Your ISP

[Anat]

Who is your ISP (internet service provider) and are you happy with them?

AOL is supposed to be very popular but lots pf people make fum of it, so I wonder if they're really that good or bad.

[jamesglewisf]

I think AOL is great. I've had it for years. I travel a lot and can log in from almost anywhere without any long distance charges. Lot's of people make fun of AOL, but it is the biggest ISP in the world.

I also have an MSN account. I like it also.

My ISP at home is AT&T at Home (cable internet).

[Karenluvs6]

I've been using AOL for three years. I love it!
I downloaded 6.0 about a week ago..it is so cool.
I don't think I would ever switch to anything else.

[kezzer]

I have it through SNET my local phone carrier. It's ok but like every ISP it has it's ups and downs. Because it's basically just in CT it usually isn't overly busy all the time, which is a good thing.

[blinc]

Kezzer we have ours through a local provider too. It's a small company and they DO seem to have lots of problems. Goes in spurts though... everything works fine for a week or two, then all of a sudden we have 3 or 4 days where it's hard to get online - sometimes can't even get the emails! {eek} We're hoping to get hooked up to a satellite soon.
*sigh*

[spidergoolash]

had compuserve and it was terrible. absolutely no customer service support whatsoever. "please call back later ..." yeah, okay. i like it when someone or something w/a pulse answers the phone on the first or second ring ...

needless to say, i prefer local isp's.

crisp.net is excellent (new jersey only).

currently i'm using localisp.com based in manasquan, which is not as fast as crisp.net, but i get unlimited access and three e-mail addy's for $12.95/mo.

not half bad.

[Tim]

I currently use AOL. It's a pretty good service. I used Bell Atlantic's service a few years ago, but they had downtime every week or so. I have had AOL for about 3 years now and have noticed only 2 downtimes where I couldn't connect at all.

[jamesglewisf]

My work-related travel requires me to have nationwide service so I subscribe to both AOL and MSN. Between the two I can log on from almost anywhere toll-free.

[TTP]

I've gotta have my speed!
Currently I have ADSL through SWBell. It's expensive for the enhanced package which gives me 5 static ip addresses...I think it runs $130-135 a month, somewhere in there...I know the telephone bill runs around $150 every month w/ the standard package on the phone line...no long distance for $19, so you do the math. {toothy}
I love the speed, but don't want the ip addresses. We've tried to get it switched for months now back to the simple plan...it's like trying to call the pope or something, please hold...two hours later...we appreciate you as a customer and value your question...please hold. {frusty}

[Tim]

I would love to have high speed access. DSL is going to take a long time to get here (I live out in the country...). The only thing I can hope for is cable. :(

[JamesUS]

I used to use AOl but didn't like them at all - they seemed slower than the other ISPs I had used and their browser was bad and you had to use it back then. I know they've improved since but I honestly wouldn't use them again, regardless of how much they've improved since.
Currently I'm fairly happy on a UK ISP (NTL)

[Flea]

Most of you don't realise how lucky you are. Over here in Australia I have used the same local ISP since 1996 and at the moment I am paying $35/month for unlimited access but am only allowed 200mb download/month.
I'n currently downloading 500mb/month so have to pay for the extra 300mb each month @ $0.25/mb = $75 plus the $35 access fee = $110/month.

{bawling}

[keithster]

I'm on Charter Cable Internet, which I use for work and pleasure.

Almost every work day, I download our software build from Silicon Valley which is about 8-10 MBytes. It used to take between 20-60 minutes to download via 50+k phone connection. Now it takes about 1 1/2 minutes. Makes me smile big. {toothy}

I've got a Netgear DSL/Cable router which protects me from the ISP net and gives me the ability to connect up to 32 computers view 1 IP address. That saves a wad of $.

Now if I can just drag some ethernet through the house to catch my wife's computer.

[Austruck]

That's what we do here, keithster -- drag Ethernet cable all around the house to network our four computers. We have AT&T cable modem service right now (two free months trial), but we're in the middle of deciding whether to keep that over Verizon's DSL service. Same price, slightly different perks and benefits. Each service costs $39.95 a month.

If we stick with the cable modem (with its nice speed), we'll be able to run all four computers on one ISP address (which we also did with the DSL), and we get, I believe, 5 or 7 email addresses.

We have Ethernet snaking all around archways and under rugs right now till we get them IN the walls. Makes us look really high-tech and important, though. ;)

[TTP]

Originally posted by keithster
Now if I can just drag some ethernet through the house to catch my wife's computer.

We found an easier way! Go around the house! Out the window...over the roof...in another window...down the air duct...it worked pretty slick until the collision domain got to big and we had to knock off a few meters of cable. Now we just have it running on top of the carpet! It doesn't look the best, but it gets the job done. {toothy}

[DarkInHere]

I'm still using the same ISP (Virgin.net) I've been with since moving to the UK, its just that they've stopped charging for access now :) (only phone calls). The unmetered market here is slowly dying - a problem with greedy consumers I think, so we're all waiting with baited breath for cheaper broad-band.

[Dude111]

Im on Road Runner :)