Broadband At Last
I finally made the switch to DSL (Verizon) and, as of tonight, I have officially ditched the old dial-up service.
There was a brief twinge of regret because I’ve had a mindspring.com email address since c. 1998. Mindspring was a fine service that I never had any problem with . . . until it was acquired by Earthlink. Once Earthlink took over, the dial-up service got progressively worse, sometimes connecting at below 33K, sometimes connecting but without any DNS so nothing resolved, sometimes not connecting at all. I would certainly not not recommend Earthlink, and I definitely didn’t consider going with Earthlink DSL for even a second.
We’ll see if service with Verizon is better. So far, I’ve been pleased — the install kit was brilliantly simple, a testament to user-friendliness, and the bandwidth has been consistent.
Of course, it also means the end to the old Ten Reasons Why. It, and my first weblog, Monkey-Mind, had been at http://gritter.home.mindspring.com since 2000. No more. Just a 404, if you go there. Ah well. Change. . .
You’re lucky to have had the same address so long. Even when I haven’t switched providers, my email has changed as one company bought another. I’ve had 5 or 6 email addresses and only changed providers once.
AT&T was taken over by Comcast, so my email address will change again soon. sigh!
EVERYONE who has HALF a brain, ya whack job,..KNOWS outlook express is a MICROSOFT manufatured product. Why doncha call them? Maybe YOU are the MO – ron, and not the tech support agents…I have had NO problem with them. They are amazing.