Re: Most "distasteful enhancement" in MindSpring "take over" of Netcom

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Mustang (mustang@npwt.net)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 02:16:55 -0500

At 01:41 AM 9/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>For the information of those of you who maintain either a primary or
>secondary copy of your FAQ on the web *and* who have (previously) used NETCOM
>as your ISP (with their free "web-hosting"), I thought I would alert you to
>a problem that I have just uncovered.
>
>With the MindSpring "take over" of Netcom, the (default) server space that
>"home users" can have was increased from 1Meg to 5meg. (Nice if you need it -
>I certainly didn't/don't for my FAQ.) UNFORTUNATELY, at the same time they
>came up with (or possibly decided to "enforce") a new rule on monthly
>bandwidth. (I assumed this was "targeted" at those with commercial
>web-sites - not those of us maintaining public FAQs.)
>
>As of Sept 21, my FAQ (comp.lang.cobol/alt.cobol) "COBOL FAQ" hit its monthly
>"bandwidth limit" and no one (myself included) can access it for the rest of
>the calendar month!
>
>There are obviously a bunch of circumventions/solutions available:
>
>1) Change ISP
>2) Supply only "text" FAQs (get rid of www versions)
>3) "Upgrade" to a higher priced MindSpring account
>4) Warn your newsgroups that your FAQ won't be available toward the end of
>some/each month.
>
For those who haven't seen my signature...

$9.95 a month, Unlimited Internet Access, more local dialups than AOL &
AT&T, and we only provlde you with a measly UNLIMITED amount of space for
personal or business web pages...

My disgust with mindspring comes from one of their users, using my faq
name, and publishing his OWN FAQ for the newsgroup and telling people to
harass me, etc., and post the off-topic messages....

SO why pay for a Higher priced account? Is $9.95 a month with unlimited
web space too cheap for you to go for?

As far as I know there is no limit on bandwidth, at least I've never been
informed of any...

If you are paying more than $9.95 a month, you're paying too much, and why
pay more for more web space, etc.?

Sorry to post this 'ad' but I hate mindspring with a passion, since they
seem to think my problem with their user is a flame war.. Since I never
see any posts on my news server, I can only assume he not only uses my FAQ
name, but posts forged messages to himself from me on the mindspring news
server, because I don't post any responses to him, but I do see responses
from others showing up on my server, which seem to be replies to something
I supposedly posted to this other guy...

I only hope every mindspring user will sign up with us, and save money
every month, and get MORE for LESS!

>At least temporarily, I have gone with option 3 - but am not really thrilled
>with this. (Some of the NG readers who have their own servers have offered to
>host my FAQ, but those who offer are mostly "vendors" and I would prefer
>keeping it on a "neutral" site.)
>
>Mostly this note is just to alert any of the rest of you who have been
>switched from Netcom to MindSpring - because your "users" may start
>complaining to you as the month progresses.
>
>
>
>
Are you paying more than $9.95 a month for internet access?

Are you paying for more than 2 Meg of Web Space for your pages?

Local Unlimited Internet Access with FREE UNLIMITED Web Space, only $9.95 a
month.
National ISP, we have more Local Dial-Up Accounts than AOL and AT&T. 800
number
service available in areas without local dialup access.

http://members.xoom.com/tort/vti.htm

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