OT: Internet Provider

[Ray Parrish]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>         I am having trouble with my Internet providers. I am now today 
> using the telephone company provided DSL sort of fast service. I pay the 
> the telephone company (Qwest) $15.00 and the local provider SkyWi $20.00 
> each month for my Internet. This has worked fine for around 5 years. But 
> now SkyWi has Qwest in a legal fight that is still in court.
>
>         Qwest in a effort to hurt SkyWi, disconnected about 10,000 SkyWi 
> users from the Internet without any warning. The State of New Mexico 
> Public Regulation Commission ordered Qwest to restore service asap. So 
> today Jan 7 2009 we have the Internet from SkiWi and life is good. But 
> clouds on the horizon.
>
>         On Jan 13 Court will decide what to do with the current claims. 
> If SkyWi looses they just agreed with Qwest to give us 10 days before 
> they disconnect us again.
>
>         So now I am looking at options. I can find my old 56k telephone 
> modem and go back to Juno. I can get Qwest to just send me the Internet 
> without a email server. I can use the web based internet, or the Gmail I 
> am now using to send this message to the list. I can try to find another 
> local Internet provider for email service.
>
>         I am thinking I prefer Gmail to solve the email problem. Today I 
> use Gmail to IMAP email to both my main computer and my laptop. A 
> problem is that my wife uses WindowsXP and I am not sure Windows likes 
> IMAP. For sure she will hate a new email address :-)
>
>         The other approach will be to hire another local Internet 
> provider that Qwest likes. One does exist and it can be done. I will 
> explore this tomorrow.
>
>         Does anyone on the list have other ideas? I was quite mad when 
> the Internet died on the Tuesday before New Years and Qwest said they 
> cant do a thing until Monday after New Years. In fact they were back up 
> New Years eve at my home :-)
>
>
> Karl
>
>
>         
>
>   
When I moved to Qwest DSL here, which has no pop mail access, I kept my 
old email address with the company I had been renting a dial-up 
connection from, for a very reasonable $3.99 a month for full pop mail 
access. Shop around among your local dial-up isps as most of them offer 
pop mail access.

Later, Ray Parrish

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