Here in Wisconsin (USA) there are lots of options for internet (big cities in 
particular), who are REAL internet providers, not quasi like aol...

On Thursday 19 December 2002 03:57 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote:
> Andrei,
>
> Check out this website:
>
> http://www.affinitypath.com/cgi-bin/mi/welcome.cgi?cb=2174
>
> They even mention the Linux operating system in the system requirements
> section.  You don't even need to download their software, and will even
> send you instructions on how to configure your system to dial in to them
> when you register.  Their website says that they have access numbers in
> 43 states, so you should have good luck in finding a number.
>
> HTH,
>
> Terry
>
> Andrei Raevsky wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I have recently had the worst of times with my ISP who also is my main
> > internet address provider (I use Hotmail, alas, only for my public
> > messages since it is saturated with spam anyway).  Ideally, I would
> > look for a company in the USA, with either state-wide local numbers,
> > or an 800 number to call, which would care about its customers and who
> > at least have some knowledge about Linux (the big ones all want us to
> > run Win32 software on our machines).
> >
> > Other considerations are, of course, ease of connection, downtime, etc.
> >
> > Is anybody on this list actually happy with his ISP and mail server
> > provider?  If yes, please help me out with this!
> >
> > Also, I prefer not to go with a company which provides email as a
> > "sideorder" for long-distance or local telephone service.
> >
> > While I cannot afford to pay much, I use dial-up anyway, I certainly
> > would be willing to pay for good quality.
> >
> > I was told that Earthlink is ok.  Does anybody know?
> >
> > Finally, it would be ideal to find a company which is strongly
> > pro-Linux or somehow linked with the linux community.
> >
> > Am I dreaming,
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrei
> >
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