On 29 May 00 at 12:42, Matt Bahls wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>This has been a big topic of discussion on the Freenet list I am on for the
>>last couple of days. I will try to summarize what is believed to have
>>happened and then give some brief news on what is happening now.
What is the Freenet list you are on? How to subscribe?
>>It is believed that Sisna pulled out on 1nol sometime last week. 1nol went
>>down about Thursday or Friday of last week and there was a note put on their
>>website about updating the networks or something. They returned on Saturday
>>or Sunday I believe it was, but they added the humoungous software which is
>>just a dialer and yes is for Win9X.
I am glad it was not one of those banner ad addons.
>>You also must reregister if you were
>>registered before. The theory here is that Sisna took the user database
>>with them. Also, as Dale mentioned, a bunch of dialup numbers have been
>>deleted. (I am going to check in a matter of seconds if mine is still
>>there.) There was some mention that they are looking at Hispanic users more
>>than anything, so if you live in a big Hispanic area, you probably will have
>>more luck with your number. I just checked out their site and there is a
>>pop-up window showing their "improvements" I will cut and past it at the
>>end of this message.
They've improved the damn thing so much it's near useless now. ;)
>>I am in the process of reregistering (I just saw my local number is gone as
>>well.). Anyway, it was reported on the Freenet list that if that you can
>>connect using the following user info:
>>
>>Username: user@1nol (use your username for user)
>>Password: yourpassword with xms added to the end. (So if your password is
>>chucky, you would enter chuckyxms.)
>>
>>It's not known at this time if this will work for all time or if it will be
>>changed or what, so be advised.
>>
>>Here is the pop-up window as promised:
>>
>>Attention All Users!
>>
>>In our rush to bring you the best in FREE
>>Internet service, it was necessary to
>>transform our network. The process of the
>>transformation was completed May 27th,
>>2000 - 16:00 hours eastern standard time. It
>>has come to our attention that some of
>>our customers were not advised of the
>>changes we were making to our system to
>>better serve you, our customer. Please
>>forgive us, things have been going so well
>>that it's difficult to keep everyone satisfied.
>>If you have been having trouble connecting
>>to our service and did not get an email from
>>us, please read further. We are confident
>>you are going to love our new service!
>>
>>More features!
>>More email! ( 7 accounts)
>>More web space!
>>Filtered Access!
>>Support on your desktop, and much much
>>more.
>>
>>To continue to receive the great service
>>you have become accustomed to at
>>1NationOnline.com, you will be required to
>>perform the following:
>>
>>1) Sign up for our service and download
>>our new software, don't be concerned we
>>are not going to put up any obtrusive bar
>>that blocks or interferes with your internet
>>experience. This new software will provide
>>many new features including a new and
>>easier to use interface. In the next couple
>>of days you will even be able to use this
>>easy interface in several different
>>languages.
>>
>>The procedure mentioned above will also
>>require our new and existing subscribers
>>to re-establish their accounts.
>>
>>We sincerely regret any inconvenience this
>>has caused. We are committed to
>>providing you the very best in network
>>performance and customer service, hence
>>the need for this slight interruption.
>>
>>Once again, thank you for your patience.
>>
>>Matt
Thanks for the details, Matt. Please post again your successs using
1NOL with Arachne. It won't do me much good personally, but it will
certainly benefit others on the list.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Cleavage (n): something you can approve of and
look down on at the same time. -- W. Garnett.
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