>> will get me away from the fight between the local company I know have,
>>> who is in court with Qwest.
>>>
>>>     My solution for email is gmail.com and as you can see I'm already
>>> using this. When this is all cut over on Feb. 17 I will still have the
>>> Internet but much faster, loose the old k5di at zianet.com I have had for
>>> years, but Gmail will still work, barring all the things that can change
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>       
>> 20090212 1349 GMT-5
>>
>> Since you are already moving to another email system, why not choose an
>> address that you like :D
>>
>> Google allows you to get your own URL to use for your email.
>>
>> If I move from where I am to gmail I would take wadesmart.com with me
>> as, besides my name, its the most simplest way I have of communicating
>> with people.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> karl at karlflarsen.com???
>>
>>
>> Wade
>> --
>> Registered Linux User: #480675
>> Linux since June 2005
>>     
> I have the mcginnweb.net mail hosted on Google mail and I am very happy with 
> it. I have been using it since it was first offered. If you can register a 
> domain, Google will host the mail for you. Best of all, no worries about ISP 
> changes.
>
>   
    Well I have set up k5di at zianet.com as my default email url for 
gmail. If this works it will be easy to set up my wife's computer :-)

karl


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